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Stage guide · Holy Year 2027
About 600 km from Lisbon cathedral, following the Tagus, crossing central Portugal to Coimbra and Porto, and climbing through the green Minho to enter Galicia at Tui. Most people start in Porto; the last 100 km, from Tui.
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Move the slider to your pace. Suseia then splits the route into stages based on the albergues in each town, and you can adjust them by hand.
Each dot is a day of walking to Santiago.
The route at a glance
The plains of the Tagus and the Ribatejo, the Templar Portugal of Tomar, university Coimbra, the port wine lodges of Porto and the green hills of the Minho. Then the river Miño and the Galicia of the rías all the way to Santiago.
Stage by stage
The classic split used by the guidebooks. Nobody follows it to the letter: shorten or lengthen each day to suit your legs and where you want to sleep.
From the Tagus to Coimbra: farmland plains, whitewashed villages, Templar Tomar and the first limestone hills. Fewer pilgrims and longer gaps between albergues.
Shorter, more urban stages, with the leitão of the Bairrada, the umbrellas of Águeda and the arrival in Porto over the Dom Luís I bridge.
From Porto the Camino fills up. Hamlets, vinho verde vineyards, Barcelos and its rooster, Ponte de Lima and the climb to the Portela de Labruja.
You cross the Miño from Valença to Tui and the last 100 km begin: the Vigo estuary, Pontevedra, the hot springs of Caldas and Padrón, where the Apostle’s boat came ashore.
Distances are approximate: they can vary by a kilometre or so depending on the variant you take.
When to go
April, May, June, September and October are the best months. In July and August the stretch from Lisbon to Coimbra is very hot with little shade; from Porto the heat is less of an issue.
You can walk it in winter, especially from Porto, but it rains a lot in the Minho and Galicia and some private albergues close.
2027 is a Holy Year: 25 July falls on a Sunday. It will be busy from Tui and from Porto; book ahead in high season.
The Compostela
To get the Compostela you must walk at least the last 100 km. Tui, on the Miño opposite Valença, is about 115 km from Santiago: six stages, and the most popular starting point in Galicia.
From Porto it is about 240 km, 10 to 12 days. It is the most popular option for anyone with a couple of weeks.
Start with the Tui – O Porriño stage →Common questions
About 600 km from Lisbon, about 240 km from Porto and about 115 km from Tui.
Between 25 and 28 days from Lisbon, 10 to 12 from Porto and 6 from Tui, walking about 20–25 km a day.
The yellow ones go to Santiago. As far as Tomar there are also blue arrows, which lead the other way to Fátima: don’t mix them up.
Choose where you start and how many kilometres you want to walk each day. Suseia builds your plan all the way to Santiago, free and without signing up.
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