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Stage 5

Step from Puebla De Sanabria to Lubián

km 28,5

Time 07H 30’

Difficulty High

Hostels 3

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Advances by Cobra and the Castro river to Terroso

Information about the stage 5: Step from Puebla De Sanabria to Lubián

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Points of interest in the stage 5: Step from Puebla De Sanabria to Lubián

15 Church of St. Mamés
14 Albergue de Lubián
13 Parish church
12 Diversion to Hedroso and Lubian
11 Screwdriver
10 Screwdriver
9 Alternative: Road or road climb
8 San Lorenzo Parish Church
7 Ermita de la Virgen de Guadalupe
6 Albergue de Requejo
5 Church of Santiago
4 Refuge of fishermen
3 San Cayetano Hermitage
2 Church of Our Lady of the Azogue
1 Castillo

The route

Km 0. Puebla de Sanabria (All services)

Whether from the historic center of Puebla de Sanabria or from the lower part of the town, located on the other side of the Tera River, we take the road that links with the N-525 and passes over the Castro River. From here, leaving the stone bridge to the right, we continue along this paved path of scarce arcén for a kilometer, since before reaching the directions to Orense or Zamora we have to take a path that is born to the left (km 1,7). Right here is a wooden sign that says "Camino de Santiago. Welcome to the City of Collectors." The road goes down to the river Castro, advancing along with him. They alternate sections of comfortable floor with other more annoying chants. The signalling tablets serve as a guide in this simple stretch that leads alongside a concrete and aggregate company called Los Peperrines (Km 4).

After the factory we went out to the N-525 and walked through it, leaving behind the kilometric points 88 and 89. Between this and the kilometric 90 point, at the height of the crossing to Santa Colomba, we left the road to the left to cross a stream. We went through an area of extraction of aggregates and, shortly, next to a refuge of fishermen, good place to guard against bad weather and to cater for a good lunch (Km 6.4). We advance about 600 meters by the river and turn ninety degrees to the right along a path drawn field through. Unfortunately, the poor and poor signalling at this point can cause us to stop and search for the safe company on the national road, situated only a few hundred metres to our right.

Perhaps it is our best choice, as we only walk 500 meters and just past kilometric point 91 we leave the asphalt on the right following the direction marked by another grid. It enters us on a path that runs to the left of the highway and reaches the place of Quirigual, where the church of Santiago is located and a cruise that arose in August 2012, replacing the oldest in the 1950s (Km 9). We left this construction behind and turned left to cross the road, take a shortcut across the football field and enter Terroso.

Km 9.7. Terroso

One of his neighbors, Andrés Silvan, carries a pilgrimage record and has several stamps for credential. We crossed this town along Headero street and, at the exit, crossed over the A-52 to resume the journey through a path in a slight ascent. Taking care of the arrows, which lead us to take a couple of shortcuts, we reach a high where a poster wants us a "Good Way". As the forest descends, there may be no indications, so we have to take as a reference the path of the left. After overcoming it, we passed over the highway and entered Requejo. After crossing the N-525 we went by the chapel of the Virgin of Guadalupe to enter the village.

Km 11.9. Requejo (Hostels. Bars. Store)

At the exit of Requejo we took a paved runway that leads to the cemetery. To this day you can no longer climb the Padornelo by road due to the works. The road has become the only alternative. A pity, as in 2012 the employment workshop La Alaba de Puebla de Sanabria cleaned and adjusted the final section of this trail (a total of 2.4 kilometers). With resignation turn right to return to the N-525 (Km 13).

The rise for the National is more monotonous, but smoother. The climb takes about 7 kilometres and ranges from kilometric point 95 to 101, after which a tunnel of 435 metres in length is crossed and the port of Padornelo is crowned (Km 19,8). After the tunnel, on the descent and already in the lands of Alta Sanabria, we left the road to take a cement trolley that reaches Padornelo, also passing near the church of Santa María de la Asunción.

