Continuation of the Silver Way from Granja de Moreruela. Crosses Zamora and enters Galicia through Ourense.
Stages(13)
Granja de Moreruela → Tábara
Start of the Sanabrés Way at the junction with the Vía de la Plata. From the ruins of the Cistercian monastery of Moreruela, walk through Zamoran cereal plains to Tábara, a town famous for its 10th-century Mozarabic tower and medieval scriptorium.
Tábara → Santa Croya de Tera
A quiet stage through the flat lands of the Tierra de Tábara region. Cross small adobe and stone villages with authentic rural charm. Santa Croya de Tera preserves a 12th-century Romanesque church beside the Tera river.
Santa Croya de Tera → Rionegro del Puente
A short stage ideal for an active rest day. Rionegro del Puente is known for its pilgrimage of the Virgen de la Carballeda and its medieval bridge. A good time to enjoy Zamoran cuisine: broad beans and grilled meat.
Rionegro del Puente → Puebla de Sanabria
A stage marking the transition to the Sanabrian mountains. The landscape gradually changes from plains to hills with oak and chestnut forests. Puebla de Sanabria is a walled medieval jewel with a castle, on the shores of Lake Sanabria, the largest glacial lake in the Iberian Peninsula.
Puebla de Sanabria → Lubián
A high mountain stage crossing the Sierra de la Culebra and Segundera. Spectacular landscapes of oak forests, crystal-clear streams and stone villages. Lubián is a mountain village near the Portuguese border, with well-preserved Sanabrian folk architecture.
Lubián → A Gudiña
Cross the border between Zamora and Ourense via the A Canda pass (1,262m). A mountainous stage with high Galician mountain landscapes, abandoned villages and wild nature. A Gudiña marks the entrance to Galicia with a notable change in vegetation and language.
A Gudiña → Laza
A mountainous stage through deep Galicia. Trails through centuries-old chestnut forests, stone crosses and small villages where time seems to stand still. Laza is famous for its ancestral carnival and mountain surroundings with nearby thermal waters.
Laza → Xunqueira de Ambía
A long mountainous stage crossing the Serra do Invernadoiro. Pass through Vilar de Barrio and remote villages among oak forests and green meadows. Xunqueira de Ambía has a 12th-century Romanesque collegiate church declared a national monument.
Xunqueira de Ambía → Ourense
Descent towards the thermal city of Ourense. Mountains give way to valleys and Ribeiro vineyards. Ourense surprises with its free thermal springs in the city center, the Roman bridge over the Miño and a cathedral with a Paradise Portico comparable to Santiago's.
Ourense → Cea
Departure from Ourense through the Barbaña valley towards the Galician interior. Paths through vineyards, eucalyptus forests and rural villages. Cea is famous throughout Galicia for its artisanal bread with denomination of origin, baked in centuries-old wood-fired ovens.
Cea → Dozón / A Laxe
A stage through the Galician interior among carballeiras (oak groves) and small villages. Pass by the Oseira monastery, the Galician Escorial, an impressive 12th-century Cistercian abbey hidden in a valley. A Laxe is the confluence point with the Winter Way.
A Laxe → Silleda
A stage through the Deza lands, a transition zone between the Galician interior and coast. Landscape of green meadows, hórreos (granaries) and typical stone crosses. Silleda is known for the Semana Verde international agricultural fair and is a good rest point with full services.
Silleda → Santiago de Compostela
The great final stage towards Santiago. Pass through Bandeira and A Estrada before entering Compostelan lands. The last kilometers through Monte Pedroso offer the first view of the cathedral towers. An emotional arrival at the Plaza del Obradoiro after weeks of walking.