The Mariña of Lugo will surprise you
What is now a pleasure ride It started out as a long and winding road to work. Because the hiking trail that leads to the well-known **Fuciño do Porco (Snout of the Pig)** is an old path used by technicians to repair and maintain the radio beacon that was at the end of the cape.
Only the residents of the area knew him and he was very dangerous. Not even his name is official. It's called tip Socastro by the presence of an unexcavated fort.
The final stretch of the road is spectacular but it also has its risks. is what you have Stand on the edge of a cliff and look the abyss in the face.
Its official name is Punta Socastro.
It's in Or Vicedo, in A Mariña Lucense, the western coast of the province of Lugo, and the intense shades of green and red of the treetops merge with the brown and yellow colors of the bushes, ferns and gorse. It's a movie trail. As if it were going to be shot on the moon of Endor.
The entire section is done on foot since access to vehicles is not allowed – there is a small car park at the beginning of the path – which allows you to disconnect from the world.
Neither an unpleasant noise nor a shrill sound –please, turn off the mobiles at the beginning of the film, thank you–. Just breathing, the sound of footsteps on the ground and the birds doing their thing.
Until you get to the end and see the winding path that crosses this natural ledge. You have to be careful with the steps you take, because we are talking about cliffs and flights of stairs that pull the twins. But it's worth it.
The nickname was given by the sailors who, entering the estuary, saw the snout of a pig. But little else. This estuary has seen it all – it has a connection to the Mount Neme mine because the tungsten came from here and became a hot spot in the war for this mineral – but nothing that would lead one to think that they had a hidden treasure in sight of all the world.
Fuciño do Porco exists and now no one will forget him
In 2014 security conditions were improved on the final leg but nothing happened. Handrails and railings have been placed at some critical points and a section of the path runs along a wooden walkway that makes it flatter than the original path.
Three years later, the companions of La Voz de Galicia mentioned the road and armageddon was unleashed. In just a few weeks it was already among the best trails in the entire country. Logical. Its views are unbeatable and its rugged condition inspires adventure.
To the west, looking to the left, in the direction of the Coelleira Island –in which are the ruins of a 9th century monastery where, it is said, the Templars came to live in later centuries–, is seen at our feet the inaccessible (at least by land) beach of Enseada da Pereira as if it were the movie The Beach.
Do not panic. The turquoise blue of these Cantabrian waters can be enjoyed if we look a little further. In the San Roman beach , also known as Big Area.
Fuciño do Porco: a path with views of the Bay of Biscay
And in the opposite direction, to the east, the Abrela beach , where the showers are right between the pine forest and the sand, which makes it look like a paradisiacal advertising image for that gel with the onomatopoeic name, 'Fa'.
If yours is the scuba diving , this coast is going to make you tilín. The fauna and flora is highly appreciated, and the clarity of the water allows spectacular views , since the rocks are infested with gobies and nidubranchs – for those of us who do not know this world, the latter are brightly colored water slugs; a quick search on the internet and you will want to practice diving but now–.
Its views are unbeatable and its rugged condition inspires adventure
To access the path, it is reached by the LU-862 road. This road is perfect for visiting the entire coast. Heading west, a walk of just over 20 minutes will take you to the Estaca de Bares lighthouse. You can eat seafood in the Bodeguita del Puerto in O Vicedo and digest while sitting down for a few minutes the famous bank of Loiba.
To the west, two minutes, is nursery. Since this is Galicia, Viveiro has a gastronomic festival. An exaltation of the hake that is celebrated in July in the port and in which they serve more than half a ton divided into thousands of portions.
You can skirt the estuary until Aug Twelve, turn left to get to the lighthouse beach and continue walking to the spectacular Mount Lighthouse viewpoint.
from this the snout looks like it wants to eat the sea. That endless sea that until recently a privileged few saw during their work hours, with sweat on their foreheads and legs tired from going up and down stairs until they found a radio beacon that told the world – they told us – that the Fuciño do Porco exists and now no one will forget him.
Not even the love of Filomena and Ausensio from the year 87, who wrote it on the radio beacon, or that one who likes horses, or the one who knows the revenge of Íñigo Montoya and the loss of his father.
Fancy a little adventure?