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- Day 2
- Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 2:02 PM
- ☀️ 86 °F
- Altitude: 52 ft
SpainParroquia de Santiago42°16’60” N 8°36’27” W
Igrexa de Santiago de Redondela
October 7, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
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- Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 2:16 PM
- ☀️ 86 °F
- Altitude: 56 ft
- SpainPlaza Figueroa42°16’54” N 8°36’32” W
Cafe Farola
October 7, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Passed by this place on my way to the airbnb. After resting for a bit, I made my way back so I can partake of the special pulpo for the day. Got lucky, this is only on Saturdays. 😃
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- Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 8:08 PM
- 🌙 75 °F
- Altitude: 33 ft
- SpainPlaza Figueroa42°17’6” N 8°36’32” W
Alameda de Castelao
October 7, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
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- Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 8:12 PM
- 🌙 75 °F
- Altitude: 33 ft
- SpainPlaza Figueroa42°17’9” N 8°36’34” W
Viaduto de Pontevedra
October 7, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
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- Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 9:21 PM
- 🌙 72 °F
- Altitude: 69 ft
- SpainPlaza Figueroa42°17’4” N 8°36’25” W
The end of Day 2
October 7, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
Ending the day more rested than yesterday. Because of my huge late lunch, not much of an appetite for a real dinner. Ice cream is always a good idea and I got a stamp from the ice cream place.Read more
TravelerYou need to make sure you have at least 2 a day if you are walking the minimum distance required for a compostela.
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- Day 3
- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 7:07 AM
- 🌙 63 °F
- Altitude: 56 ft
- SpainRío de Cabeiro42°17’18” N 8°36’31” W
Capela de Santa Mariña ou das Angustias
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 63 °F
I was able to leave Redondela early and what a change! I quickly regret not bringing my headlamp but my phone worked just fine as well. 😬
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 8:09 AM
- 🌙 63 °F
- Altitude: 112 ft
- SpainRío Verdugo42°20’19” N 8°36’24” W
Arcade
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 63 °F
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 8:56 AM
- ☀️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 13 ft
- SpainRío Verdugo42°20’43” N 8°36’25” W
Ponte Medieval de Pontesampaio
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Arrived right as the sun was rising. 🌄 This place was pretty special and the town beyond the bridge was so beautiful. The entire walk was a hike up but beautiful!
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 10:50 AM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 85 ft
- SpainBértola42°23’41” N 8°37’45” W
Capela de Santa Marta
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 10:54 AM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 92 ft
- SpainBértola42°23’49” N 8°37’48” W
Camino complimentario
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Alternative route to Pontevedra. I finally got a chance to go down close to the river and feel the cold water. 🥶
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 11:32 AM
- ☀️ 75 °F
- Altitude: 82 ft
- SpainMarcón42°24’38” N 8°38’11” W
rio dos gafos
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 11:47 AM
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 43 ft
- SpainMarcón42°25’4” N 8°38’9” W
Sendeiro do Río Tomeza ou dos Gafos
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 12:15 PM
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 75 ft
- SpainXardín de Casto San Pedro42°25’50” N 8°38’38” W
Igrexa da Virxe Peregrina
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
The building was shaped like a scallop shell!
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 12:24 PM
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 62 ft
- SpainXardín de Casto San Pedro42°25’52” N 8°38’38” W
Pontevedra Historic Center
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
The blue pontevedra letters stand in front of the Convento e Igrexa de San Francisco, a 14th century building. It was a very busy Sunday because apparently there was a march/run for a cause in theRead more
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 12:34 PM
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 72 ft
- SpainPlaza de la Estrella42°26’3” N 8°38’46” W
Parador de Pontevedra
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Checking in to my first parador. It's old - everything inside is old. Sadly, the wifi is also almost non-existent, and the air conditioning is barely able to keep up.. 😫
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 12:56 PM
- ☀️ 81 °F
- Altitude: 56 ft
- SpainPlaza de la Estrella42°26’2” N 8°38’44” W
Casa Fidel o Pulpeiro
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
The waiter was happily watching me eat all of this. lol I only had the one bread and coffee for breakfast so this was so worth it after walking for over 5 hours.
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 6:44 PM
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 95 ft
- SpainPontevedra42°25’57” N 8°39’2” W
Biblioteca
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Passed by the local library on my way to the lavanderia
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 7:13 PM
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 108 ft
- SpainPontevedra42°25’54” N 8°39’6” W
Need to dry my laundry
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
I washed my clothes in the sink, but it took forever to dry 😭 I miss my airbnbs and their open patios! Thankfully, this lavanderia autoservicio was close by and looks to be newly renovated. 3€Read more
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 7:44 PM
- ☀️ 75 °F
- Altitude: 98 ft
- SpainPlaza de la Estrella42°26’2” N 8°38’47” W
Santuario das Aparicions
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
In 1925 Lucía dos Santos, one of the three visionaries of Fátima , became a Dorotean nun in Galicia. Finding herself in her room in this building in Pontevedra on December 10, 1925, Sister LucíaRead more
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- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 7:48 PM
- ☀️ 75 °F
- Altitude: 95 ft
- SpainReal Basílica de Santa María la Mayor42°26’1” N 8°38’51” W
Real Basilica de Santa Maria a Maior
October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
16th century church. I was able to hear mass.. ending my Sunday on a high note and ready to tackle the variante espiritual tomorrow. 🙏
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- Day 4
- Monday, October 9, 2023 at 6:49 AM
- 🌙 61 °F
- Altitude: 26 ft
- SpainPlaza de la Estrella42°26’7” N 8°38’40” W
Ponte de Burgo
October 9, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 61 °F
Early morning walk out of Pontevedra.
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- Monday, October 9, 2023 at 7:27 AM
- 🌙 61 °F
- Altitude: 36 ft
- SpainAlba42°27’24” N 8°38’40” W
Variante Espiritual begins
October 9, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 61 °F
This marks where the variante espiritual moves away from the main camino portugues route. It was so dark in the morning that I had to wait for humans before proceeding on a very dark area before thisRead more
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- Monday, October 9, 2023 at 7:41 AM
- 🌙 61 °F
- Altitude: 148 ft
- SpainAlba42°27’25” N 8°39’5” W
Capela de San Paio de O Freixo
October 9, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 61 °F
First religious building in the variante espiritual
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- Monday, October 9, 2023 at 8:12 AM
- 🌙 63 °F
- Altitude: 335 ft
- SpainCampañó42°27’50” N 8°39’51” W
Igrexa de San Pedro de Campaño
October 9, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 63 °F
Conquered my fear of a dark forest heading up here. 😫 The start of the path almost looked like a joke. It was literally a tiny path from the already small rural road. I was trying to see if anotherRead more
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- Monday, October 9, 2023 at 9:01 AM
- ☀️ 61 °F
- Altitude: 148 ft
- SpainParroquia San Xoán de Poio42°26’46” N 8°41’8” W
Monasterio de San Xoan de Poio
October 9, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
The monastery was still closed when I got there.. i was hoping to get a stamp. 😔 it's beautiful outside so I'm sure it's beautiful inside as well. and they have the longest horreo ever!
Getting aRead more