From the municipal capital we go to the exit of the town towards Galicia, finding ourselves on the right hand side with the San Isidro square in whose center is the chapel with the same name, coinciding with the starting point of the route.
We will follow the asphalt road to Vilela de Abajo stretch in which we will observe the municipal capital in the area known as El Llano, seated on a valley surrounded by gentle mountains, crossed from SW to NW by the course of the river Eo, riverbed around which the history and life of the municipality has developed. Already in Vilela we will turn left to enter a dirt track surrounded by forest that brings us closer to the stream of Ramalledo, responsible for watering numerous forests of native flora that settle along its course. Once we go up the stream we reach the area known as Pena do Encanto where a mysterious waterfall flows between water and stone, where the legend of an enchanted lady who comes out of the rock with a golden comb every night of San Juan to bewitch whoever sees her still beats. From this place we start the way back on our steps, arriving at a crossroads where we must turn right to start a slight ascent to Vilela de Arriba, a village through which we must pass before arriving back to the starting point.
Antiguo Camino de Santiago que acogía a los romeros llegados por la Ría del Eo.
Esta ruta circular recorre buena parte del valle del río Cabreira, combinando caminos de montaña en la ida y de fondo de valle en la vuelta. Se inicia junto al hotel La Rectoral, tomando el camino que asciende entre el arbolado hacia la Sierra de Eiroá. Sin llegar a alcanzar su cumbre nos desviamos hacia el pueblo de Piñeiro, para llegar a él en suave descenso y disfrutar de su arquitectura tradicional y cabazos alzados al cielo.
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.
The trail starts at the entrance of the village, where we will find a suitable place to leave the car. After a few meters we will find an information panel that will give us a general idea of the itinerary.
The itinerary begins in Teixo, where after leaving the vehicle and passing the last houses we start an easy walk along the road that connects this town with Santa Marina, leaving it to the right by a wide dirt track that leads us after a slight descent to the Arroyo das Mestas.