The Portuguese Coastal Way passes through Baiona for 9 kilometres through the municipality, passing through several of its rural parishes and the old part of the town, with centuries of history.

Hundreds of years ago, pilgrims from overseas arrived in battered sailing ships to the raging Portuguese coast and from there continued on foot to Compostela, thus creating what is now known as the Portuguese Coastal Way.

The Way of St. James enters the municipality of Baiona from Oia and passes through Cape Silleiro where we can enjoy beautiful views of the Atlantic Ocean, here it enters more sheltered areas to continue the route through the interior of the municipality.

Highlights of the Pilgrims' Route to Santiago de Compostela as it passes through Baiona:

1. Baredo

The first parish of Baiona that the walker comes across, coming from Oia (4.7 km to the centre of Baiona) and which takes us into the rural atmosphere of the area.

2. River path of the Baredo windmills

It runs along the course of the river Fraga, crossing the Camino. Seven hundred and sixty metres of path with restored mills. 

3. San Antón

A neighbourhood in the parish of Baiona through which we reach the centre of the town.

4. Chapel of Santa Liberata

Built in the 17th century, it is dedicated to the first Christian woman martyred on the cross. On the altar is the image of Santiago Ecuestre, the symbol of St. James the Equestrian, the Jacobean symbol.

5. Ex-collegiate church of Santa Maria 

Transitional Romanesque from the 13th century with Cistercian influence. It has a basilica floor plan with three naves, with a Baroque style altarpiece on the main altar. It contains two images of Saint James the Apostle, one of them from the 18th century carved in polychrome wood.

6. Sancti Spiritus Hospital

Built in the 17th century in this place, although it existed previously at the entrance to the fortress of Monterreal. It served the poor and pilgrims, and for this reason a stone statue of the Apostle St. James can be seen inside. It is currently the Municipal Public Library.

7. Conde Street

This is one of the most traditional streets in the historic quarter, declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1993. From here, you can access the gardens of the Casa de la Navegación.

8. Fonte de Ceta

Fountain built in the 17th century and restored in 1863.

9. Crucero de la Santísima Trinidad

Located on the Camino Real, it consists of a 15th-century Gothic cross, covered by a Renaissance pavilion that gives the complex a height of eight metres.

10. Burgo Bridge

Located in the neighbourhood that bears its name, on the river Baíña and the Camino Real.

11. River Baiña river trail

It crosses the Camino at the height of the O Burgo bridge. It runs for 550 metres and ends at Santa Marta beach.

12. Pombal Fountain

Fountain of Stone with Gothic influences, dating from the 15th century..

13. New bridge

Dating from the 15th century and with three semicircular arches, it crosses the Guillade River in the parish of Santa Cristina da Ramallosa following the Camino Real.

14. Old bridge

The so-called Puente del Mercado (Market Bridge) crosses the river Groba. Dating from the 15th century, it is formed by a semicircular arch.

15. Lindeiro road

It marks the boundary between Baiona and Gondomar, and at its beginning there is a stone statue of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. In the past, a chapel in honour of the same saint used to stand here.

16. Pazo de Cadaval

On the banks of the river Miñor, it was built in the 13th century..

17. Romanesque bridge of A Ramallosa

Built in the 13th century on the ruins of an ancient Roman bridge, this work adorns the mouth of the river Miñor. After crossing the ten spans of the bridge, pilgrims bid farewell to Baiona and arrive in the neighbouring municipality of Nigrán. 

WHERE TO STAMP THE CREDENTIAL: 

At the Parish House, the Town Hall or the Tourist Office in Baiona.