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Wise Pilgrim APPTineo was built on the side of a steep valley and everywhere you go feels like a climb, but don't let that keep you in the albergue. The Iglesia de San Pedro anchors the town center, and adjacent to it the Museo de Arte Sacro holds a modest but worthwhile collection of sacred art. The town has enough bars and shops to fill an afternoon.
A detour from Piedratecha (the next village) leads to the ruins of the Monasterio de Santa Maria la Real de Obona, a Benedictine foundation that dates to at least the 11th century. The Romanesque church survives, and the setting in a narrow mountain valley is appropriately atmospheric.
Buy supplies. Between Tineo and Campiello there are no services apart from a fountain at the edge of Tineo.
San Pedro, patron of the town, is celebrated on the 29th of June. A longer fiesta runs from the 12th to the 18th of August in honor of San Roque.
Tineo's growth traces back to King Alfonso IX, who in the early 13th century mandated that all pilgrims pass through here. At that time the largest pilgrim hospital on this entire route was built -- the Mater Christi. The hospital itself is gone, but remnants of its chapel and exterior walls survive.
The camino descends to the center of Tineo as far as the church. From there it turns right and begins the uphill climb out of town on the Calle la Fuente; the fuente is the fountain at the edge of town near a small picnic area.
