Fonfría (Santa María Madanela)

Camino Primitivo

CABREIRA 2.00 FONFRÍA (SANTA MARÍA MADANELA)1.60 BARBEITOS

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Fonfria -- Cold Fountain -- takes its name from the spring that feeds the village fountain and that attracted the construction of a pilgrim hospital here in the late Middle Ages. The water is still cold and still good. From time to time one of the villagers opens her kitchen to invite passing pilgrims in for a coffee -- the kind of spontaneous hospitality that defines the Primitivo.

The Camino:

Standing directly between Fonfría and Barbeitos is a small hill. The road goes around it to the north and the camino goes around it to the south. The two meet in Barbeitos.