It is an important town, municipal capital, located between the mountains of Peñavisco, Cañizo, A Senra and Penalobos. A place with a lot of traffic and an almost obligatory stop for travellers and pilgrims, it has enough services for them.
It has two churches: the church of San Pedro, in the centre of the town, on the edge of the Camino, and the church of San Martín, baroque from the 17th century and with tombstones around the enclosure, next to the N-525. Here Sebastián Aparicio was born, a missionary in Mexico and later a saint. It has a statue in a square near the church. It is said that this town receives the name of A Gudiña because that diminutive was the surname of the woman who built the Venta that gave rise to the current town.
- Town Hall: Avenue Beato Sebastián de Aparicio, 76. Tel: 988 421 081
- Xunta de Galicia pilgrim hostel: calle Toural s/n Tel: 988 594 006
- Hostal “Oscar”: Carretera General, 130. Tel: 988 421 014
- Hostal “La Madrileña”: Carretera General. Tel: 988 421 030