El Expreso de la Robla: Routes: 2025 Season!

Pilgrim's Route: Oviedo – Oviedo (6 days - 5 nights)

 

Departure dates from Oviedo, season 2025:

  • August: 20
  • September: 3

Route

Day 1: Oviedo – Viveiro

  • Reception in Oviedo station.
  • Guided tour of the city.
  • Welcome toast on the train, crew presentation and passengers will be taken to their rooms.
  • Onboard dining, while the train heads for Viveiro, Galicia.

Day 2: Viveiro (Ferrol-Pontedeume Stage)

  • Early arrival in Viveiro.
  • We will start the morning, as every day, enjoying our delicious breakfast buffet.
  • After breakfast, transfer to Ferrol by bus for pilgrims who wish to walk the first stage, Ferrol – Pontedeume (26 km).
  • Those who do not want to walk are transferred by bus to the northernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula, the cape of Estaca de Bares, visiting later Bares Beach and O Barqueiro, with free time for lunch.
  • In the afternoon, those on the outing are taken back to the train, and the walkers are picked up in Pontedeume to return to Viveiro.
  • Free time for dinner and overnight on board in Viveiro.

Day 3: Viveiro – Ortigueira (Stage: Pontedeume – Abegondo

  • While we have breakfast the train will travel to Ortigueira.
  • From here, by bus, we will bring the pilgrims to Pontedeume, to start the second stage to Abegondo (31 Km). 
  • Passengers who go on the outing will visit the Sanctuary of San Andrés de Teixido y Cedeira, with free time for lunch.
  • In the afternoon, those on the outing are taken back to the train and the walkers are picked up in Abegondo to return to Ortigueira.
  • Free time for dinner and night in Ortigueira.

Day 4: Ortigueira – Ferrol (Stage: Abegondo – A Calle)

  • During breakfast the train will go to Ferrol and then the bus will take the pilgrims to the starting point of the third stage, Abegondo – A Calle (25 Km).
  • All other passengers on the bus will go to A Coruña, where we will spend the morning and enjoy free time for lunch.
  • In the afternoon, return to the train in Ferrol.
  • Tonight we will have a dinner (included in the trip), all together in a Typical Pulpería.
  • Night in Ferrol.

Day 5: Ferrol – Santiago de Compostela – Oviedo (Stage: A Calle – Santiago)

  • After breakfast on board, the pilgrims will be transferred by bus to the start of the fourth and last stage, which will take them from A Calle to Santiago de Compostela (27 km).
  • Once in Santiago you will have free time until the afternoon. For the rest of the customers, departure by bus from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela.
  • Free time in Santiago.
  • In the late afternoon, return of pilgrims and tourists to the train in Ferrol.
  • During dinner on board (catering service) the train will depart for Oviedo.
  • Overnight on board.

Day 6: Oviedo

  • Early arrival of the train to Oviedo.
  • Breakfast on board and farewell to the crew and the train, to end the trip.