This route starts at the Nature Interpretation Center, in the center of Santa Eulalia de Oscos.
After visiting the center observing the educational material that shows us the richness in flora, fauna and ethnography of the area, we can complement our information with a tour of the path that will help us to identify in a short time the different ecosystems and forests of the region. After a few meters we enter a characteristic mixed deciduous forest in which we find, among other species, oak, chestnut, birch and hazelnut trees. In the upper part of the forest gradually opens up and almost without noticing we are surrounded by scrub (heather, gorse, ferns and broom) that allows us a wide panoramic view overlooking the valley of the river Agüeira, which crosses the municipality in a NW-SE direction and the highest and most humanized areas of the municipality. In the descent to Pumares we pass by several meadows where it will not be difficult to see cows grazing accompanied by their young, meadows watered by the river Agüeira, which also feeds another characteristic type of forest, the riparian, which has a wide wealth and biodiversity formed by species such as alder, ash, willow or hazel. From Pumares we will return by our tracks to the crossroads, where we turn right and return to Santa Eulalia.
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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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.
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.
In the Teixo and just behind the hostel starts the forest track along which begins the walk to the Alto de Ouroso. The path is wide and passable by all-terrain vehicles, so there is hardly any possibility of getting lost. The route runs comfortably between wide pastures, heaths and pine forests of repopulation to reach a landing on which there is a small lagoon where at mid-morning many horses come to this point to water and refresh themselves in the shade of the pines. The animals graze in a semi-wild state and require little attention from their owners, which is why the number of horses has increased considerably in recent years.
We start the route in the beautiful village of Ferreira, one of the best preserved of the municipality, where we can admire the popular architecture of the area while walking along its narrow paths in the shade of centuries-old vines.