Hill from Combarro

[auburnfive]

Hello,
How tough is the hill from Combarro to Armentiera? Are there any points that one could take a cab to or from to decrease the physical requirement? Thank you.

 

[SabsP]

Hello,
How tough is the hill from Combarro to Armentiera? Are there any points that one could take a cab to or from to decrease the physical requirement? Thank you.

Did not walk it myself but here on wikiloc it looks doable.

C2020 2.Variante espiritual. Combarro - Armenteira

C2020 2.Variante espiritual. Combarro - Armenteira Hiking trail in Combarro, Galicia (España). Download its GPS track and follow the itinerary on a map. Pendiente de revisión

www.wikiloc.com

 

[Antonius Vaessen]

How though the climb is, depends on your condition. I walked from Porto, it was surely the harvest climb on the Potugues. It was a little bit harder than I expected beforehand based on the number of altitudemeters. Still if you take your time it must be doable for everyone. It is certainly not extreme for caminostandards.
I don't think there's is a possibility to take a taxi for part of the climb, most of is on "natural paths" (perhaps you could take a taxi to the place where rhe road ends, the part of the climb through the village is in my memory rather steep. I don't know how many taxi's there are in Combarro and how happy the drivers will be with such short rides)
I would try to walk, afterwards you will be happy to have done it

 

[ChristelMarcAntwerp22]

I second Antonius his opinion, the climb is quite doable, just take your time look around and enjoy it´s a very nice walk!

 

[HaveringRob]

My husband and I did it and it was a challenge, but we did it after a long day of walking. Use your treking poles! I would spend the night in Combarro or near there and stock up on water and snacks there, because there will be nothing on the way. Start fresh, for sure. It is a pretty walk, but it is a climb. Better to overestimate the difficulty than to underestimate it.

 

[FLEUR]

After a nightstop at Combarro 4 of us (older pilgrims) managed that climb, take breaks. It winds around a little , giving breaks between steep sections. After a lunch stop at Armenteira We carried on walking the beautiful path (of stones and water) to the next town, (away from home I can picture the route but can't recall the names) We stayed in a lovely hotel there. They left us a good packed breakfast as we were leaving early on the Sunday to walk on. Dinner there was also good.
Message me, I'm home in a few days and can look up place names)

The part I found difficult was on the Central going up the "mountain " After Ponte de Lima.

 

[ChristelMarcAntwerp22]

My husband and I did it and it was a challenge, but we did it after a long day of walking. Use your treking poles! I would spend the night in Combarro or near there and stock up on water and snacks there, because there will be nothing on the way. Start fresh, for sure. It is a pretty walk, but it is a climb. Better to overestimate the difficulty than to underestimate it.

That´s what my wife and i did, spent the night at Combarro and as it´s indeed a climb we only went as far as Armenteira. Stock up water and snacks is a very good advise, i remember there´s only a small stall with drinks that´it

 

[François Leemans]

How though the climb is, depends on your condition. I walked from Porto, it was surely the harvest climb on the Potugues. It was a little bit harder than I expected beforehand based on the number of altitudemeters. Still if you take your time it must be doable for everyone. It is certainly not extreme for caminostandards.
I don't think there's is a possibility to take a taxi for part of the climb, most of is on "natural paths" (perhaps you could take a taxi to the place where rhe road ends, the part of the climb through the village is in my memory rather steep. I don't know how many taxi's there are in Combarro and how happy the drivers will be with such short rides)
I would try to walk, afterwards you will be happy to have done it

The climb its very long yes.,

 

[dougfitz]

There is a recent discussion on this here. Its only 7 km to the summit from Combarro, so not particularly far. There are some short steep sections, perhaps over 20% slopes in places, but on average its only about six or seven percent.

I stayed in Combarro, and walked to Taberna Os Castanos near Barrantes that day. I didn't feel like walking this at the end of the day walking from Pontevedra, and wouldn't recommend that unless you were particularly fit.

