Two extra days before Sarria

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dokrando

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September 2023
starting from Tui

• Mar 19, 2023

• #1

We are looking to add 2 days to our walk. Looking for a place to start before Sarria and how to get there. We will be coming from Madrid. Thank you.

 

Bradypus

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• Mar 19, 2023

• #2

How about Pedrafita do Cebreiro? You can get there by ALSA bus then walk a few km up the road to O Cebreiro and join the Camino Frances there. About one day of walking to Triacastela and another to Sarria.

 

DoughnutANZ

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• Mar 19, 2023

• #3

Bradypus said:

How about Pedrafita do Cebreiro? You can get there by ALSA bus then walk a few km up the road to O Cebreiro and join the Camino Frances there. About one day of walking to Triacastela and another to Sarria.

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Definitely my suggestion as well. This is very beautiful country around O Cebreiro and being high up it means that you start your Camino walking gently down hill.

 

Margaret Butterworth

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• Mar 19, 2023

• #4

Samos, and its monastery, is an interesting place to visit. There is a bus between Triacastela and Sarria which goes via Samos.

 

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dokrando

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• Mar 19, 2023

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Margaret Butterworth said:

Samos, and its monastery, is an interesting place to visit. There is a bus between Triacastela and Sarria which goes via Samos.

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Thank you for the suggestion.

 

lt56ny

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• Mar 19, 2023

• #6

dokrando said:

Thank you for the suggestion.

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You can walk from Triacastela to Sarria on two different paths. They are both really pretty. The Camino through Samos is 7k longer. If you are walking in the winter months the hostels/albergues that are run by the monasteries are closed. You can walk a short day to Samos and then a second short day to Sarria or if you choose and it is not winter walk a little further to avoid the crowds in Sarria.

 

Anamiri

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• Mar 19, 2023

• #7

Definitely via Samos, plus the walk into Sarria is lovely and tranquil from there.

 

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Cindy McGuire

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• Mar 20, 2023

• #8

dokrando said:

We are looking to add 2 days to our walk. Looking for a place to start before Sarria and how to get there. We will be coming from Madrid. Thank you.

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If you could get to Tricastella and walk to Samos one day and then to Sarria the next, that would be nice. The walk into Samos is lovely and seeing the monastery there is special too. The walk from Samos to Sarria - so-so.

 

Anamiri

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• Mar 21, 2023

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Cindy McGuire said:

If you could get to Tricastella and walk to Samos one day and then to Sarria the next, that would be nice. The walk into Samos is lovely and seeing the monastery there is special too. The walk from Samos to Sarria - so-so.

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I understand there are two ways out of Samos, I've only ever taken the pleasant one, but I believe there is another which is mainly road walking. If you take the nice little country lanes, its a beautiful walk, both the walk in and out of Samos, I rate as the two nicest days on the Camino. Until of course you reach the road where you join up with the other trail from Triacastela.