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Wise Pilgrim APPFasgar sits at the end of the road — literally — and is one of the most memorable stops on the Olvidado. With no more than 10 full-time residents in winter and weeks of snow-bound isolation, it's about as remote as Spain gets.
Rosi returned to her pueblo from Oviedo years ago and now runs the show: an albergue in the old school, a casa rural, and a restaurant that's wildly popular on weekends (book ahead). The restaurant is closed roughly 300 days a year, so check before counting on it for dinner. The albergue is the reliable option.
Fasgar is a beautiful mountain village that fills up in summer. The fun fact: it's 12 km on foot to Colinas del Campo, the next village, but 79 km by car.
The Aires de Fasgar Rural House and its restaurant have closed.
The stage from Fasgar to Iguena (18 km) is the etapa reina (crown jewel) of the Olvidado, though the Bonar-Vegacervera mountain variant now gives it competition. You ascend on a dirt road, then cross the Campo de Santiago, where according to legend Santiago appeared in 981 to help defeat about 70,000 Moors.
From the ermita commemorating the battle, a beautiful trail follows the river through a gorge. The wooden bridges crossing back and forth have been rebuilt since the early days. The camino emerges 12 km later in Colinas del Campo de Martin Moro Toledano — the village with the longest name in Spain.
From Colinas, it's pleasant riverside walking, mostly off-road and all shaded, into Iguena.
