San Xiao do Camiño
What is there in San Xiao do Camiño
San Xiao do Camiño (San Julián del Camino) is a hamlet and parish in the municipality of Palas de Rei, in Lugo Province, on the Camino Frances.
About 65 kilometres from Santiago, this hamlet of some thirty residents carries the Camino in its official name and keeps a late-12th-century church whose Romanesque apse, with barrel and semi-dome vaults, survives from the original building. It is dedicated to Saint Julian the Hospitaller, a very fitting patron for the place: according to the medieval legend, after killing his parents by mistake, Julian spent the rest of his life doing penance by helping travellers across a dangerous river and founded a hospital to care for them. Inside there is a painted carving of the saint and, outside, a stone cross. It is a short, quiet stretch, among oaks and meadows, a few kilometres from Palas de Rei, before carrying on to A Ponte Campaña.
Accommodation in San Xiao do Camiño
There is no accommodation registered here yet. The nearest is in Palas de Rei, 3.5 km away.
See accommodation in Palas de ReiDistances from San Xiao do Camiño
From San Xiao do Camiño to Casanova it is about 2 km.
To O Leboreiro it is about 5 km.
And to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in Santiago de Compostela, about 64.3 km remain.
