Santarém - Golegã

After crossing the small medieval bridge of Alcorce, we meet again the fertile fields of Tejo's marshlands, in a succession of extensive farms, ditches and streams that lend a bucolic and muddy rural scenery to our progress along the Path.It is an equally extensive and flat stage, like the previous one, with no difficulties worthy of note, that crosses the Vale de Figueira and Azinhaga villages. "Galega" (Galician) would be the name given to an existing “Venda” (Sale) in the place where the village was born, and the name Golegã resulted from "Venda da Galega" (Galician Sale). The stage ends next to the Main Church, adorned with a richly sculpted Manueline doorway, in front of which the old Estrada Real (Royal Road) between Lisbon and Porto used to pass. Behind it is the Tourism Office, where you can find out about the various options for your stay, which are expanded every year with new offers of hostels and other accommodation units specially prepared for pilgrims and travelers to Compostela.