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Pedrafita do Cebreiro: a legendary gateway to Galicia on the Camino de Santiago. Between pallozas, fog, and over 1,300 meters of altitude, the pass has been a test for pilgrims and cyclists for centuries. Cyclist's tip: climbing it is tough, but the reward is feeling like you're pedaling with one foot in history.

The Os Grobos Forest, located between the municipalities of Becerreá and As Nogais (Lugo), is one of Galicia's most magical and secret corners, ideal for nature and fantasy lovers. It is a karst landscape with limestone rock formations shaped by moisture and the passage of time, covered in moss and surrounded by chestnut trees, oaks, ferns, and ivy.

Path

Famous pass, feared by medieval pilgrims, practically connects the Bierzo with Galicia. The climb from Villafranca del Bierzo is no joke, but doable. Just take it easy.

Stage of the Camino de Santiago. It goes from the vineyards of Bierzo to the green mountains of the mythical O Cebreiro pass

Perfect road for a bike ride, you have to be careful in summer because of the vehicle traffic

Villafranca del Bierzo takes its name from French immigrants who (re)populated the region after the Reconquista and built a castle. Villafranca thus became a stop on the Camino. In later centuries it was the capital of a county. Here we find the Santiago church from 1186, the 16th century castle, the authentic Calle del Agua, the Plaza Mayor, the San Nicolas church, a Jesuit monastery and a former monastery church of San Francisco. Francis of Assisi founded the monastery in the 13th century on his pilgrimage to Santiago.

At the end of the 11th century, Osmundo, Bishop of Astorga, ordered the construction of a bridge (partly made of iron = pons ferrata) over the Sil for the pilgrims on the Way of St. James, near which a settlement was built. At the "pons ferrata", the iron bridge, the Knights Templar built a huge castle on a surface area of 160 x 90 m to protect the pilgrims on the Way of St. James. The medieval castle complex was inhabited by the Knights Templar from 1178 to 1312. Source: Wikipedia