Day 13 - Armenteira - Vilanova de Arousa

After a great dinner at the Casa Rural B&B last night of garbanzo bean stew, fried artichokes and local wine, followed by homemade coffee and herb liqueurs, we got 10 hours of sleep and woke up today to a light breakfast from our hosts. Today was our second day along the Spiritual Variant. I have to say if you’re a; nature lover, person of faith, enjoy architecture, crave fine foods and local wines, like a physical challenge or seek solitude, the Spiritual route delivers. It is well worth the additional mileage and a couple extra days.

For most of the day we walked along some form of water. It started with a series of cascading waterfalls then turned into a quiet stream, then a larger river and finally along a beautiful bay into the town of Vilanova de Arousa. It was a wonderful day of hiking that totaled 15.5 miles. Tomorrow we take a boat upriver to start a shorter walk before our final day into Santiago!

Don’t miss the video at the end. We were invited into a little chapel along the way where a trio sang us a song to bless our day 👏Read more