PR-G 35 O RÍO DOS DOUS NOMES

Hiking
2979

Location

Coirós - A Coruña

Coordinates:
43º 14' 13.7" N - 8º 06' 36.3" W

Description

This is definitely a route of water and mills, a symbiosis between somewhere almost wild and the human touch that has cleverly intervened in Nature to improve it.

No sooner you set off than you come to four mills, part of an ethnographic site of seven of these typical rural Galician structures. At a level with the fourth mill, an enormous rock indicates an earthen track leading to a new construction, larger in size. The river and the vegetation merge in harmony and beauty around the site of the seventh mill.

The route lets you contemplate the most beautiful sections of the River Vexo. A short way before the mini power station, a diversion of a few minutes leads to a forge. After crossing the bridge that joins both banks, continuing through very attractive landscape, we go up to the reservoir that supplies the mini power station. Coming to the ninth mill on the route, a small autochthonous forest makes the most interesting part of the pathway.

Access

In the municipal district of Coirós. The town of A Ponte Xora, on the bank of the River Vexo, is on the turn-off from the N-VI in the parish of Santa María de Oís and heading for Ponte Aranga.

A plus

The muíño (mill), also called muín or “acea”, plays a significant role in traditional Galician economy. In Galicia, almost all architectural types are represented, taking into account their driving force (water, tides, wind, etc.), their purpose (oil, oak-bark, paper or electricity) or their location. It was an important place for meeting with neighbors, narrating cantigas (countless ballads) and the origin of this region’s best-known folk dance: a muiñeira.

Longitude

2.9 km the main route and 0.6 km the derivations both ways.

Point of Departure / Arrival

A Ponte Xora - UTM:29T X:572370 Y:4787750

Route

A Ponte Xora, plant (mini power station) and A Ponte Xora.

Difficulty

Low

Duration

1 hour.

Services

In Coirós de Arriba.

M.I.D.E.

Effort M.I.D.E.:
Itinerary M.I.D.E.:
Displacement M.I.D.E.:
Enviroment M.I.D.E.:

Bicycle access

Not suitable

Horse access

Not suitable

cartography I.G.N. (1:25:000)

Nº 46-III Oza dos Ríos

Further information

Asociación de Exploradores das Mariñas Grupo Scout "Castro de Untia"
Tel.: 606 284 184

Servicio Municipal de Xuventude do Concello de Coirós
Tel.: 981 796 414
omix@coiros.es
concellocoiros.com

Kind of route

Small travel

Interest

Ethnography
Scenic interest
Traditional architecture

Map

Initial pickup date: 01/08/2019
Arriba
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