Camino Primitivo - Etapa 2, Grado to Salas

14.4.2013

21.8km

Leaving Grado

Estoy un peregrino.

Pilgrim fountain in village between San Juan de Villapañada and Santa Eulalia de Dóriga.

Abandoned mill, deep in the woods beside Arroyo del Fresno

Pilgrim fountain near village of San Marcelo.

A bridge across the Río Narcea between Dóriga and Cornellana that will never be finished.

On the trail between Dóriga and Cornellana. This is either a medieval pilgrim shelter or a hermitage.

Kiwi plantation near Cornellana.

Approaching and around Cornellana, the way markers are these somewhat abstract shells spray-painted on the pavement.

Monasterio de San Salvador (founded in 1024) at Cornellana.

Farmhouse between Cornellana and Llamas.

Escutcheon above door on farmhouse.

Foal napping in the sun, mom keeping watch.

Farmhouse with hórreo, between Llamas and Quintana.

Even a goat needs a little shade.

The Way

16th-century footbridge between Quintana and Casazorrina.

Hórreo converted to living space in Villazón.

Hotel Soto in Salas. 18€, with a view of the 16th-century church. 

Salas, Santa María la Mayor Collegiate Church (16th century).

Salas, Palacio de Valdés-Salas (16th century), Torre de los Valdés (15th century) and Plaza del Ayuntiamento.