Travelogues Galicia

41 km... a crowning conclusion for me. It was everything - rain, mud, good breakfast, sun, ups and downs, even watercress was there!!! Phew, I don't even know how to put this...

19.7.2024 Vigo I had booked a city tour for 11 a.m. and set off over an hour beforehand. Vigo is a very lively city with an eventful history, which is evidenced by impressive...

Once again we set off from our apartment in O Milladoiro in light rain. Everyone is excited, the children are happy that they only have 8 km to go, we are looking forward to the...

I woke up at 5 a.m. without an alarm clock and lay down for a moment, but then got up relatively quickly. I brought my things into the kitchen and then packed everything up....

We experienced La Coruña in two stages. We spent the first two nights in a suburb of the city. The campsite was right on the beach, but this time without cliffs or mountains in...

A Coruna, the provincial capital of Galicia, greets with a 2000-year-old lighthouse.

Santiago de Compostela

Mountains for the coast ... Hiking boots for a surfboard ... Pilgrimage to the end of the world for standing in the middle of life ... The surfboard didn't work out. There were...

I spent over 5 weeks in Portugal and it was a cool time. But also was time for a new country. The last day before the border was super exhausting. 27 km, beautiful coastal...

After heavy rain and a storm on the beach during the night, we wait until 11, when the rain should actually let up a bit. We go off-road a bit to get back to the path quickly...

10.3 Santiago Last Sunday, on my way to Apulia, I made a stop in Nazare. I was there with parts of the Nördlinger Gang for a week in November. The fuel was almost empty, but...

Today we drive up to Cabo Villano in rainy weather. The huge lighthouse looks very impressive. We are the only visitors in this bad weather. We continue our journey to Muxia. We...

From our campsite, the dream destination of all Christian pilgrims is not far away and is easily reachable by car. We have the 🚲 back on board and plan to park in a town before...

Day 17: a day off in Portomarín

Day 14: Trabadelo - O Cebreiro

Wow... sometimes I’m just living in a Disney movie, dreaming of things to happen which would be too beautiful to be realistic. But sometimes, we just get surprised by reality...

We only have 10 km planned today so we can enjoy our beautiful apartment a little longer. After a short tour of the city (if it rains, of course), we stroll a few meters through...

On the way here we completed the first 4000km. Everyone thinks that Cape Finisterre is the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland, but that's not true. This honor is given to...

25.07.18 Today we started very early in the dark to make sure we get a bed in Palas de Rei... from planned 15/18km it turned out to be 25km. Early in the morning a group...

Day 15: O Cebreiro - Sarria

Santiago explores, wanted to go to the fair, but it was completely overcrowded. Tried again in the evening and got there 1.5 hours earlier... it didn't work out. Well, then...

That sounds ominous! Yesterday we were at the "official" end of the (Spanish and known) world, today at the geographical point, if you ignore the fact that we drove past the...

I woke up in a good mood, well-rested. But it was cloudy again, so breakfast and packing up. I drove to Santiago de Compostela, but I didn't go straight there, I made a short...

Durch die Pampa

We drove to the peninsula near O Grove to Santiago, where concrete bunkers called Tourihotel line the popular beaches and serene beautiful coves that you can have for yourself...

Arrived in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of Galicia, we visit the Cathedral. This is where the Camino de Santiago ends, as the tomb of Saint James is located here. James,...

We set off at noon after it clouds over and have a laundry and tank afternoon. The gas also needs to be refilled and the bus needs to be cleaned of the worst dirt. I find all of...

Hafen in Luarca

After about 1007 kilometers and 34 days of pilgrimage, I reach Santiago de Compostela. The square in front of the cathedral is full of people, I didn't expect so many here in...

Day 21: Azura - Monte de Gozo