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A Fonsagrada → Montouto
km 0 – 4 · 4 km
Padrón, Vilardongo and the climb to the hospital.
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Camino Primitivo · Stage 8 of 14
Across the mountains of A Fonsagrada to the ruins of the Montouto pilgrim hospital, founded in the 14th century, and down through hamlets to O Cadavo.
Profile
A climb to Montouto, a stretch along the heights and a long descent to O Cadavo.
Town by town
Every town with services along the way. Out of season some bars and albergues close; the app shows you which ones are open near you as you walk.
Ruins of the pilgrim hospital
Xunta albergue
The route
Padrón, Vilardongo and the climb to the hospital.
Paradavella and A Lastra, with ups and downs.
The last stretch to O Cadavo.
Tips
Worth stopping at the ruins: they say it is where Alfonso II rested.
There are stretches between hamlets without services.
A Xunta albergue and few alternatives: arrive in good time.
Choose how many kilometres you want to walk each day and Suseia splits the route from A Fonsagrada to Santiago into stages based on the albergues in each town. Free and without signing up.
Common questions
About 17.6 km. Walking takes between 5 and 6 hours, with short breaks.
Moderate difficulty. A climb to Montouto, a stretch along the heights and a long descent to O Cadavo.