Camino Primitivo Stage 3

From Castroverde, we continue on to Souto de Torres, San Miguel do Camiño and Vilar de Cas before reaching Soutomerille, where we can see what is left of the Pre-Romanesque church of the same name dedicated to San Salvador. In Gondar we cross the Romeán River, entering the municipality of Lugo. The route continues to Carballido. After leaving Carballido and As Casas da Viña behind, we enter the oldest city in Galicia, Roman Lucus Augusti. The route leads under A Chanca Bridge, opened in 1880 to carry rail traffic over the Rato River. The bridge was one of the major railway engineering works of its time. We climb – Lugo is built atop a type of pre-Roman hilltop fortified settlement known as a castro – up to the Roman walls (3rd–4th centuries). The walls have been listed as a World Heritage Site since 2000. We enter through San Pedro Gate and continue through the city to the lovely and inviting Main Square, followed by Santa María Cathedral, where pilgrims stop to pray before the Holy Sacrament, on permanent display in the basilica since the 12h century. [Stage details] Start: Castroverde · End: Lugo 22.1 km · about 4h 25min · difficulty low