Soutelo de Montes
Forcarei
Salouzáns
O Foxo
We leave behind
Soutelo de Montes and we take a turning towards Gaxín until we arrive at Gomail bridge. The trail leads across impressive landscapes to finally arrive at O Foxo - A Estrada.
Section 1: Soutelo de Montes - Forcarei
- Length: 10,20 Km.
- Difficulty: Medium
- Estimated time: 2 h. 13 min.
Once we cross this village by main road we take a turning to
Gaxín, where we will turn left into a stone-paved and dirt track, running between walls and 4 meters wide, which will take us to
Gomail bridge from the 15th century. After 200 metres we go down a stone paved and dirt road, agained between walls and 3 metres wide, with sidings, which will take us to a stone crossing. We go across and follow a similar track to arrive at an asphalt road, which we cross behind a football pitch, arriving at
Forcarei, where we can visit its parish church and crucifix.
Section 2: Forcarei - Salouzáns
- Length: 13,20 Km.
- Difficulty: Medium
- Estimated time: 2 h. 52 min.
Once we pass
Forcarei we head toward
Chamosa and
Salgueiro along an asphalt road, which we will leave in the last of these villages. We arrive at a road in the place known as
As Casetas, where we continue to
Lebosa, Quintillán - a Roman toponym and home to a wayside crucifix with a scallop shell at its feet. There is also the San Amaro hermitage and
Meavía village, with toponyms like Rúa or Cruceiro. Once we cross this village and we are heading northwest, along an asphalt road at the beginning and later a dirt path, which leads to a peak known as
A Cruz do Coto, on the border of A Estrada municipality. The dirt path leads to
Castrelo de Arriba, in the parish of Pardemarín, with its parish church. We continue along the path to arrive at
Salouzáns.
Section 3: Salouzáns - O Foxo
- Length: 4,10 Km.
- Difficulty: Medium
- Estimated time: 53 min.
We take an asphalt road until we reach Lamas parish church and arrive at the parish church of Rubín, which preserves in its walls three late Roman or paleochristian tombstones; they remind us of just how old these places are. Following the path we will arrive at
O Foxo, in the municipality of
A Estrada.
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