A Pobra do Brollón to Monforte de Lemos

What you pass through

Every place on the path in order, with the distance from A Pobra do Brollón. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.

1. start
   A Pobra do Brollón387 m2 to stayBar · food

   The mojón taking you out of town is next to the large Guardia Civil building with its "Todo por la Patria" motto. You're soon on a green track that emerges onto a road paralleling the river — turn right and walk along it.

   You'll enter Cereixa, cross a bridge, and pass through the hamlet to a crucifix and church. The camino then turns right toward Rairos. There's one more short ascent before Monforte, through a pine forest. The descent is on a wide dirt road.

   When you cross a channel, the road improves. You'll descend into Reigada, the last hamlet before Monforte. The final stretch into town on a dirt path can be badly waterlogged even in dry weather. If mud makes it impassable, backtrack to the road and turn left — this older route passes the train station and takes you into town.

   You'll arrive on the Rúa Escultor Francisco Moure in central Monforte, where bars and restaurants line the street. The camino leaves Monforte via the Puente Romano.

2. 3.3 km
   Cereixa326 m

   Cereixa is a small hamlet between A Pobra do Brollón and Monforte. There's a bar a short distance off the camino to your left, near the church.

3. 8.3 km
   Reigada326 m

   Reigada is the last hamlet before Monforte de Lemos. No services. From here, the camino descends into the city on agricultural roads and tracks.

4. 12.8 km
   Monforte de Lemos297 m15 to stayBar · food

   Cross the Puente Romano and make an immediate left at the monastery of the Clarisas. Go right at the old town hall plaza — you'll see a shell set into the pavement. Follow Rúa Abeledos to the edge of town, passing an unmarked bakery on the left. Where two roads branch left (Rúa O Saviñao and Poeta Manuel María), take the latter. Walk between the church of San Antonio and the back of the Gadis supermarket to reach a roundabout with a hórreo. Turn left to another roundabout — a pilgrim statue points toward A Vide. Pass the 24-hour Repsol station on the right.

   The next stretch is one of the few sections on asphalt with no soft shoulder.

   Stock up on food and water here. The next 29 km to Chantada have very little in the way of services. Between here and Chantada, your only accommodation options are casas rurales: La Rectoral de Castillón (tel. 982 455 415, about 10 km out — the owners will pick up pilgrims from the camino), Torre Vilariño (tel. 982 452 260, about 14 km out), and a casa rural in Castrotañe. Phone ahead to reserve.