From Playa de Niñóns to Ponteceso

Esperamos que hayas descansado bien, porque estamos convencidos de que ya sabes qué es el Camino de los Faros. Desde que salgamos de Playa de Niñóns, el terreno será mayoritariamente de senderos de pescadores, con breves tramos de asfalto y arenales con gran importancia para los amantes de la ornitología, que se verán deleitados hasta llegar a Ponteceso. Como siempre, varios sube y baja, algunos cada vez más pronunciados. Atravesaremos pequeñas aldeas y la villa marinera de Corme, famosa por los percebes que se recogen muy cerca, en la zona del Faro Roncudo (¡ojo a la bajada al faro!). Finalmente, tras la espectacular Playa da Barra, llegaremos a Ponteceso, pequeña villa al inicio de la Ría de Corme y Laxe, en la desembocadura del Río Anllóns, y final de nuestra etapa.

We leave the beautiful beach of Niñóns through a forest that takes us to the small beach of O Morro, which leads us to Ponteceso. Small coves and beaches such as Niño do Corvo and Santamariña make us advance to a point where we will momentarily leave the coast, as it is a dangerous area of cliffs. We quickly return to the coast and we find the beach of A Barda.

Now comes the complicated part of the stage. The Costa Tremosa offers us a demanding path that will take us to the rustic and picturesque village of Roncudo, with its traditional popular architecture perfectly adapted to the difficult climate of the area. Dotted with wind energy blades, this high area will suddenly offer us a steep downhill slope towards cliffs rich in barnacles, where brave and brave "percebeiros" risk their lives to put these rich marine jewels on our tablecloth.

We have arrived at the Roncudo lighthouse.

From there an asphalted road joins the lighthouse with the village of Corme, where we can find several services. After the beaches of Arnela, Osmo and Ermida, we will arrive at Balarés Beach, at the foot of Monte Branco (don't worry, we won't climb this one), which, after surrounding it, offers us the marvellous beach of Barra Beach. A path and then the Paseo del Malecón will take us to Ponteceso, a small village with services and the end of our stage.

To consider

This is one of the longest and most complicated stages, so have a good breakfast before leaving Playa de Niñóns and take it easy, and we will start to find steep downhill slopes, so we recommend knee pads and walking sticks, to reach Ponteceso without incident. Fortunately, we will pass through the town centre of Corme shortly after the halfway point of the stage, so we will have access to several services.

Places of interest.

• Tower of Brántuas and Church of Nuestra Señora del Faro (off the route).
• Pedra da Serpe (out of the route).
• Museum of Contemporary Art Costa da Morte (on the route).
• Eduardo Pondal Foundation (outside the route).
• Beaches and lighthouses (on the route).

Gastronomy.

• Barnacles.
• Sea urchins.
• Sea and river fish (elvers and trout).
• Shellfish (cockles).
• Octopus.
• Raxo.
• Beans.