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| Start Point | End Point | Distance KM | Total Stage Distance KM |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Stage 01 | Braga | Caldelas | 17 | 17 |
| Caldelas | Terras de Bouro | 13 | |
Stage 02 | Terras de Bouro | Campo de Geres | 13.6 | 26.6 |
Stage 03 | Campo de Geres | Lobios | 24 | 24 |
Stage 04 | Lobios | Castro Laboreiro | 20.1 | 20.1 |
Stage 05 | Castro Laboreiro | Cortegada | 28.6 | 28.6 |
Stage 06 | Cortegada | Ribadavia | 13.9 | 13.9 |
Stage 07 | Ribadavia | Pazos de Aenteiro | 17.7 | 17.7 |
Stage 08 | Pazos de Aenteiro | Beariz | 19.5 | 19.5 |
| Beariz | Soutelo Montes | 11.3 | |
Stage 09 | Soutelo Montes | Codeseda | 20 | 31.3 |
| Codeseda | A Estrada | 11.9 | |
Stage 10 | A Estrada | Pontevea | 12.3 | 24.2 |
Stage 11 | Pontevea | Santiago de Compostella | 17.1 | 17.1 |
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| | | Total | 240 |
Thanks, @Wendy Werneth. If I walk according to this plan, I will arrive in Pontevea with an extra day before I want to arrive in Santiago. I walked the Portugués years ago and my night in Padrón was spent taking care of a heavily blistered and unhappy spouse. (Note to self: if a spouse doesn’t want to walk the camino, let it be2. Padrón is some ways off the Geira, so I'm a bit confused as to why it's on your itinerary. From Codeseda, you really only need two days to get to Santiago, staying in either Pontevea or Rarís.
1. It might not be clear from the maps and guides, but going down to Terras de Bouro is OPTIONAL and is actually a detour off of the original Geira Roman road. If you do this, you will miss a number of the Roman milestones
Thanks for posting. I might end up attempting this Camino also given I’m starting my months of walking in Lisbon. I’ll adapt based on Covid restrictions. Buen Camino.If the stars align properly, I will be lucky enough to walk the Geira in late September, after I walk the Salvador/Primitivo. Because of the pandemic, I am only going to stay in private places (though I know albergues are likely to be empty anyway!). Here are my tentative stages, not much different from what I’ve seen elsewhere, but if anything jumps out at you, I’d appreciate comments.
Day 1. Braga to Terras de Bouro (Rio Homem). 29 km
Day 2. Terras to Lobios (Hotel Lusitano) 37 km
Day 3. Lobios to Castro Labroreiro (Miradouro do Castelo) 20 km
Day 4. Castro Labroreiro to Cortegada (Casa do Conde) 28 km
Day 5. Cortegada to Ribadavia (Hostal Restaurante Caracas) 14 km
Day 6. Ribadavia to Magros (Casa da Laxa, off route a bit, 2 km from Beariz) 34 km
Day 7. Magros to Codeseda (Casa de Avo) 34 km
At this point I have three days to get into Santiago. Any ideas? The easiest thing would be to walk to Pontevea, then have a short day from Pontevea to Padrón, and then into Santiago. But I could walk Codeseda to Padrón (37) and then have two days to get into Santiago from Padrón. If there were a loop or detour from there, that’d be great.
Day 8. Codeseda to Pontevea (recommendations?) 24 km
Day 9. Pontevea to Padrón 13 km
Day 10. Into Santiago
With many thanks and buen camino! Laurie
OK, that makes sense! Yes, you will see some milestones starting in Santa Cruz, but then once you take the turnoff to Terras de Bouro I don't expect you'll see any more, because you'll be off the Roman road at that point. I can't remember how many there were before vs after the turnoff, but I do remember thinking that people who took the turnoff would miss quite a large section of the Roman road.Thanks, @Wendy Werneth. If I walk according to this plan, I will arrive in Pontevea with an extra day before I want to arrive in Santiago. I walked the Portugués years ago and my night in Padrón was spent taking care of a heavily blistered and unhappy spouse. (Note to self: if a spouse doesn’t want to walk the camino, let it be).
So the detour to the Portugués would be a way to fill that day.
