Shell motif Camino de Santiago

Camino del Salvador
from León to Oviedo

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Stage 4: Pajares to Pola de Lena - 22.5 km


Leaving Pajares on the main N-630

which you fortunately leave after 50 yards at a gap in the barrier to follow the steep downhill track to San Muguel del Rio







Stunning mountain scenery!









San Miguel del Rio



A deserted country road



Wayside fountain



Santa Marina

A happy family

Traditional hay stook













Llanos de Somerón



Donkey pulling a sledge - with no wheels, pobrecito.



Descending towards Puente de los Fierros

If you cross the bridge at Puente de los Fierros and arrive at these blue guard rails, you will spend the next few kilometres alongside the N-630.

There is a more rural route, waymarked just before the bridge, through beautiful scenery, to Fresnedo and Herias to Campomanes - we are sorry to have missed the turn!











Entering Campomanes



Small waymark to the left of the door





First encounter with the motorway, which now takes most of the traffic between León and Asturias

Roadside fountain





Vega de Ciego





Entering La Pola de Lena



The refugio opposite the railway station

The main square

Leaving the town

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