Stage 9: Vigo – Pontesampaio
Stage 9 in brief
Stage 9 of the Caminho Português da Costa covers 23.1 km from Vigo to Pontesampaio, Galicia, Spain.
It climbs 517 m and descends 622 m, topping out at 183 m; it starts at 108 m and ends at 3 m.
The DIN 33466 walking time is 7 h 15 min without breaks (4 km an hour on the level, 300 m an hour uphill, 500 m downhill).
In terms of effort it counts as very demanding.
43% of the route runs through forest.
The best months are March and May–September, judged by temperature and rain at the highest point.
At the high point the warmest month, August, averages 26° by day.
A bus stop or station lies within 800 m of the start or the finish. There is a car park near the start.
This is a suggested stage: it ends in a village or town with beds (albergue, hostel or a town with places to stay) and keeps the day lengths even. The way itself has no fixed daily stages.
Facts
- Distance
- 23.1 km
- Ascent / descent
- 517 m / 622 m
- Highest / lowest point
- 183 m / 0 m
- Walking time
- 7 h 15 min
- Effort
- very demanding
- Steepest kilometre
- 10 %
- In forest
- 43 %
- Best months
- Mar · May–Sep
- Start
- Vigo
- Network
- National route · CPC
- Stages
- 9 / 12
The line on the ground
Elevation profile
Height every 20 mThe year month by month
- Jangood, wetter
- Febgood, wetter
- Margood
- Aprgood, wetter
- Maygood
- Jungood
- Julgood
- Auggood
- Sepgood
- Octgood, wetter
- Novgood, wetter
- Decgood, wetter
Climate at the high point (183 m)
Averages 1981–2010 adjusted to the height with 6.5 °C per km; daylight at the start| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 13° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 24° | 20° | 15° | 13° |
| Average low | 5° | 5° | 7° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 6° |
| Precipitation | 201 mm | 161 mm | 147 mm | 163 mm | 141 mm | 65 mm | 42 mm | 52 mm | 116 mm | 252 mm | 251 mm | 281 mm |
| Daylight | 9 h 26 min | 10 h 35 min | 11 h 53 min | 13 h 21 min | 14 h 34 min | 15 h 15 min | 14 h 58 min | 13 h 55 min | 12 h 31 min | 11 h 07 min | 9 h 49 min | 9 h 07 min |
This week on the route
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Kilometre by kilometre
| km | What | Name | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | Town or village | Vigo · 1.1 km off the route | 86 m |
| 0.3 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 0.3 | Railway station | Vigo-Urzáiz | – |
| 0.7 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 2.1 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 2.8 | Drinking water | Fonte da Pouleira | – |
| 3.6 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 4.3 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 6.4 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 7.5 | Drinking water | Fonte da Fervenza do Rego Fondón | – |
| 7.5 | Waterfall | Fervenza do Rego Fondón | – |
| 9.6 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 9.7 | Viewpoint | Mellor banco do mundo | – |
| 11.8 | Drinking water | Fonte da Mina do Conde | – |
| 12.9 | Drinking water | Fonte da Raíña | – |
| 14.3 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue A Rotonda | – |
| 14.5 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue Santiago de Vilavella | – |
| 14.6 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue A Conserveira | – |
| 14.7 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 14.9 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue de Peregrinos Casa da Torre | – |
| 15.0 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue A Casa da Herba | – |
| 15.0 | Town or village | Redondela | 6 m |
| 15.1 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue Santiago Apostol de Redondela | – |
| 15.2 | Hostel | Anabel Home | – |
| 15.4 | Hostel | A Marisma | – |
| 15.5 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue Avoa Regina | – |
| 15.6 | Drinking water | Fonte do mouro | – |
| 16.6 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue A Dársena do Francés | – |
| 17.0 | Drinking water | Fonte do Picho | – |
| 17.8 | Hostel | O Refuxio de la Jerezana | – |
| 18.3 | Shelter | – | – |
| 18.7 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 18.7 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 20.4 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue O Recuncho do Peregrino | – |
| 21.4 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue Casa Calvar | – |
| 21.7 | Drinking water | Fonte da Lavandeira | – |
| 21.9 | Hostel | Lameiriñas | – |
| 21.9 | Pilgrim hostel | Albergue Camino de Santiago O Lar de Pepa | – |
| 22.5 | Railway station | Arcade | – |
| 22.8 | Viewpoint | – | – |
| 23.1 | Hostel | O Mesón | – |
Surface, shade and gradients
Seen along the route
Start, stops and airports
- Start
- 42.22850° N, 8.71035° W · 108 m
- Finish
- 42.34659° N, 8.60674° W · 3 m
- Car park at the start
- yes · 212 m
- Stop at the start
- Vigo-Urzáiz · Railway station · 575 m
- Stop at the finish
- Bus stop · Bus stop · 471 m
- Nearest airport
- Vigo Airport (VGO) · 6.9 km
- Nearest airport
- Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ) · 78.1 km
Conditions change: check the official sources, the signposts and the weather before you set off. Walking times follow DIN 33466 and do not include breaks. Route data as of 2026-10-16. Report an error