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Towns along the Camino worth stopping in. Open a town to see what it offers and where to stay.
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Tobel is a place of transformations: from the 13th century the Hospitallers cared for pilgrims here on the way to Einsiedeln, then their commandery was a prison for 162 years, and today it is a cultural venue. The Thurgauer Klosterweg ends here. Beds are few, so reserve.
Traben-Trarbach is two towns and a bridge: from the Grevenburg you walk down into old Trarbach, where one of only two pilgrim hostels on the Mosel-Camino stands next to the church. Around 1900 the town was Europe's most important wine-trading centre after Bordeaux. According to Camino Ninja, Trier is 73.5 kilometres away.
Treis-Karden is a town with two banks: on the left of the Moselle, in Karden, stands the collegiate church of St. Castor, the "Moseldom", where tradition says the hermit Castor lived around 350. On the right lies Treis beneath its two castles. A 195-metre bridge links them, and Trier is still 120.8 kilometres away.
Trier is a gateway: four Caminos end here, and at the same church door of St. Matthias, the only apostle's tomb north of the Alps, the routes to Le Puy and Vézelay begin. The cathedral keeps the Holy Robe, and the Porta Nigra has stood since the year 170. Stay at least two nights.
Tui is the gateway to Galicia: crossing the bridge from Portugal, you enter a bishop's city whose cathedral of 1225 stands like a castle above the Miño. In 2025, 41,645 pilgrims began their last 118 kilometres to Santiago here. From now on you need two stamps a day, and the Way gets busier.
Valença is your last evening in Portugal: a fortress town with twelve bastions high above the Minho, facing the cathedral of Tui. By day, linen shops and day-trippers fill the lanes; in the evening the walls belong to the pilgrims. Tomorrow you cross the bridge of 1886 into Spain and lose an hour.
Viana do Castelo is the seafarers' town on the Coastal Way: you cross Eiffel's bridge of 1878 at the mouth of the Lima into an old town whose cathedral has St James dressed as a pilgrim on its portal. Above it rises Monte de Santa Luzia, where pilgrims celebrate the sunset. Santiago is still just under 200 kilometres away.
Vigo is Galicia's largest city and lives off the sea: a busy port, oysters from the ría and a treasure that is said to have lain under the water since 1702. According to Camino Ninja it is 103 kilometres from here to Santiago, enough for the Compostela. The city has no yellow arrows, though, so you will need a map.
Vila do Conde is the town of shipbuilders and of a king who came as a pilgrim: in 1502 Manuel I stopped here on his way to Santiago, and his visit led to the main church. On the Ave lie a replica of a ship of the discoveries and a convent with an aqueduct of 999 arches. The public albergue is closed.
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