Camino Portugués da Costa Stage 1

The coastal route enters Galicia at A Pasaxe ( A Guarda ), leaving Portugal behind at Caminha. A Guarda grew up along the lower slopes of the imposing Castro of Santa Trega, a pre-Roman fortified settlement and the town’s main tourist attraction and point of historic interest. It is the most iconic and visited of Galicia’s Gallaeci–Roman settlements. It was declared a National Historical-Artistic Monument in 1931. Additionally, a number of the hill’s stones contain petroglyphs made some 2000 years before the castro was settled. Santa Trega was occupied continuously from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. From the top it is possible to enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of the mouth of the Miño River. The estuary that makes up the final stretch of the largest of Galicia’s rivers is especially beautiful at low tide and sunset, with rushes, cormorants and birds of the Anatidae family dotting the marsh. [Stage details] Start: A Guarda · End: Oia 16.7 km · about 3h 20min · difficulty low