This first stage, although it is 33 kilometres long, can be divided into different sections. There are accommodation points in Sergude (Carral), 20 kilometres from the start of the route, and in Bruma, where this first stage ends.

The next stage runs between Bruma and Sigüeiro, in the municipality of Oroso. Starting at the chapel in Bruma, where the remains of an old pilgrims' hospital are preserved, the route continues to Ordes, where there is no shortage of windmills and paths hidden among indigenous trees. When travellers reach Sigüeiro, they have added another 24 kilometres to the pilgrimage. There are just over 16 kilometres left until Santiago de Compostela.

From the shores of the Tambre River, the source of Sigüeiro's cultural and gastronomic wealth, the route enters the municipal limits of Santiago. Passing through the villages of Marantes and A Lameira, the landscape changes as it enters the urban party of the city. All the pilgrimage routes, with hundreds of pilgrims a day, converge in the spectacular Plaza del Obradoiro at the foot of the Cathedral of Santiago.