French Way variant via Samos Activity · Samos, Sarria, Lugo Image of Samos, not of the place itself. On leaving Triacastela the Camino Francés forks, and one of the two branches drops down the Oribio valley to Samos, somewhat longer but chosen by thousands of pilgrims so as to sleep in the shadow of the Benedictine monastery. Photo: Rotger (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Samos