Camino Francés · Stage 26 of 33Villafranca del Bierzo → O Cebreiro

The queen stage, and a tough one: after the Valcarce valley comes a long climb into the Galician mountains via Las Herrerías and La Faba. You crest at O Cebreiro, with its stone pallozas and its shrine of the eucharistic miracle.

27.7km
↑908m ascent
↓116m descent
6–7 htime
153.4km to Santiago
Harddifficulty

Stage elevation profile

1275 m497 m
km 0km 13.8km 27.7

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Where to sleep

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Albergue Municipal de TrabadeloAlbergue · Public · Trabadelo · km 9.5
5 €Dorm
36 bedsWiFiKitchenWashing machineDryerBar

From their website: trabadelo.org

Albergue El PeregrinoAlbergue · Private · La Portela de Valcarce · km 13.2
15 €Bunk
28 bedsWiFiAccessibleHeatingWashing machineBar

From their website: laportela.com

Albergue Municipal Vega de ValcarceAlbergue · Public · Ambasmestas · km 16.2
92 bedsDryerWiFiKitchen
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Did you know?

O Cebreiro guards the so-called Galician Holy Grail: tradition holds that the host and wine turned to flesh and blood before a villager who doubted his faith.

At the end of the stage

Water fountainsPharmacyATMSupermarketHealth centre

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