Arrival at the Galician town of Tui. This pretty border town looks back across the river to the Portuguese border town of Valenca. Walk across the bridge to Portugal and then back again into Spain across this border free landmark between the two countries. A must see is the wonderful Cathedral – where better to collect your first pilgrim´s stamp. The group will meet up with their guide for the week at the hotel reception at an agreed time and head off together for our Welcome Dinner. This evening we will have an opportunity to get to know each other and be briefed on the tour that awaits. This will also be our chance to walk around town and get our first stamps on our Pilgrims passport.
Nearest airports to Tui are Vigo (25km), Santiago de Compostella (124km) and Oporto (119km). You can also take a direct train from Madrid to Guillarei (3.7km).