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.
The route is made up of two circular sections starting and ending in the center of Villanueva. The longer one, about 12 km, coincides in part with the forest route.
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.
Antiguo Camino de Santiago que acogía a los romeros llegados por la Ría del Eo.
Este proyecto pionero e inédito, pretende impulsar y enriquecer Los Oscos a través de la vertebración artística, ofreciendo una conexión entre artistas, visitantes, naturaleza y tradición. Resaltando la belleza, cultura y tradición de los Oscos. Para ello se ha elegido una ruta circular de 10 Km. Dicha ruta comienza y termina en Santa Eulalia de Oscos.
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