→ 4.30 → El Pontarrón de Guriezo → 1.90km → Rioseco

Altitude
15
To end of camino
627.30
Services
Bar
Yes

The albergue is currently closed, but you may find some luck getting a private room at the bar.  Other pilgrims have reported 20€.

Fiesta

January: San Vicente Mártir on the 22nd.
May: San Isidro Labrador on the 15th.
June: San Juan on the 24th.
August: Las Nieves, patron of El Pontarrón, on the 5th. San Mamés on the 7th.

The Road

The camino splits in El Pontarrón. The official route continues due south along a pedestrian path adjacent to the main road (which becomes the CA-151) and a coastal option follows the N-634 across the river.

Accommodation in El Pontarrón de Guriezo
Municipal
El Pontarrón
Donativo€
14 		Camino de Santiago Accommodation: El Pontarrón

Comments

2. October 2022 - 5:53

Camino de Sant… (not verified)

Walked to Sonabia and locals advised not to continue because route extremely dangerous with several accidents needing helicopter rescue. Walked back to Oriñon and spent the night in a cheap hotel

15. April 2019 - 18:19

michael

This is the coastal route after Sonabia. If you see the black arrows then this path is best avoided.

29. July 2019 - 14:24

michael

The woman in the bar isn’t very friendly.

15. April 2019 - 18:15

michael

The route is marked with black arrows painted on rocks. I went this way today and turned back after finding myself scrambling over boulders with cliffs to either side. There was about 500m where one step wrong could be you off a cliff edge. No idea why this route is shown on the map.

13. August 2018 - 17:40

michael

The albergue was very dirty when we arrived- there was no one to look after the albergue just the check in process at the bar. There is a microwave at the albergue and no dinner is served at the pub, only small pinxos or vending machine junk food. If you stay, make sure you have your own sleeping bag and take food you can microwave.

7. August 2019 - 13:27

michael

It was very hard for me to find the red route and i was Warnerd.
I returned to sonabia en could get a bus to Castro

13. August 2018 - 17:38

michael

I agree that the coastal route is the more difficult way. You walk up the mountain on a very narrow pathway which gets quite steep towards the top and eventually you have to climb up big boulders. The way down is steep. The path is poorly marked with a black arrow but on the way down you can kind of the the pathway down to a cabin. If you are confident then you can take this path and be rewarded with stunning views of the beach and headlands but only do it if you have a smaller/lighter bag and it’s good weather.