La Portela de Valcarce

Stage 27 · Villafranca del Bierzo – O CebreiroLeon Province
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What is there in La Portela de Valcarce

La Portela de Valcarce is a small village in the municipality of Vega de Valcarce, in the El Bierzo district, in Leon Province, on the Camino Frances.

Here the valley narrows and the Camino, which has been sharing its line with the old road, enters one of the greenest areas of the whole province, already with a Galician feel. La Portela is a hamlet of about twenty residents on the left bank of the Valcarce, at about 580 metres, with a Baroque church of the 17th and 18th centuries as its main landmark. A curiosity that shows how close Galicia is: until 1955 this parish belonged to the diocese of Lugo, before passing to Astorga. It has some accommodation right on the route, useful for splitting the stage, and soon after the Camino leaves the road to enter Ambasmestas.

Accommodation in La Portela de Valcarce

There is no accommodation registered here yet. The nearest is in Ambasmestas, 1 km away.

See accommodation in Ambasmestas

Distances from La Portela de Valcarce

From La Portela de Valcarce to Ambasmestas it is about 1 km.

To Vega de Valcarce it is about 2.8 km.

And to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in Santiago de Compostela, about 168.9 km remain.

La Portela on the Camino

La Portela, a hamlet of Vega de Valcarce, lies in the narrow Valcarce valley, between the motorway and the river. The Camino crosses it beside the old main road.

What to see in La Portela de Valcarce?

Church
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Church of Saint John the Baptist La Portela de Valcarce

Church of Saint John the Baptist in La Portela de Valcarce The Church of Saint John the Baptist is located

The village

It has fewer than a hundred residents, houses of stone and slate and the church of San Juan Bautista.

It lies in the valley that links Villafranca del Bierzo with Galicia. Many pilgrims stop here so as to make the climb to La Faba and O Cebreiro the next day.

The surroundings

All around are chestnuts, oaks and birches, and the Valcarce river runs beside the village.

Services

There is a hostel, a bar and rural accommodation.

Before the climb

Sleeping here shortens the stage to La Faba and O Cebreiro, one of the most demanding stretches of the Camino Frances. Pilgrims who do so face the mountain with more strength.

In short

La Portela de Valcarce is a small, practical hamlet in the valley, a good place to rest before the climb into Galicia.

Camino de Santiago Frances
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