Painters route

Painters route

Hiking trail, which begins in Ferrería de Pántaras, at point PK 5.1 of the CP-1902 road, running between century-old ylts and beautiful forests, charming stone houses and popular architecture, which gives us images difficult to forget, along with the melody that entones the Allora River.

This route takes its name in honor of the recognized artists of the area, passing through their native villages.

Well-signposted and easily accessible route.

Access

From Lugo, the LU-530 road, takes us to A Fonsagrada, and leaving Fonsagrada by the LU-701 road, we deviate on PK 6, in the direction of Allonca, at 6 kilometers in this direction, we arrive at Ferrería de Pántaras, where we start this route, in the Terras de Burón, which are part of Red Natura 2000 and the Resserva de la Biosfera.

Route information

  • Distance: 11,500 Km-
  • Duration: about 3 hours
  • Route type: circular, with exit and arrival PK5’1 of the CP-1902 road
  • Difficulty: medium-low, with an approximate elevation of 150 meters.

http://es.afonsagrada.org/pdis/ruta-os-pintores

Description of the route

From Ferrería de Pántaras, we take the detour to Relaio, by a dirt track we reach the Allora River, which we will cross by the wooden bridge, to continue our parallel feet to the river, with the beautiful forest by company until we reach the Church of Santa María de Allonca, where a fountain makes us appreciate a tunnel 30 meters long.

Then the road takes us into a forest of centenary chestnut trees, with circular stone constructions to store chestnuts, called corripas, and we are already arriving at the Muiño de Allonquina, where the landscape invites us to contemplate it while, relaxation gives us strength to continue the way back, taking direction to Allonquina, home village of the painter Manuel López Monteseirín and continue to the big house of Allonca.

The path takes us along the path of Pántaras, until we are surprised at O Palomar, its unique architecture, from here, we begin to descend to Pántaras, where the artist Benjamin Alvarez was born, and where we can observe the attractive houses of the town, the large number of hórreos and the centenary yars.

Already on the final route, after such a spectacular route, on the paved road we reach the end point, where we start the route.

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