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    Variante Espiritual

    When I first walked the Variante, it was just starting and there were hardly any others on the route. Now, especially given the massive overcrowding on the second most popular Camino, the Portugués, more and more people are using this alternative. I love both of them: the 'normal' Camino and the...
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    Variante Espiritual

    The departure of the boat depends on the tides; therefore, you need to check beforehand (a couple of days?). The first time I walked this route I did Pontevedra to Ribadumia (Os Castaños) on the same day, but it's too much! The difficult part of the route is the climb up from Combarro to...
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    Variante Espiritual

    https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/7a-etapa-variante-espiritual-armenteira-vilanova-de-arousa-14338266 Armenteira to Vilanova de Arosa: 17.25 miles, which is 27.76 kms.
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    Variante Espiritual

    https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/01-pontevedra-armenteira-portugues-variante-espiritual-9951678 14.64 miles from Pontevedra to Armenteira, which is 23.56 kms.
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    Variante Espiritual

    Your numbers are WAY OUT!!!!!!!! I have walked the Variante Espiritual three times, so I know what I'm talking about. 29 kms from Pontevedra to Armenteira? It's around 21. 14 to 15 miles of the steep climb out of Combarro??????????? It might seem long, and it certainly is tough, but it's much...
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    Variante Espiritual

    That is one big detour!
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    Variante Espiritual

    I think you mean Pontevedra, NOT Ponferrada!
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    Variante Espiritual

    70 on the boat?? Just as well I walked this route (twice) before it started to become popular. Both times there was just a handful of us.
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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

    That was ages ago! And I did write more!
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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

    What you say about having to walk the last 100 kms, Anemone, is perfectly true This is why the Camino Inglés is ok if you start in Ferrol, but not if you set off from A Coruña. It's also why hundreds and thousands descend on Sarria to walk the last few stages of the Camino Francés. However...
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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

    If you start from Tui and then walk through Porriño, Redondela, Arcade and Pontevedra, BEFORE taking the detour for the Variante Espiritual, then you will walk far more than the minimum 100 kms required for your Compostela. It's then up to you whether you prefer to walk on (mainly road walking...
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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

    That's why I wrote 'cheating' in inverted commas, Albertinho! This route is officially accepted, and the boat trip is an absolutely marvellous experience, with a great running commentary from Joaquín.
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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

    I've stayed there twice and, like Albertinho, make a point of calling in if we're in the area. Great people, you can't miss the place (just at the end of the Ruta da Pedra e da Auga, and right in front of the Ribadumia tourist information place, which has a stamp, by the way). Excellent value...
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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

    www.oscastaños.es
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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

    I beg to differ! There are some beautiful places on this route after you leave Pontevedra: the monasteries at Poio and Armenteira, the fishing village of Combarro, the spectacular Ruta da Pedra e da Auga down to Ribadumia, the river walk from there, the few kilometres along the beach to Vilanova...
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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

    Barrantes and Ribadumia is basically the same place. In fact, Barrantes is a parish of Ribadumia. There's a beautiful place to stop or stay at the end of the Ruta da Pedra e da Auga: Hospedaxe Os Castaños.
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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

    Somewhere earlier (on this thread, I think) I posted the telephone details of the three fantastic people who deal with all this in Vilanova. If you can't find them, please message me.
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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

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    Variante Espiritual from This Weekend

    Buen Camino!

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