Ourense to Santiago Autumn 2022 Autumn
Ourense Hot springs. I went to Termas de Outariz: E5 for 2 hours – lots of different pools of varying temps from quite hot to cool, spas and fountains and soothing music. They ask you to maintain silence. Absolutely wonderful.
The public hot springs are free with three pools and would be a different sort of experience.
There is a monastery in Ourense that I have heard is worth seeing but I didn’t stop.
There are two routes out of Ourense – both steep – I took the right hand one and it was fine.
Oeira and the Monastery – see
@MesaWalker comments for details. The monastery has a rare statue of Mary of the Milk. There is a brand new municipal Albergue there with plenty of beds – absolutely beautiful. You might want to take your food as there is only one little café – excellent food but limited and a bit expensive. You can buy a breakfast pack at the monastery. It is a steep walk / trail out the next morning and you might be joined by the monastery’s big black dog for a few Kms.
It appears the the albergue in Castro Dozon is still closed according to Gronze so it’s a 30 Km walk from Oseira to A Laxa. As I had started in Sevilla I was up for it (and you might be too) but there are a Hostal in Botos (E30 for a single) about 6 km before A Laxe.
It’s a beautiful Camino and as I walked I imagined it would become more popular as the Frances gets even busier. I loved every step.