Stage 18 Ponte de Lima - Rubiães

Santiago de CompostelaPadrónCaldas de ReisPontevedraRedondelaTuiRubiãesPonte de LimaBragaGuimarãesFelgueirasAmaranteMesão FrioLamegoMoimenta da BeiraSernancelheTrancosoPinhelAlmeidaGallegos de ArgañanCiudad RodrigoAlba de YeltesSan MuñozRobliza de CojosSalamanca

Ponte de Lima

Rubiães

18,9 Km Distance
High Difficulty
5 Hours Duration
674 m Ameal 7,8 km 16,4 km 7,8 km SALAMANCA 805,3 m 882,8 m (altitudemáx.) Peñasolana 867 m 826 m El Encinar de la Rad 837 m (altitudemáx.) 6,5 km 4,1 km 8,4 km 819,3 m ROBLIZA DE COJOS 810 m Ermida de Santiago 819 m Estrada CV-107 12,4 km 9,6 km 4 km 839 m (altitudemáx.) 797 m Rio Yeltes 821 m Ribeira de Cabrillas SAN MUÑOZ 778 m 844 m (altitude máx.) 10,6 km 7,1 km 8,3 km 771 m Bocacara 727 m Pedro Toro ALBA DE YELTES 784,4 m 689 m (altitudemáx.) 12,4 km 3,6 km 621,5 m CIUDAD RODRIGO 596 m Ponte de Marialba 8,3 km 12,4 km 5,3 km 758,5 m (altitude máx.) Vale da Mula 689 m Aldea del Obispo 718 m Alameda de Gordón 663,3 m GALLEGOS DE ARGAÑAN 12,6 km 5,2 km 3,5 km 540 m Ponte do Rio Côa 739 m ALMEIDA 685 m Valverde 8,8 km 6,7 km 7,4 km 7,8 km 557 m Póvoa del Rei 633,6 m PINHEL 584 m Valbom 605 m Ponte do Abade 862 m TRANCOSO 6,4 km 9,1 km 11,9 km 650 m Benvende 3,5 km 9,5 km 3,8 km 2,7 km 592 m Arcozelo do Cabo 763 m SERNANCELHE 590 m Penso 564 m Vila da Ponte 839,9 m (altitude máx.) 14,6 km 10 km 5 km 451 m Ucanha 759 m Sarzedo 696,8 m MOIMENTA DA BEIRA 9,3 km 6,3 km 5,3 km 6,9 km 387 m Nostim Peso da Régua 529,5 m LAMEGO 258 m Valdigem 883,5 m (altitude máx.) 13,2 km 6 km 8,4 km 157 m Ovelhinha 316,7 m MESÃO FRIO 779 m Padrões 412,4 m (altitude máx.) 8,5 km 7 km 5 km 336 m Caramos 264 m Telões 95,9 m AMARANTE 425,2 m (altitude máx.) 12 km 5,8 km 315,7 m FELGUEIRAS 156 m Arco de Pombeiro 8,9 km 4 km 7,8 km 236 m Fraião 128 m Caldas das Taipas 194,5 m GUIMARÃES 436,7 m (altitude máx.) Falperra Vila de Prado 17 m Penegate 127 m Anais 238 m 274,8 m (altitude máx.) 7 km 12,1 km 8,7 km 7,6 km 190,5 m BRAGA 400,4 m (altitude máx.) 10 km 6 km 2,9 km 30 m Arcozelo Alto da Labruja 2,3 m PONTE DE LIMA 230,9 m (altitude máx.) 11 km 5,7 km 6,1 km 9,7 km 18 m Cruz de São Telmo 31 m O Porriño 83 m Mós 50,8 m TUI 275,3 m (altitude máx.) 11,2 km 2,6 km 4,7 km 34 m Valença 172 m Gontomil 200,7 m RUBIÃES 128,1 m (altitude máx.) 16 km 4,9 km 30 m Briallos 10,1 m PONTEVEDRA 153,3 m (altitude máx.) 5 km 7 km 8 km 31 m O Pobo 5 m Pontesampaio 13,5 m REDONDELA 164,9 m (altitudemáx.) 6,3 km 6,7 km 5,7 km 60 m São Miguel de Valga 147 m Carracedo 24,8 m CALDAS D’EL REIS 12,7 km 5,2 km 6,2 km 40 m A Escravitude 103 m Francos 265,7 m 9,9 m PADRÓN SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

Introduction

All land ahead is Galicia

We say goodbye to Minho at every step, through dirt tracks and green horizons. On the way out of Rubiães, on EN 201, there is a sign marking the first yellow arrow of the Portuguese Way. It is not an original sign, but it is still an important milestone of the way. And how many times in history have Jacobean itineraries included smaller or bigger untruths?

Should the Chapel of St. Benedict of the Open Door be faithful to its origin and be open, go in and get to know one of the last Portuguese Baroque temples. The last one is already on the Spanish side: the Chapel of St. Elmo, in Tui, built by a Portuguese architect. Through Gontomil and Fontoura, the way follows the old medieval road until it crosses the Pedreira bridge. If you have time, the interior of Valença's fortress is a place to get to know slowly. Its streets are a treaty of military architecture and, if you go around the hostel, you will enjoy the most beautiful panorama over Tui and the banks of the Minho River. All land ahead is Galicia.

You can spend the night in Valença, but if you cross the border you will gain an hour with the change of time zone. On the international bridge over the Minho River we say goodbye to Portugal. Arrival to Tui is quick, going up to the cathedral, the grandest Romanesque temple before the Compostela cathedral.

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