From Grandas de Salime to A Fonsagrada

The stage starts in Grandas de Salime, following the road all the time, alternating with some paths and dirt tracks, all of them well signposted until A Fonsagrada. On the way up to the Puerto del Acebo you will find the village of Bustelo del Camín, the last Asturian village before reaching the 1,300 metres of the pass. The Autonomous Community of Galicia begins as soon as you start to descend from the Alto de O Acevo. You will find yourself in the middle of a large wind farm, after which you will find a continuous and gentle descent. It will not be difficult for you to deduce that you are in front of pure and hard mountain in which the high landscape value and the small population centres stand out.

This stage is part of the The Primitive Way. Would you like to walk it with your accommodation already booked? These organised trips include it: Primitive Way from Oviedo to Lugo and Camino Primitivo from Oviedo to Santiago de Compostela.

Today you cross from Asturias into Galicia. You leave Grandas de Salime and, passing by the castro de Chao Samartín, face the long climb to the Alto del Acebo (1,130 m), among wind turbines and sweeping views. As you enter Galicia, take note: here the scallop shells point the opposite way, with their open side. A path lined with holly trees leads you to A Fonsagrada, the end of the stage.