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Arca (O Pino) → Santiago de Compostela

Xunta · 22 September 2026

French Way · Via San Xil · stage 8 of 8

Source: Xunta de Galicia, 22 September 2026 · David Sousa

Distance
20.2 km
Walking time
5h 05min
Difficulty
Moderate
Arca, O Pino → A Lavacolla10.0 km2h 30min
A Lavacolla → Monte do Gozo5.6 km1h 25min
Monte do Gozo → Santiago4.7 km1h 10min

Weather in Santiago de Compostela

This stage ends in Santiago

Three things before anything else: where to leave your backpack, how to get the Compostela and where the Pilgrim’s Mass is. They’re in Santiago, with the date I checked each one, and there you can work out what time you’ll arrive and what you have time for.

Where will you sleep?

All the albergues, public and private, from Arca (O Pino) onwards, with the km to each one. In case you walk a stage and a half or stop earlier.

See albergues from Arca (O Pino)

Towns with an albergue on this stage

Kilometres, time and sections: official Xunta data.

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One email, the day before you arrive: where to leave your backpack, the Compostela, that day’s Mass and anything that has changed. While you’re walking I won’t write: this website remembers your stage, so open it every morning.

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