Km 21. Padornelo (Hostal. Bar-Shop)

After we regained our breath we went back to the national, leaving behind a gas station and a hostel. After a kilometer and a half we reached the deviation that marks Hedroso and Lubián by the ZA-106 (Km 23). Here begins the provisional route that will be maintained for several years! Instead of taking the detour, we go down the service track for half a kilometer, and another yellow arrow on a grid points to a descending path coming to the left. After a dozen meters down, we went through a tunnel and a few meters later there is another one. As soon as we pass it, we take a path to the left. All these turns are signposted with wooden tablets. However, this is an area where animals are released from the Camino and could pull or move some of the signs.

After this second tunnel begins a nice road between retama and old oak which has been blown away in its most abrupt part by operators of the Lubian City Hall. It goes down to a small creek, where they have also set up blocks of smooth stones to save the flow. We go to the bottom of the town of Lubián, to which we end accessing by the road where the pilgrim hostel is located.

Km 28.5. Lubián (Hostel. Bar. Store. Pharmacy)

The difficulties

Remarks

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What to see, what to do

TERROSOPedanía
del municipio de Cobra.
- Parish church of Santiago: Porticated temple with slate roof and outstanding espadaña to which you can climb on an exterior stone staircase. Its presbytery is from the 18th century.
REQUEJO: Like so many other localities, the construction of the A-52 highway has substantially reduced its sources of income. It is located at the foot of the Padornelo port and maintains excellent samples of popular constructions made in stone and wood. The dwellings are divided into two floors and formerly the lower space for livestock was depreciated, while the family lived on the upper floor.
- Hermitage of the Virgin of Guadalupe: Baroque construction on whose facade is the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the Virgin Brunette who has served as twinning to populations as different as Requejo and Rianxo (A Coruña), who return the visit year after year. On the altar a small reproduction of the size of the Virgen de Rianxo is preserved.
- Parish Church of San Lorenzo: Curiously it is situated in a higher position than the hermitage and from it the whole population is dominated at a glance. In addition to the entrance frame, the pointed tower flanks the three-eyed spaghetti stands out.
- Tejedelo Forest: Forest mass of 139 hectares formed by a mixed oak forest, birch and which retains one of the most important dyeing populations of the entire Iberian Peninsula. The visit is carried out by a circular interpretive path of more than five kilometres in length.
Debates of
the European Parliament Both peoples communicate on an old road used before the word asphalt existed and which represents a fantastic end of the stage.
- Santa Ana chapel and parish church:
  The chapel is baroque and the church, located at one end of the village and next to a tupid and spied tile, is a sober construction whose atrium is used as a cemetery.
LUBIÁNEl
Camino Sanabrés leaves Castilla y Zamora in this locality of Alta Sanabria separated from Orense by the portilla of A Canda. The neighbours of Lubián are characterized by their great interest in everything related to the organization of social events. Every year the penultimate weekend of August is set to organize the "Road Day" and "Bicycle Day", a route one day for hikers and another for walkers in which much of the town participates. Also, the Saturday before the "Day of the Way" is organized the "Day do Cortello", a dinner inside the old wolf trap where 100 kilos of lamb are eaten and where some tell stories that encourage the evening with all kinds of stories.
- Shrine of the Tuiza:
  Baroque religious building built in 1764 with the materials of an old chapel of 1508. It welcomes the size of the Virgen de las Nieves, patron of Alta Sanabria. This shrine was venerated by the Galician reapers who, upon their return from Castile and before crossing the port of La Canda to return to their homes, offered the Virgin her lures in thanksgiving. In 1994, it was declared a Cultural Monument by the Junta de Castilla y León.
- Cut two wolves:
  Located on the top of the village, it is a trap of several centuries old consisting of a high stone corral of about 30 meters in diameter where a living goat was usually left. The wolves jumped through it, were trapped inside the enclosure and later captured by the neighbors, who chained them and walked alive through the village.