Camino Dos Faros - Stage 24

What a glorious day! I feel like I’ve said that before but the days have kept getting better, rewarding us with good trails and incredible scenery.

We started from Arou around 8, leaving early to beat the afternoon heat. From the get go, we were treated to fantastic rock formations and beautifully complex rocky coves. We rounded a point and then crossed four distinct beaches separated by rocks before arriving at the Cemiterio dos ingleses and Cabo Trece. The cemetery hosts plaques for the many English sailors who perished along this rocky section of coast.

Here we got our first look at the impressive Faro de Cabo Vilán and also watched a dozen of so people harvesting barnacles from three rocks in the surf. It’s hard to see in the picture, but these folks would harvest in between eaves breaking over the rocks, a bag in one hand and fins strapped to their back. Incredible.

Continuing to Faro de Cabo Vilán on a good trail behind the beach followed by a nice path along the road, we climbed up to Miradoiro das Parisas before dropping down and climbing back up to the lighthouse, which was the first electric lighthouse in Spain.

Rounding Cabo Vilán we passed the Stolt Sea Farm, and walked along a dirt road by the ocean, at times overwhelmed with the yellow, pink, and blue blooms of a sea of flowers. The city of Muxia visible across a narrow patch of ocean, our destination tomorrow night but requiring a walk of 30km.

Finally up to Ermida da Virxe do Monte before dropping down and coming into Camariñas.Read more