My first thought was that I would walk to Herbón and stay there, which has been something I’ve wanted to do for years. And then into Santiago. But of course Herbón is closed. But staying in Padrón would give me the chance to see what I didn’t see there the last time — Iria Flavia, Santiagüiño, House of Rosalía de Castro, etc.
Yes, I did read that, but I decided I’d rather have a longer first day. Do you know of any way to compare the two routes? I’m asking primarily because I’m wondering if there is a way to take a walk in the afternoon to visit the milestones from Terras de Bouro, or whether there is a longer way to visit the milestones and then backtrack to Terras de Bouro. And I suppose another option would be to walk from Terras de Bouro back to where I left the Geira the day before.
The guidebook also tells me that I will see a lot of milestones leaving Santa Cruz and on my way to Terras de Bouro. I take it that the ones you are talking about are in addition to those and are located after Terras de Bouro?
This is a screen shot of the relevant split. Do you know the name of the spot where the two merge after Terras de Bouro? It looks like there would be a lot of kms to add to both days to sleep in Terras de Bouro, back track to the split, and then carry on on the Roman road. Good idea about asking Henrique Malheiro — my list of questions for him is growing.It looks like there's a road that cuts between the two, so you could maybe use that to get back to the Geira.
Laurie it looks like you’d have 1km from Terras de Bouro to Moimenta Nova then another 1.5km to the point where the ‘lovely Geira forest route with all the Milestones’ merges.This is a screen shot of the relevant split. Do you know the name of the spot where the two merge after Terras de Bouro? It looks like there would be a lot of kms to add to both days to sleep in Terras de Bouro, back track to the split, and then carry on on the Roman road. Good idea about asking Henrique Malheiro — my list of questions for him is growing.
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Thanks @gracethepilgrim . I was going to say that I don't know the name of the place where they merge, and actually I don't think there's any kind of settlement there. But yeah, I agree you'd be adding a lot of kilometers by backtracking to walk the Roman road.This is a screen shot of the relevant split. Do you know the name of the spot where the two merge after Terras de Bouro? It looks like there would be a lot of kms to add to both days to sleep in Terras de Bouro, back track to the split, and then carry on on the Roman road. Good idea about asking Henrique Malheiro — my list of questions for him is growing.
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Thanks so much! So it looks like the “left route” through TdB is about 7 kms.If you were to backtrack from TdB my calculations show it would be 4km to the split.
Day 1. Braga to Terras de Bouro (Rio Homem). 29 km
Day 2. Terras to Lobios (Hotel Lusitano) 37 km
Day 3. Lobios to Castro Labroreiro (Miradouro do Castelo) 20 km
Do you mean how long is the non-TdB route from the fork to the merge? I have it as roughly 6.5km, so similar to the 6.7km that you said the TdB route is.Thanks so much! So it looks like the “left route” through TdB is about 7 kms.
Split to TdB 4 km, Tdb back to merge with the official route 2.7.
I have tried but am unable to figure out how long the “right leg” of that route is. Can you see that? I need that missing number to be able to figure out the best way to sleep in Terras de Bouro while also walking the forest route.
I have it as roughly 6.5km, so similar to the 6.7km that you said the TdB route is.
That seems right. But I still prefer my alternative suggestion from a few posts upSo, then if my math skills and my mapping skills are working properly, does it seem to you that walking on the ”right hand side” to the merge and then walking ”backwards” to Terras de Bouro would only add 2.7 km to the Braga to Terras de Bouro stage?
OOPS! How did I miss that?! Time for paying careful attention. I will have to get out my book and my notes, and they are miles from me right now. Thanks so much, @jungleboy, I’ll be back!That seems right. But I still prefer my alternative suggestion from a few posts up
Yes, that looks like my download also Laurie.And a question for my map support team — I am looking through wikiloc to get tracks for the right side forest route that does not go into Terras de Bouro. Does this look like the route you took?
Geira - 02 - Caldelas/Campo do Gerês
Geira - 02 - Caldelas/Campo do Gerês Hiking trail in Caldelas, Braga (Portugal). Download its GPS track and follow the route on a map. Record your own itinerary from the Wikiloc app, upload the trail and share it with the community.www.wikiloc.com
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