Driving to Tui: tolls, fuel & road trip guide
Tui is a border town on the Camino Portugués, facing the Portuguese city of Valença across the Minho River, and pilgrims arriving from Portugal enter Spain here before the final stretch to Santiago. Its steep, granite old town is crowned by a fortress-like cathedral with battlements, reflecting the town's history as a frontier stronghold.
Located at the southern edge of Galicia along the Minho River, Tui is a natural crossing point on a road trip between northern Portugal and Spain. An international bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel's studio links the two towns, and the surrounding countryside is a mix of vineyards and river valley.
Top attractions
Tui Cathedral
A fortified Romanesque-Gothic cathedral with crenellated towers, built to double as a defensive stronghold on the contested Spanish-Portuguese border.
Puente Internacional
An iron bridge over the Minho River linking Tui to Valença, Portugal, engineered in the workshop of Gustave Eiffel and opened in 1886.
Casco Histórico de Tui
A dense warren of steep granite streets and stone houses climbing the hill to the cathedral, largely unchanged since medieval times.
Convento de las Clarisas
A 17th-century Baroque convent in the old town, still home to an enclosed order of nuns known for baking and selling traditional pastries.
Driving to Tui
Road charges in Spain
- Environmental Sticker (Distintivo Ambiental DGT): €5 — https://sede.dgt.gob.es
Mandatory equipment in Spain
- Safety vest (reflective, high-visibility)
- Warning triangle
- Spare bulbs (headlights)
- Snow chains
Driving distances from Tui
| To | Road km | Drive time |
|---|---|---|
| Padrón | 100 | 1 h 26 min |
| Ourense | 122 | 1 h 45 min |
| Santiago de Compostela | 122 | 1 h 45 min |
| Finisterre | 135 | 1 h 56 min |
| Lugo | 190 | 2 h 43 min |
| O Cebreiro | 196 | 2 h 48 min |
| Ferrol | 213 | 3 h 03 min |
| Astorga | 285 | 4 h 04 min |
Fuel prices in Spain
Petrol 95 €1.94/L · Diesel €1.93/L (2026-09-28)
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