French Way (Camino Francés) ‧ Stage 27
French Way
On foot
33 stages
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About this stage
After yesterday’s stage today it will be an easy stage of approximately 20 kilometers among O Courel and Os Ancares mountain pass. Today you will enjoy the wonderful landscape among the great valleys full of chestnut trees, oak trees, holly trees and ash trees; and also enjoy the architecture and old the customs. You will descend to a valley where Triacastela is located.
Recommendation Pilgrim
There are just 20 kilometers between Triacastela and O Cebreiro. There are some slopes but we just have to highlight Alto do Poio. Nevertheless, if you have any kind of disability this stage could be a little bit difficult. You have to take into account that the part of the stage that goes through the road is a little bit dangerous because there are too many curves and no pedestrian crossings.
We recommend cyclists to go through the LU-633 from O Cebreiro if they find snow and also be careful.
Distance and elevation
Stage profile
Route
Itinerary
Km 0 ‧ O Cebreiro
Behind the Xunta de Galicia hostel we take an uphill dirt track; we gain almost a hundred metres in height. After a little over a kilometre and a half we come to a wide dirt track; we follow it to the right and, after 400 metres, we take a path on the left that descends to Liñares.
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Km 3,3 ‧ Liñares
We take a local road on the right and, 100 metres further on, a path on the left. In less than a kilometre we reach the Alto de San Roque, where there is a bronze sculpture of a pilgrim advancing against the wind, an emblematic work by the Galician sculptor José María Acuña. We follow a path to the right of the LU-633 road to Hospital da Condesa.
Km 5,7 ‧ Hospital da Condesa
We continue straight on, along a path on the right-hand side of the LU-633 road. We come out onto the Sabugos road and follow it to the right for 250 metres until we take a dirt track on the left.
Km 8,1 ‧ Padornelo (Piedrafita do Cebreiro)
Once past the village, we face a steep slope, just over 200 metres long, which takes us to the Alto do Poio.
Km 8,5 ‧ Alto do Poio
We follow the dirt track on the right-hand side of the LU-633 road.
Km 11,8 ‧ Fonfría
We continue straight on along a downhill dirt track.
Km 14,3 ‧ Biduedo
At O Biduedo we turn left to continue along a dirt track, now on a steeper descent, enjoying excellent views over the surrounding valleys.
Km 17,2 ‧ Fillobal
At O Biduedo we turn left to continue along a dirt track, now on a steeper descent, enjoying excellent views over the surrounding valleys.At the exit of Fillobal we cross a local road; we continue downhill. At the entrance to Pasantes we cross the LU-633 road.
Km 18,8 ‧ Pasantes
We walk trough the village and continue downhill along a beautiful wooded path: at the bottom of the valley we can already see Triacastela.
Km 20,8 ‧ Triacastela
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