CaminantesVigo to Santiago: the last hundred of the Camino Portugués, day by day
By August Frederik Kramer · Last updated 9 October 2026
Vigo to Santiago is 5 days and 100.3 km on our plan, and it climbs 1,194 m: a little under two and a half marathons. It is the sixth busiest start on any Camino, 18,678 people in 2025. Day one follows the coast to Redondela with the coastal walkers alone, about 458 a day in September; from Redondela the central route joins and it is 975. And it counts for the Compostela: Vigo is 100.3 km from Santiago, 0.3 km more than the 100 the office asks, and those 18,678 all received theirs.
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Five days, and the shortest is the first
The walk averages 20.1 km a day, but it starts gently: day one, Vigo to Redondela, is 14.9 km and climbs 111 m along the ría. The longest day is the last, 28.3 km into Santiago. In between are three days of 15.6 to 21.1 km on the central route.
The sixth busiest start on any Camino
18,678 pilgrims set out from Vigo in 2025, by the Pilgrim’s Office count. Only Sarria, Porto, Tui, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, and Ferrol sent more. That is 21% of everyone who finished the coastal route, and in September about 96 a day.
Day one: along the ría to Redondela
Out of Vigo you walk with the coastal route only: everyone who came up the Atlantic, from Porto, Baiona or A Guarda, and everyone who started in the city. Spread over the year the way all Compostelas are, that is about 458 people a day in September. The day has 8 places to sleep on our map, and it ends in Redondela.
From Redondela, the path fills up
In Redondela the coastal route meets the central one, and from there to Santiago it is one path. The central walkers more than double the crowd: about 975 people a day in September, for the last 4 days and 85.3 km.
The central route arriving at Redondela is walked from the start in Porto to Santiago. Its busiest start in Spain is in Tui to Santiago.
The 100 km line: 0.3 km to spare
The Compostela asks for the last 100 km on foot. On our line Vigo is 100.3 km from Santiago, which crosses the line 0.3 km after you set out: 0.3 km to spare. The Pilgrim’s Office counts Vigo as a start: the 18,678 people who began there in 2025 received the Compostela. What it checks is your credencial, so collect two stamps a day from Vigo on. A stage earlier, Baiona at 126.9 km, adds margin, but you do not need it.
The last 100 km: one town misses the line by two hundred metres ·The credencial: 10 stamps from Sarria, and the rule everyone misquotes
The climbing, and a last uphill into Santiago
The five days climb 1,194 m, 11.9 m per kilometre. The steepest is day 2, Redondela to Pontevedra: 304 m in 20.3 km. And the highest point of the whole walk is its end: Santiago, at 258 m, after a last day that climbs 417 m.
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Where to sleep
Our map data lists 77 places to sleep over the five days, from 8 on the quietest day to 36 on the last, most of them in the towns where the stages end. Few publish a bed count, so read these as places, not beds.
How these places are counted is in the albergues guide.
The five days
| Day | Stage | km | m up | Places to sleep | People a day in September |
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| 1 | Vigo → Redondela | 14.9 | 111 | 8 | 458 |
| 2 | Redondela → Pontevedra | 20.3 | 304 | 11 | 975 |
| 3 | Pontevedra → Caldas de Reis | 21.1 | 184 | 12 | 975 |
| 4 | Caldas de Reis → Infesta | 15.6 | 178 | 10 | 975 |
| 5 | Infesta → Santiago | 28.3 | 417 | 36 | 975 |
Distances and climbing from our own track and stage plan, the same figures as the coastal Camino Portugués guide; the climbing is the sum of the day totals. People a day: the coastal route’s 89,503 finishers in 2025, then from Redondela the central route’s as well, spread over the months the way all Compostelas were. Places to sleep from map data.
Common questions
How far is Vigo from Santiago on the Camino?
100.3 km on our plan, walked in 5 days: Vigo to Redondela, Pontevedra, Caldas de Reis, Infesta and Santiago. It climbs 1,194 m in all.
Can you get the Compostela walking from Vigo?
Yes. Vigo is 100.3 km from Santiago on our line, just over the 100 km the Compostela asks, and the Pilgrim’s Office gave it to the 18,678 people who started there in 2025. Collect two stamps a day on the way.
How busy is the Camino from Vigo?
Out of Vigo about 458 people a day in September, the coastal walkers alone; from Redondela, where the central route joins, about 975.
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