{"id":860,"date":"2026-10-28T17:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/o-carril\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:59:56","slug":"o-carril","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/o-carril\/","title":{"rendered":"O Carril"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of O Carril<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was born as a town around 1500 and had a port from 1512; by about 1750 it was one of the most important in Galicia. On 15 September 1873 the first railway in Galicia, between O Carril and Santiago, was opened here. It was a municipality in its own right until 1913.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see in O Carril<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seafaring quarter and R\u00faa da Mari\u00f1a<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the port and the clam monument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population and location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parish of Santiago do Carril had 3,151 inhabitants in 2025 (IGE), in the municipality of Vilagarc\u00eda de Arousa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Portuguese Camino in O Carril<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can only pass through on foot: the Traslatio boat goes direct from Vilanova to Pontecesures. From here it is 23.7 km to Padr\u00f3n via 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 O Carril?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guide lists 5 places to stay for pilgrims in O Carril, with checked prices, beds and seasons. The public albergue is <a href=\"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/lo\/albergue-de-peregrinos-de-o-carril\/\">Albergue de peregrinos de O Carril<\/a> (30 beds, no advance booking).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you pass through O Carril by boat?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No: the boat goes from Vilanova de Arousa to Pontecesures. O Carril is on the walking option, at km 11.3.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of O Carril It was born as a town around 1500 and had a port from 1512; by about 1750 it was one of the most important in Galicia. On 15 September 1873 the first railway in Galicia, between O Carril and Santiago, was opened here. It was a municipality in its own right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177,"parent":793,"menu_order":72,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-860","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860","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=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860\/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\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}