Looking at O Pindo

This is a short walk that will take us from praia Mar de Lira to the small port of Portocubelo, in the Carnotan parish of Lira. After a recreational area and a children’s playground there is a wooden walkway, fully cyclable, which immediately offers extraordinary views of the extensive sandy area of Carnota, one of the longest in Galicia, which opens up in the shape of a shell.

To the north, the impressive figure of the rocky massif of O Pindo, the so-called Celtic Olympus of Galicia, dominates the horizon with its 629 m at its highest point, A Moa. If we look to the northwest, we will see the ría de Corcubión with its mouth at the cabo de Cee lighthouse and the Illas Lobeiras, and to our left the peninsula that forms Fisterra to its cape, the destination of many pilgrims.

After leaving the wooden platform, a path leads us quickly to the village of Portocubelo, sheltered in the port, where some seafaring houses are preserved. The tour ends at the pier itself.

For those who enjoy walking, you can continue the route along the entire coastline to the Lariño lighthouse, passing through small sandy areas and remembering shipwrecks such as the Ariete ship. It is about 6 km of linear route.

For those of you with a cultural interest, from praia Mar de Lira you can go up to the church and enjoy the views, as well as the hórreo (raised granary) of its Clergy House, one of the longest in Galicia together with those in O Araño in Rianxo and Carnota.

Praia de Mar de Lira (42°48'11.05"N / 9°7'45.25"W)

Port of Portocubelo (42°48'12.86"N / 9°8'17.88"W)