{"id":37367,"date":"2019-05-01T11:20:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T11:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod.pilgrim.es\/winter-way\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T14:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:28:48","slug":"winter-way","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pilgrim.es\/en\/winter-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Winter Way<\/h1>\n
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Have a Good Way!<\/h4>\n
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Why choose the Winter Way?<\/h2>\n

\n A lonely and propitious way for\n those who seek to escape from the earthly world<\/strong>, it\n is a way that connects the Bierzo with the Galician capital by the\n valley of the river Sil. It may be an unknown route for many, however,\n numerous documents discovered in the Bishopric of Astorga, prove their\n historical roots and collect the odyssey that many medieval pilgrims,\n reached Ponferrada through the French Way, had to live before deciding\n to look for an alternative way that would allow them to overcome the\n challenge of ascending to O Cebreiro and escape the harsh winter of\n Bierzo.\n <\/p>\n

\n The itinerary, full of\n numerous landscapes and heritage treasures<\/strong>, has lost\n the seasonality of its name to become a route traveled at any time of\n year. It is especially recommended in spring, to enjoy the landscapes\n that gives us, and in summer, to escape the overcrowding of the\n original French layout.\n <\/p>\n\n

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\n It is the only one of the ways to Santiago that runs through the\n four Galician provinces<\/strong>. Starting from the Templar\n Ponferrada and circulating through the archaeological park of Las\n M\u00e9dulas, declared a World Heritage Site, the Winter Way goes into\n Galician territory through the region of Valdeorras\n (Ourense<\/strong>), famous for its slate and good wine..\n Afterwards, it gets into Lugo<\/strong> by the Ribeira Sacra\n crossing by the monumental Monforte de Lemos before entering in the\n province of Pontevedra<\/strong> to join, in the municipality\n of Lalin, the pilgrims coming from the Via de la Plata and continue\n together towards the province of. A Coru\u00f1a<\/strong>, where\n the capital, Santiago de Compostela, is located.\n <\/p>\n

\n We leave behind wonders such as the Monastery of San Vicente O Pino,\n the Roman bridge of \u00c9ntoma, the very spot of Las M\u00e9dulas or the\n breathtaking canyons of the Sil, which will turn our walk into an\n incomparable visual adventure that\n makes this route gain more followers every year<\/strong>.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n