O Barco de Valdeorras
Camino de Invierno
O Barco de Valdeorras has all the services you could want, and the local wine is remarkably good. It's a long, narrow town strung out along the Río Sil, with plenty of hostals and pensiones.
O Barco is the center of the Valdeorras DO wine region. The local Mencía (red) and Godello (white) wines are among the best values in Galicia — every bar in town pours them proudly at bargain prices. Sample both.
Recommended places to eat: Casa Galaica on Avenida Eulogio Fernández has a great menú. Casa Paradelo (Rúa Xirimil, back street near the station) has a nice garden. Asador Viloira is a pensión and restaurant across the first pedestrian bridge. Bar San Roque is reported as very pilgrim-friendly.
The riverside park is the town's social hub — in summer, kids go tubing through a small whitewater section, and families congregate around the cafés and playgrounds. If you want to unwind, this is the place.
The albergue of Xagoaza is not in O Barco but rather 3.5 km north of town. Contact Gloria at 639 921 679 to arrange your stay.
Leave O Barco on the river walk. After passing the cafés, parks, and playgrounds, cross a small wooden footbridge over a tributary (not the river itself). After the sanitary plant, a mojón takes you off the path. At the roundabout, turn left. Walk straight, cross the tracks, and continue on an access road parallel to the highway all the way into Arcos.
Accommodation in O Barco de Valdeorras.
| Albergue de Peregrinos Xagoaza 10€ 20 |
| Polideportivo de O Barco |
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