San Amaro (Geira)
Caminho da Geira e dos Arrieiros
San Amaro has a café on the camino (San Mauro) that may or may not be open — don't rely on it. If it is open, take the opportunity. If not, you're still a few hours from Cortegada and its more reliable services.
The village is small and quiet, sitting in a gentle valley that offers a moment of calm between the mountain crossing behind you and the long stretch ahead.
Almost 3 km beyond San Amaro, the Igrexa da Portela is an intriguing, semi-abandoned church — try the side door on the right. Capela de San Xusto is a chapel 2 km further on.
After crossing the bridge over the Río Deva, the official tracks lead off the highway to the left for a longer but off-road way into Cortegada. A more direct way is to leave the highway on the right just after the bridge (following a Geira sticker), eventually passing under the road and climbing back up to it for the last 35 minutes into Cortegada.