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I was in Galicia last October, and I found that public transport, that is, bus and train, were good. I flew through Porto, which has lots of flights to the UK. The bus (ALSA) from Santiago to Porto airport was about three hours.
https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/home
Richard
I stayed two nights at the monastery as a guest, so full board. I was able to sit for all the offices. This is highly recommended but I guess you should be in sympathy with the spirit of the community.
There were 40+ pilgrims for the blessing at 7pm, which is part of vespers, and 10+ for Mass...
I stayed for two nights at Armenteira monastery as a guest and had a good rest. Then I then walked to Vilanova de Arousa in one day. It was 25km and just about OK. Great lunch at A Mucho Peregrino just beyond Ponte Arnelas, which carried me over the dull section to the coast.
I walked from Pontevedra to Combarro in a long morning with a leisurely visit to Poio monastery and stayed there overnight.
Next day, the climb up to Armenteira was delightful with only a couple of steep sections. There's no difficult underfoot terrain. I went slowly, and stopped at the...
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