Grandas de Salime to A Fonsagrada
Stage 7 · Camino Primitivo
Grandas de Salime → A Fonsagrada
About this stage
Grandas de Salime to A Fonsagrada · 25.5 km · up 970 m, down 790 m
The route crosses from Asturias into Galicia at the Alto do Acebo, the natural mountain border between the two regions. The ascent passes through increasingly exposed terrain, with the vegetation shifting from chestnut and oak forest to mountain scrub and heath. Views from the summit look back across the Asturian mountains and forward into the green Galician highlands.
The landscape change at the border is immediate: the Atlantic influence becomes stronger, the green becomes more intense, and the air carries a dampness that will be familiar for the rest of the Camino.
A Fonsagrada is a small Galician mountain town that claims to be the starting point of the oldest documented Camino pilgrimage. Try the local pulpo a feira.
Terrain: Mountain climb, exposed terrain, Asturias-Galicia border crossing, highland paths
The day, stop by stop
- 0km
Grandas de Salime
villageA small Asturian mountain town near the border with Galicia, with an ethnographic museum, a reservoir, and full services. A welcome resupply point after the remote mountain stages.
View town guideRestaurantCafeGroceryPharmacyATMBusClinicPost Office
- 2.8km
- 5.1kmView town guide
Castro
village - 9.6kmView town guide
Penafonte
hamlet
- 13.8km
Alto del Acebo
Worth stopping forAt around 1,030 metres, Alto del Acebo is the mountain pass where the Camino Primitivo crosses from Asturias into Galicia.
- 13.9kmView town guide
O Acevo
hamlet
- 19.6kmView town guide
Barbeitos
hamlet - 23.8kmView town guide
Paradanova
village
- 25.4km
A Fonsagrada
townThe first significant Galician town on the Camino Primitivo, known as one of the wettest places in Spain. Has full services and marks the transition from Asturias into green Galician countryside.
View town guideRestaurantCafeGroceryPharmacyATMBusClinicPost Office
Places to stay along this stage
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