Tui beginning

[RussGianni]

Mapping on google with visuals about my walk. It appears to be mostly “pseudo urban” with lots of small villages, hamlets, mostly on a major road? Not too much forest, or great expanses of minor inhabited terrain. Am I incorrect? Looks amazing though! Traveling solo and hoping to meet a traveler or two to possibly walk with so I do not spend my 9 days without a conversation! lol . Either way, I’m totally ok with just me! Thoughts about all of this? Thanks!

 

[gloria lowe]

I walked it and met many people along the way. I walk slow so most people passed me but when they stopped along the way many times I would see them again. A lot of people seem to remember the slow person they passed and maybe had a short conversation with. You’ll meet many others.

 

[KDub]

Lots of people walk (and bike!) from Tui.

 

[Walkalong]

The walk from Tui is certainly not wilderness but the official route avoids busy street side walking.

I suggest taking the variant to the left, along the river, just down the hill from this point to avoid walking through the largest industrial park in Galicia. Gronze and other guides provide pretty good directions on this.

 

[RussGianni]

The walk from Tui is certainly not wilderness but the official route avoids busy street side walking.

I suggest taking the variant to the left, along the river, just down the hill from this point to avoid walking through the largest industrial park in Galicia. Gronze and other guides provide pretty good directions on this.

Is this route that you suggest well marked?

 

[KDub]

Is this route that you suggest well marked?

The Tui to Santiago route is well marked. There was not one instance when I thought I might get lost, even on a variant. Plus there were so many pilgrims around that you are never alone. I stopped to take a snack/water break and 50 pilgrims walked by! (Yes, I counted)

 

[Walkalong]

It's been a few years, but I think it is well marked.

I'm sure you'll meet lots of people along the way. The cafe 'Ponte das febres', as you enter Ribadelouro, is possibly the last place with washrooms before the 7.9 km walk to O Porriño.

Here's a link to that stage in Gronze. The variant, in a broken line, should really be the main route. 7.9 km of open industrial park versus 7.9 km of shaded, soft, riverside walking.

 

[Simperegrina]

It's been a few years, but I think it is well marked.

I'm sure you'll meet lots of people along the way. The cafe 'Ponte das febres', as you enter Ribadelouro, is possibly the last place with washrooms before the 7.9 km walk to O Porriño.

Here's a link to that stage in Gronze. The variant, in a broken line, should really be the main route. 7.9 km of open industrial park versus 7.9 km of shaded, soft, riverside walking.

Ponte des Febres is a great cafe (and little store)

 

[Tincatinker]

Mapping on google with visuals about my walk. It appears to be mostly “pseudo urban” with lots of small villages, hamlets, mostly on a major road? Not too much forest, or great expanses of minor inhabited terrain. Am I incorrect? Looks amazing though! Traveling solo and hoping to meet a traveler or two to possibly walk with so I do not spend my 9 days without a conversation! lol . Either way, I’m totally ok with just me! Thoughts about all of this? Thanks!

Please remember that Godgle just drive around in their cars (OK so in Venice they borrowed a boat). Godgle maps is useless for plotting or viewing footpath routes because they simply do not exist. Computer says NO!

Godgle Earth will give you satellite definition and you can "fly" any route you plug in. None of which matters much. You'll be walking a clearly way-marked route through countryside where people live and for whom the Camino is just something else they have to put up with

 

[David Tallan]

Mapping on google with visuals about my walk. It appears to be mostly “pseudo urban” with lots of small villages, hamlets, mostly on a major road? Not too much forest, or great expanses of minor inhabited terrain. Am I incorrect? Looks amazing though! Traveling solo and hoping to meet a traveler or two to possibly walk with so I do not spend my 9 days without a conversation! lol . Either way, I’m totally ok with just me! Thoughts about all of this? Thanks!

My memory is lots of small villages and hamlets, which is par for the course on a Camino. I don't remember so much walking on major roads. After Tui, you shouldn't have any problem meeting fellow travelers. The Portugues is the second most walked Camino and you'll be in the last 100 km, which is the busiest part (especially after Redondela where the Central and Coastal routes merge).