O Pedrouzo › Santiago de Compostela

🗺 Stage Map

📖 Stage Description

The great day. From O Pedrouzo, the path crosses a eucalyptus forest before reaching Lavacolla (km 8) — a stream where, according to medieval tradition, pilgrims would wash themselves (lavare = to wash, colla = neck) before entering Santiago.

Monte do Gozo (Hill of Joy, km 15) is the last high point before Santiago. From there, the towers of the cathedral appear for the first time — a sight that has drawn tears for centuries. Medieval pilgrims would race to the summit to be the first to glimpse the holy city.

The entry into Santiago de Compostela along the Rúa de San Pedro, then the Praza de Cervantes, and finally out onto the Praza do Obradoiro before the cathedral: a moment of intense emotion after weeks of walking from Bayonne — 890 km. Buen Camino.

🌄 Walking Conditions

Sun exposure and terrain type over 27,6 km

☀ Sun Exposure

🥾 Terrain

⏱ Estimated Time for You

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📍 Villages and Waypoints

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  O Pedrouzo · Start

  Last village before Santiago. Eucalyptus forests.

  💧 Water🛒 Shops🏕 Accommodations
• 8km

  Lavacolla

  Traditional washing stream. Santiago airport 2 km away.

  💧 Water🛒 Grocery☕ Bar
• 15km

  Monte do Gozo

  First view of Santiago. Monumental cross. Pilgrim hostel.

  💧 Water🏕 Albergue👁 Cathedral view
• 20,8km

  Santiago de Compostela · End

  Cathedral, Praza do Obradoiro. The Compostela. The end of the road.

  💧 Water🛒 Shops🏕 Accommodations🍽 Restaurant⛪ Cathedral

⚠ Practical Information

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  Arrival in Santiago

  Praza do Obradoiro — face the cathedral and applaud fellow arrivals

  Collect your Compostela at the Oficina del Peregrino (Rúa Carretas 33)

  Pilgrim Mass: 12:00 noon daily at the cathedral
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  The Compostela

  Pilgrimage certificate — present your stamped credencial

  Minimum 100 km on foot from last starting point (Sarria for the Francés)

  Walking from Bayonne: you've more than earned your Compostela!

  Office open 9am–9pm (summer), 10am–7pm (winter)
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  After Arriving

  Embrace (abrazo) of Saint James — statue behind the high altar

  Botafumeiro — giant incense burner swung at special Masses

  Museum of Pilgrimage — the full history of the Camino