Water Route

The Water Route is a walk through nature, history, literature and ethnography of this neautiful City Council. This route of about 20km connects Santiago´s North Path with the 3 measurement fountains of the City Hall: Fuente de Valdovín, Parga; Fuente de San Xoán, Lagostelle and Fuente de Pardiñas, Pardiñas.

Difficulty level:

Medium-low

Duration:

6:30h

Distance

19,6km

Difficulty level: Medium-low

Duration: 6:30h

Distance: 19,6km

At the beginning, in an emblematic place of Guitiriz, there´s the parish of Sambreixo, in a unique place known as San Alberte where a roman bridge, an interesting Gothic chapel with a cruise of this century (sculpted by the local Josefa Quarry) and an amazing natural environment with a wide variety of trees converge; all on the bank of the Parga River that in this area is already and adult and runs to join the Landra, a few kilometres later. Close to this area, going up just a few metres to the left, is the Sambreixo viewpoint from which you can enjoy a beautiful skyline.

The Route is divided into three sections

San Alberte – Fonte de Valdovín
4.650 m.

Fonte de Valdovín – Fonte de San Xoán
8.100 m.

Fonte de San Xoán – Fonte de Pardiñas
6.900 m.

The sections indicate and are divided into four fundamental points of the route: The Camino de Santiago as it passes through the area of San Alberte in Sambreixo, Valdovin´s fountain in Parga, the one of San Xoan´s in the thermal complex of Lagostelle (Guitiriz) and the one located in Pardiñas. The sub-sections divide each main section by taking as a reference places that have road access. Some sub-trams still support other divisions because there are points that are accessed by old unpaved waggon roads.

The Water Route, as its name indicates, aims to show the potential aquifer of Guitiriz, both in its health aspect and in the vital value of the liquid element in general. In addition to containing the water fountains that for more than a century have been healing aliments of Guitiricenses and tourists, the route runs for most of its route on the bank of a river and passes through several areas where two or three streams meet.

If you need more information, contact us and we will be happy to show you all the ins and outs of the route.

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