The route starts in the square of Sta. Eulalia de Oscos descending to the lower part of the village and continuing along a beautiful path surrounded by native forest that leads us to Ferreirela de Baxo, a place where it is worth stopping and visiting the Museo Casa Natal del Marqués de Sargadelos.
Continuing along the path we descend to the vicinity of the Agüeira River, which accompanies us to “As Barreiras” where it takes the waters of the Vilanova River. Already in Ferreira and after a walk through the village we cross the Agüeira River by a beautiful stone bridge that leaves us close to the tourist area, where we can rest or perform all kinds of water activities. We continue with a slight ascent that passes through As Talladas and takes us to the area of the Carmina mine. This mine has been exploited for the last time in the 50’s and 60’s, extracting from it important quantities of mineral formed by silver, zinc and lead. From the place where the old cable car that transported the ore to San Martin was installed, we start the way back, following a path that runs halfway up the slope allowing us unbeatable views of the entire valley. We cross the Vilanova River over a wooden bridge in a wooded area, where alders, chestnut and oak trees shelter the walker who gets lost under their canopies. We pass Caraduxe and Ferreirela de Riba to reach our starting point.
Esta ruta comienza en Barcia (Asturias) donde disponemos de un aparcamiento público para dejar nuestro coche a escasos metros del inicio.
La ruta arranca en una curva situada entre el puente y la aldea de Sualleiro, justo al lado de los apartamentos que llevan ese mismo nombre. Inaugurada en agosto de 2020, se presenta bien cuidada y correctamente señalizada con flechas pintadas en árboles y piedras.
To start the route we will move to the village of Espasande and half a kilometer from here in the direction of Taramundi we will see an explanatory panel on the left hand side at the beginning of the route.
We begin the route in San Martín de Oscos where we can see the parish church, with a Latin cross plan, large porticoed space and inscription of 1828. To the right of the facade we observe one of the most characteristic hórreos of the Oscos with a mixed roof (slate and straw), which corresponds to the primitive models. In front of the church we have the mansion of the Guzmanes, an old manor house of the XVIII century, which preserves in the portico of its main entrance a coat of arms carved in stone. We cross the bridge that crosses the San Martín river to begin the ascent to Mount Marón, entering a small forest of birch and oak trees, which make our walk even more pleasant.
The route starts in Villanueva, capital of the council, from where we leave in the direction of Santa Eufemia where there is still a beautiful chapel of popular baroque style built between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that deserves to be visited. Continuing the itinerary along the road and after about three hundred meters of walking, we reach the Castañeira Bridge, and after crossing it we must take a path that goes off to the right, reaching a splendid birch forest next to the abandoned farmhouse of Abilleira.
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