Camino Portugués

Day 19

Valença to Redondela

Leaving Residencial S Giao at 7 a.m (8 a.m. in Spain)

Passing through the walls of the fort

The footbridge to Spain.

Selfie with Brazilian pilgrims Tania Maura Silva and J Castro Alva

Tui Cathedral

Leaving Tui, hoping for the mist to burn off

Horreo

Helmut (Quinta das Leiras) recommended a detour through the forest to the left after this place

The arrows point straight ahead; the detour through the forest goes off to the left

After leaving the forest there was quite a bit of street walking as I approached Porrinho,
where I took another detour that went along the river.

Porrinho

Back on the N-550 for a short while

Church at Mos

In some places the Spanish have gone mad with yellow paint; in certain other critical points there are no arrows at all!

At least as I approached Redondela after 9 hours walking there was a sign advertising my hotel
: the bad news was that it was 5 km outside of Redondela.

Redondela

Accommodation

Hotel Antolin, Paseo de Praia

The Rande Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge spanning Vigo Ria across the Rande Strait, linking Redondela with Moañ, built in 1978 and opened in 1981. It has a length of 1,604 metres, its pillars have a height of 148 metres and its main span measures 401 metres. Although it was not the biggest (cable-stayed) span in the world when it opened, it was the longest span with more than two lanes.