Camino Primitivo stage 10: Lugo to San Román da Retorta

Stage 10 of 14 on the Camino Primitivo. You start 213.6 km into the route and finish at 232.0 km, with Santiago 82.9 km still ahead at the end of the day.

19.0 km (11.8 miles) +285 m climb −188 m descent 5 h 20 min walking time Difficulty 2 of 5 Moderate Night at stop 10 in San Román da Retorta

Elevation profile

Lugo · 429 m San Román da Retorta · 580 m High point 584 m

Elevation sampled from terrain data (Terrarium DEM, built on SRTM) along the track. Walking time uses 4 km/h plus one hour per 500 m of climb. Difficulty scores the whole day 1 to 5 from its distance, climb, and descent, with the same formula on every route.

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Through the day

Named places along the walk in the order you reach them, with the distance from the stage start, built from the OpenStreetMap places counted below. A water point with no name of its own is listed as one.

  1. Lugo0.0 km
  2. Capela de San Lázaro da Ponte2.3 km
  3. Capela do Santo Matías5.4 km
  4. Igrexa de San Xoán do Alto7.5 km
  5. Igrexa de San Vicente do Burgo9.8 km
  6. Igrexa de San Martiño de Poutomillos12.8 km
  7. Igrexa de San Miguel de Bacurín14.1 km
  8. Igrexa de San Pedro de Mera17.2 km
  9. San Román da Retorta19.0 km

Services along this stage

Counted from OpenStreetMap places on or near the track between the stage start and end, refreshed 2026-10-24. Use the map app while you walk for the exact spot, distance ahead, and popup details.

Places to stay

9 along this stage

Water points

15 along this stage

Food and drink

126 along this stage

Shops

11 along this stage

Pharmacy and health

18 along this stage

ATMs and banks

13 along this stage

Churches

17 along this stage

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