A Fonsagrada Voyage Tips and guide

A Fonsagrada is a village in Galicia in northwest Spain, with a population of 3100 in 2025. The name derives from fontem sacratam, a holy or healing spring. It's on a route across the mountains from Asturias, way-marked as a pilgrimage route and with hostels and other amenities.

43°7′30″N 7°4′12″W

Map of A Fonsagrada

From the south follow A-6 then branch north on LS-710.

Highway LU-530 wends and winds from Lugo, meeting LS-710 at Baleira, then continues east into the mountains to A Fonsagrada.

Highway AS-12 crosses the mountains from Grandas de Salime in Asturias. At the top of the pass (1023 m) it becomes LU-701 descending to A Fonsagrada.

Bus Gal XG634 runs four times a day from Lugo, taking two hours along LU-530 via Romeán, Castroverde and Paradavella.

The town is small and walkable.

Marco's Taxi is on +34 669 646661. Rocio Taxi is on +34 664 004836.

• Church of Santa María is on Plaza de España the town's main square.
• Museo da Fonsagrada, Prazo del Museo, ☏ +34 982 340507. Jun-Sep daily 12:00-14:00, 17:00-19:00. Local history especially upland rural crafts. Adult €2. (updated Mar 2026)
• Hórreos are dotted about the countryside: grain stores on stilts to keep out rats.

• El Camino is the collective name for the pilgrimage trails converging on Santiago. Camino Primitivo is the first documented trail, from Oviedo via Grandas de Salime and over the mountains to A Fonsagrada, then onward towards Lugo.

• Antroido is the Galician version of Mardi Gras, a day of carnival and torchlit revelry before the onset of Lent.

• Feria del emigrantes is in August, a reunion with those who emigrated.

• Feria de Septiembre is a livestock show and fair.

Supermercado Dia is at Rúa Antonio Fraguas 6, open M-Sa 09:30-14:30, 16:00-20:30.

Supermercado Claudio is at Av Asturias 16, open M-Sa 09:00-21:00.

• Pulpería Candal, Rúa Rois de la Peña 21, ☏ +34 982 340061. Tu-Sa 08:00-23:00, Su 10:30-23:00. The house specialty is octopus. (updated Mar 2026)
• Pulpería Caldeira is at Rúa Burón 24, open M Tu & Th 10:00-17:00, F-Su 10:00-21:00.
• Restaurante Cantábrico, Av Galicia 9, ☏ +34 982 340135. Tu-Sa 12:00-16:00, 19:00-23:00, Su 12:00-16:00. Quality local fare. (updated Mar 2026)
• O Bodegón is a bar with tapas at Rúa Marqués de Rodil 4.

Galicia wines are typically white and crisp, like Portuguese.

• 43.1278-7.06771 Casa Manolo, Burón 35, ☏ +34 626 009979. Clean and central, some noise. Double (room only) €60.  (updated Mar 2026)
• 43.1269-7.06662 Casa Cuartel, Av Asturias 19, ☏ +34 689 954243. Comfy and clean, with dorm and private rooms.  (updated Mar 2026)
• 43.1256-7.06723 Cantábrico, Rúa Ron 5, ☏ +34 669 747560. Comfy modern place with 3 8-bed dorms and private rooms. Dorm €15 ppn.  (updated Mar 2026)
• 43.1248-7.0684 Pórtico, Rúa Maior 26, ☏ +34 630 34 7224. Friendly simple hotel. Double room €60.  (updated Mar 2026)
• Camping A Fonsagrada is 500 m west of town on the Burón road LU-740.

As of March 2026, Fonsagrada has 4G from MasMovil, Movistar and Orange, but no signal from Vodafone. There is patchy coverage on its approach roads.

• Lugo has an old centre behind its Roman walls. It's 60 km west so pilgrim hikers will need one or two stopovers, though the medieval Hospital Montouto is now just a ruin. Thereafter it's only another 100 km to the end of the trail in Santiago de Compostela.
• Grandas de Salime is the first sizable village reached east across the mountains in Asturias.