Caldas de Reis → Padrón

A peaceful and flat stage between two towns with deep Jacobean tradition. The path runs through carballeiras (oak groves) and rural trails, crossing the Umia river and passing through Valga and Pontecesures — where tradition says the boat carrying the remains of the Apostle James landed. Padrón is the town of peppers (the ones that sometimes are hot and sometimes are not) and of Rosalía de Castro. Beneath the main altar of the Santiago church, the pedrón is preserved — the stone to which the apostolic boat was supposedly moored.