{"id":847,"date":"2026-10-28T17:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/pontecesures\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T17:59:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:59:51","slug":"pontecesures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/pontecesures\/","title":{"rendered":"Pontecesures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of Pontecesures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a Roman port: coins, milestones and altars have been found, and <em>Turris Augusti<\/em> is located here. In the 12th century Archbishop Gelm\u00edrez set up a shipyard to build ships against pirates. It separated from Valga and has been a municipality since 9 October 1925.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see in Pontecesures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bridge over the Ulla<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last remodelled in the 18th century; crossing it takes you from the province of Pontevedra into that of A Coru\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Church of San Xuli\u00e1n de Requeixo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of Romanesque origin, ordered to be built by Gelm\u00edrez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pazo da Cova<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the 18th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population and location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pontecesures is a single-parish municipality, San Xuli\u00e1n de Requeixo, with 3,062 inhabitants in 2015 (IGE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Portuguese Camino in Pontecesures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the church it is 2.5 km to <a href=\"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/padron\/\">Padr\u00f3n<\/a>. A hundred metres further on, the detour to the albergue of the convent of <a href=\"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/herbon\/\">Herb\u00f3n<\/a> leaves the route, and the Spiritual Variant arrives here on foot from Catoira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many albergues are there in Pontecesures?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guide lists 2 places to stay for pilgrims in Pontecesures, with checked prices, beds and seasons. The public albergue is <a href=\"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/lo\/albergue-de-peregrinos-de-pontecesures\/\">Albergue de peregrinos de Pontecesures<\/a> (54 beds, no advance booking).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where does the Spiritual Variant end?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On foot, it joins the Central Route at Pontecesures; the boat also lands here.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of Pontecesures It was a Roman port: coins, milestones and altars have been found, and Turris Augusti is located here. In the 12th century Archbishop Gelm\u00edrez set up a shipyard to build ships against pirates. It separated from Valga and has been a municipality since 9 October 1925. What to see in Pontecesures Bridge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170,"parent":793,"menu_order":59,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-847","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/847\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}