O Cadavo → Castroverde
Vilabade and its church, and the arrival in Castroverde.
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Camino Primitivo · Stage 9 of 14
Through Castroverde, with its medieval tower, and along paths between hamlets and oak woods, to Lugo, where you enter by the Porta de San Pedro in the only complete Roman city wall in the world.
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Rolling ground with no big hills.
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.
Castle tower
Roman walls, a World Heritage Site
The route
Vilabade and its church, and the arrival in Castroverde.
Hamlets and woods.
The entry into Lugo through the walls.
Tips
More than 2 km on top of the Roman walls, free and with views.
On Rúa da Raíña every glass of wine comes with a tapa.
From Lugo, two stamps a day for the Compostela.
Choose how many kilometres you want to walk each day and Suseia splits the route from O Cadavo to Santiago into stages based on the albergues in each town. Free and without signing up.
Common questions
About 29.3 km. Walking takes between 8 and 9 hours, with short breaks.
Moderate difficulty. Rolling ground with no big hills.