The last 100 km: Tui to Santiago de Compostela

Tui stands on the Miño river facing Valença in Portugal across the international bridge, and its cathedral looks like a fortress because it was one. From here the Central Portugués has six stages left to Santiago, through Pontevedra, the hot springs at Caldas de Reis, and Padrón.

117 km (73 miles) 6 walking days, one stage a day +1135 m total climb −967 m total descent Over the 100 km Compostela minimum

The stretch at a glance

Elevation sampled from terrain data (Terrarium DEM, built on SRTM) along the track, from Tui to Santiago only.

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Your plan, day by day

This is the planner preset for the Tui start: the guide's own stages, one per day, with the night towns in order. Tap any day for its stage page, with the profile slice and the services along it. Want shorter or longer days, or a rest day? Open the same route in Plan mode in the map app and regroup the days around your pace.

Day	Walk	Km	Climb	Descent	Walking	Night in
Day 1	Tui → O Porriño Stage 21 of the Camino Portugués	16.0	+42 m	−37 m	4 h 05 min	O Porriño
Day 2	O Porriño → Redondela Stage 22 of the Camino Portugués	16.0	+184 m	−210 m	4 h 20 min	Redondela
Day 3	Redondela → Pontevedra Stage 23 of the Camino Portugués	20.0	+288 m	−285 m	5 h 35 min	Pontevedra
Day 4	Pontevedra → Caldas de Reis Stage 24 of the Camino Portugués	21.0	+160 m	−143 m	5 h 35 min	Caldas de Reis
Day 5	Caldas de Reis → Padrón Stage 25 of the Camino Portugués	19.0	+133 m	−174 m	5 h 00 min	Padrón
Day 6	Padrón → Santiago de Compostela Stage 26 of the Camino Portugués	25.0	+328 m	−118 m	6 h 55 min	Santiago de Compostela

Walking time uses 4 km/h plus one hour per 500 m of climb, the same pace as the stage pages.

Why start in Tui

It is the gentlest of the three starts on paper: the lowest total climb of the three, spread over six days.
The towns carry the walk: Pontevedra's old centre, Caldas de Reis, and Padrón, the town the Padrón pepper and the Jacobean boat legend both come from.
The honest downside: the stage into and out of O Porriño has industrial stretches. They pass, and the rest of the walk earns them.

If you have a spare day, start in Valença and walk the bridge into Tui as the beginning of stage one. Either way the distance clears the 100 km minimum with room to spare.

Getting to Tui

Tui connects by bus and local rail toward Vigo and Pontevedra. Many walkers arrive through Vigo or Porto, sleep in Valença or Tui, and some start by crossing the bridge from Valença on foot, which adds the Portuguese bank of the river to day one.

The Compostela, honestly

The Cathedral's Pilgrim Office asks walkers for at least 100 km on foot, finishing in Santiago, with a credencial stamped along the way: at least two stamps a day over this final stretch is the standing guidance. Tui gives you 117 km, so every one of these starts qualifies with room to spare. Get the credencial before you start, stamp it in churches, albergues, and bars along the way, and carry it into the office in Santiago.

The other last 100 km starts

From Sarria: 115 km on the Camino Francés
From Ferrol: 111 km on the Camino Inglés
Compare all three starts side by side