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  1. p_mci

    Opción Pie - walking from Vilanova de Arousa to Pontecesures

    Agreed! I walked this way in May earlier this year. The trail along the Catoira river especially was beautiful.
  2. p_mci

    Walking from Vilanova in stead of sailing

    Hi MarieLau I wrote about the walk between Vilanova and Pontecesures here: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/spiritual-variant-what’s-the-boat-ride-like.55294/
  3. p_mci

    Ruta de Padre Sarmiento

    That's right. The boat ride & the walk are described here: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/spiritual-variant-what’s-the-boat-ride-like.55294/
  4. p_mci

    Ruta de Padre Sarmiento

    Hi, just to avoid confusion... I think you are talking about the the Variant Espiritual, with slightly different stages to the usual ones. The Ruta de Sarmiento goes west after Combarro towards Sanxenxo, up to O Grove, then north to Cambados, followed by a walk over the bridge to the Illa de...
  5. p_mci

    Ruta de Padre Sarmiento

    It depends on how much you want to walk and where you want to stay each night. I saw an information board in Cambados and it was for the next stage (5) to Illa da Arousa which is quite short. An app like maps.me would show you the distances between each of the towns listed on the website. It...
  6. p_mci

    Spiritual Variant - what’s the boat ride like?

    Like Rainerbernd, I think it would be too much for one day. By my sums, from Vilanova de Arousa to Padrón, it's 35km which could be OK for you. I walked from Cambados to Carril. Then the next day from Carril to Padrón. Cambados is 4km west of Barrantes OFF the Camino and Carril is 3km north of...
  7. p_mci

    Ruta de Padre Sarmiento

    Hi all, While on the Variant Espiritual last week I found myself with some extra time and extra money in the budget (for private accommodation) to do a variant of the variant! I stayed in the seaside towns of Combarro, Cambados and Carril before reaching Padrón. While in Cambados (the 'capital...
  8. p_mci

    Spiritual Variant - what’s the boat ride like?

    Hi Lorne, I'm not a big fan of boats either so before I got to this part of the camino, I google-image searched 'boat vilanova to pontecesures' to try and see what type of vessel it is. A couple of images came up which you can check out yourself. I could handle the 15minutes on the...

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