Camino Dos Faros - Stage 23

The stage today from Laxe to Arou was relatively short, just 10 miles, but packed in a lot of coastal beauty.

We skipped the section of trail around Punta Da Cruciña because we did that yesterday and angled directly towards Peñón de Castro, the high point of the day. A short but steep climb led to a beautiful panorama back to Faro Punta Laxe and around to Praia de Soesto and Camelle in the distance.

We dropped steeply to the beach and walked along a boardwalk, then onto a nice trail following the rocky coast with beautifully clear tide pools below.

But the real treat was Punta Da Cruz de Rosa, where azure waves crashed into sculpted red rocks, a coastal delight. We stopped for lunch over a particularly turbulent spot, watching wave after wave crash into the rocks, trying to guess which would cause the largest plume of whitewater.

A short walk led to Camelle, where we grabbed refreshments from a bar and took a picture with a statue of “Man”, a German hermit who lived in Camelle. He created sculptures and lived a simple life in a house on the beach. There’s a small museum dedicated to his work as well as art and ecology.

From there it was a short 2km to Arou, our stop for the night.Read more