Today Day 31: Las Herrerias-O’Cebreiro you walk mainly through a landscape with oak, beech, chestnut, and gum trees.
Today you face the iconic milestone of the Camino, the climb up to O’Cebreiro. The hardest section is between Las Herrerias and La Laguna, 500m in 5.5 km. You cross the border between Castilla and Galicia and realise the day was well worth every step, the views are spectacular.
O’Cebreiro is the first village in Galicia, a delightful hilltop hamlet. From here we have a spectacular 360º view. This image will remain in your mind forever.
O’Cebreiro is an iconic location for its outlook, church, legends, and its “Pallozas”, typical Galician construction, round stone houses with a straw roof.
After a hard day’s walk, you will enjoy the specialties of this land: Pulpo (octopus) and the local Cebreiro cheese.
Make sure you get to the Pilgrims’ Mass whether you are religious or not the Mass here has a special spirit as does this land.
