On Monday April 24 we took a taxi to Texeido. The alternative was a eight mile hike up several thousand feet and back down, in the rain, on narrow mountain roads. The taxi ride was scary enough, these guys go fast even around the blind corners, and the roads are two way but only one car wide.
The Santuario de Santo Andre de Texeido is a famous shine in Galicia and is the end of a popular pilgrimage from Ferrol. It is set on the west coast of Galicia along seaside cliffs that are the highest in Europe. They were “only” about 200 feet at the town but about 15 km away they are over 600 feet. We didn’t feel up to doing that 18 mile round trip by foot. But hated not to get to see them.
We had heard of it but didn’t know much about it. We were delighted with what we found. We stayed at a new casa rural that was lovely and very modern. The Sanctuario was amazing. The little town around it was so cute. And the scenery was stunning. We’ll divide this into a few posts.