Camino Dos Faros - Stage 22

A restorative stage today. After yesterday we were both a little down and tired. It was hard to get up and get going this morning but we made breakfast and headed out the door at 8:15am. It was overcast with a chance of rain and soon after we started walking a light mist made itself known.

The path took us gently uphill on a road where we shortly turned off and walked through a wet path to meet up with a very nice trail along the bay. We made quick time to As Grelas where we had a choice to make. Take the coastal “shortcut” to remove 6 miles and 1000ft of gain, or take the official trail to see a Neolithic ruins of Dombate dolmen and the view from Miradoiro de Monte Castelo. We chose the latter. We’re here to see stuff, right? And tomorrow is a rest day.

I think we chose well. The trail up to the dolmen followed the Rego dos Muíños along a stream dotted with old mills. The rain fell a little harder but the trees mostly protected us, until they didn’t and we put on rain gear.

The dolmen was cool, bonus points for being open on Sunday, a true marvel of engineering 6000 years ago! Here the rain stopped, we doffed our rain gear, and continued walking another 30-45 minutes to Monte Castelo where we ate lunch with beautiful views over Laxe and the ocean.

We hiked down from Monte Castelo with Lily and Christian, fellow hikers from Germany we met in Niñons. The final section of walking was along the coast, thankfully along a trail that had been recently trimmed, which made the walking enjoyable despite the limited ups and downs.

Many, many coves later, Luxe came into view. The final short stretch into town followed a paved coastal promenade where we celebrated with ice cream. 16 miles and 9 hours after starting this morning, but feeling in good spirits.Read more