Camino de Santiago.
Many of our guests are pilgrims who are doing the Camino de Santiago. Some of them after walking for about a month, from Valencia, Algeciras; others from closer, such as Zamora, Puebla de Sanabria, Chaves…
But many of them start in Ourense, or resume their pilgrimage in our city. That is because we are 105 km from Santiago de Compostela, five kilometers more than the distance from which the Archbishopric of Compostela grants the certificates of having made the pilgrimage.
105 kilometers.
That is the official distance to walk and there are several ways to divide those kilometers into stages. The distance covered by the stages to walk the Way of St. James from Ourense ranges from 16 comfortable kilometers to a hard 37 kilometers.
Here we will offer you different options so that you can choose the best one according to your abilities and needs.
But first we will start with the way out of Ourense, direction Cea. Which is the first stage of the Camino and of which there are two variants, depending on whether you go to Cea by Cudeiro or by Canedo.
One option is to go along the royal road of Cudeiro, which is 23km long and has a gentle slope.
The other option is to go by the Cuesta de Canedo of 21km and a slope of 10%.
Both are viable walking options, but the one from Cudeiro goes through more towns.
Leaving the Grelo Hostel, go down the street to the first crossroads.

Turn right onto Coruña street and go down until you reach the intersection with Progreso street. Turn right again and walk along Progreso street until you reach the Miño river. The Miño is crossed by the Roman Bridge.

Once past the bridge we are in the Avenida de las Caldas, you have to climb it until you reach a large crossroads, where on the left is a BBVA, on the right there is an elevated park (you can see the trees), and under the park there are stores. On the opposite sidewalk on the right is a hardware store and a tobacconist.

At this crossroads is where you have to make the decision to go through Canedo or Cudeiro.
If you choose to go through Canedo, continue up Avda. das Caldas until you reach the train station. There, following the sidewalk of the station, continue along the street Eulogio Gómez Franqueira, towards Vigo following the N-120, until you reach the detour to go to Quintela de Canedo.

At this point we will find the Arnoia winery on the left sidewalk and the O Fogón grill on the right.
Take the OU-0520, until you reach the detour that says Costiña de Canedo.

Follow this road, passing under the train tunnel and without stopping until you reach Cea.
If you choose to go through Cudeiro, at the crossroads take the street to the right, Avda. de Santiago.

We will save the train tracks by a bridge and we will be in the Praza da Mariña we have to continue along the Avenida de Santiago until we reach the height of a Cepsa gas station, there we will see a large sign indicating the direction to follow to continue the road to Santiago.

Once we take that direction we have to be careful to cross the N-525, which early in the morning may have traffic from people who live in the hinterland and go down to the city to work.
Once you enter Cudeiro, do not stop until Cea.