 

[François Leemans]

That´s what my wife and i did, spent the night at Combarro and as it´s indeed a climb we only went as far as Armenteira. Stock up water and snacks is a very good advise, i remember there´s only a small stall with drinks that´it

We didn't in 2022 in the rain very long climb to Armenteira,er it's Well one drink automatic one de way.

 

[HaveringRob]

There is a recent discussion on this here. Its only 7 km to the summit from Combarro, so not particularly far. There are some short steep sections, perhaps over 20% slopes in places, but on average its only about six or seven percent.

I stayed in Combarro, and walked to Taberna Os Castanos near Barrantes that day. I didn't feel like walking this at the end of the day walking from Pontevedra, and wouldn't recommend that unless you were particularly fit.

yep. I was not particularly fit and had walked from Pontevedra that day. It was beautiful and I was proud of myself, but my feet were on fire at the end of the day.

 

[FLEUR]

Be kind to yourselves and stay overnight in Combarro.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I walked the Spiritual Variant in spring 2019 after fracturing two ribs on the Fisherman's trail prior. I did stay in lovely Combarro overnight, but don't recall anything unusually difficult afterward that I couldn't manage even though I still carried my back pack. I wouldn't worry too much: you should be fine.
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[Lleslie]

We walked from Pontevedra last June, early lunch at Combarro then the other 4 in our group taxied to Armenteira as they were carrying various ailments while I walked. Warm/hot mid 30's but with my handsfree umbrella went slowly but steadily up, plenty of stops in the shade to admire the views After the mirador it evens out. The end of the track going down into Armenteira is quite rocky - take care here.

 

[FLEUR]

There is a recent discussion on this here. Its only 7 km to the summit from Combarro, so not particularly far. There are some short steep sections, perhaps over 20% slopes in places, but on average its only about six or seven percent.

I stayed in Combarro, and walked to Taberna Os Castanos near Barrantes that day. I didn't feel like walking this at the end of the day walking from Pontevedra, and wouldn't recommend that unless you were particularly fit.

That's what we did and where we stayed. Recommend it.

 

[kamleman]

I made the mistake of doing it in early afternoon. The hill was not terribly steep, certainly no worse than others on the Primitivo or Frances, but it was.so.hot! Needed 2 Kas and a couple of beers in Armenteira to semi recover!

 

[richardb]

I walked from Pontevedra to Combarro in a long morning with a leisurely visit to Poio monastery and stayed there overnight.

Next day, the climb up to Armenteira was delightful with only a couple of steep sections. There's no difficult underfoot terrain. I went slowly, and stopped at the viewpoints, so four hours or so.

 

[François Leemans]

My husband and I did it and it was a challenge, but we did it after a long day of walking. Use your treking poles! I would spend the night in Combarro or near there and stock up on water and snacks there, because there will be nothing on the way. Start fresh, for sure. It is a pretty walk, but it is a climb. Better to overestimate the difficulty than to underestimate it.

There are one drink automate on this route.Yes.

 

[François Leemans]

Mijn man en ik deden het en het was een uitdaging, maar we deden het na een lange dag wandelen. Gebruik je trekstokken! Ik zou de nacht doorbrengen in Combarro of daar in de buurt en daar water en snacks inslaan, want er zal niets onderweg zijn. Begin fris, zeker weten. Het is een mooie wandeling, maar het is een klim. Het is beter om de moeilijkheid te overschatten dan om het te onderschatten.

ER is één drank automaat tijdens de klim.

 

[dougfitz]

There are one drink automate on this route.Yes.

If you are asking about just the hill from Combarro, I don't recall any drink vending machines if that is what you are asking about. I think there was a place that had left some bottled water at the roadside with an honesty box a little up the hill from Combarro getting closer to the edge of the farmland.

 

[HaveringRob]

If you are asking about just the hill from Combarro, I don't recall any drink vending machines if that is what you are asking about. I think there was a place that had left some bottled water at the roadside with an honesty box a little up the hill from Combarro getting closer to the edge of the farmland.

Nor do I, and believe me, I was looking.