Vía de la Plata stage 31: Xunqueira de Ambía to Ourense

Stage 31 of 36 on the Vía de la Plata. You start 842.4 km into the route and finish at 868.6 km, with Santiago 105.4 km still ahead at the end of the day.

22.0 km (13.7 miles) +120 m climb −665 m descent 5 h 45 min walking time Difficulty 3 of 5 Challenging Night at stop 31 in Ourense

Elevation profile

Xunqueira de Ambía · 696 m Ourense · 142 m High point 696 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. Xunqueira de Ambía0.0 km
  2. Capela de San Lázaro1.3 km
  3. Igrexa de Santiago de Barbadelo4.3 km
  4. Igrexa de Santa María de Belante8.6 km
  5. Igrexa de San Salvador da Pinza11.2 km
  6. Igrexa de Santa María de Ferreiros12.3 km
  7. Igrexa de Santiago da Laxe14.7 km
  8. Igrexa de San Salvador das Cortes16.1 km
  9. Igrexa de San Nicolao de Portomarín19.1 km
  10. Ourense22.0 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

87 along this stage

Water points

18 along this stage

Food and drink

98 along this stage

Shops

23 along this stage

Pharmacy and health

11 along this stage

ATMs and banks

13 along this stage

Churches

22 along this stage

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