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Wise Pilgrim APPGrandas de Salime is the largest town since Salas and the first place in a while where you can properly stock up. The Iglesia de San Salvador stands at the center, and several 18th-century manor homes -- built by returning Indianos -- are scattered through the streets.
The gem of the town is the Museo Etnografico de Grandas de Salime, one of the finest ethnographic museums in Asturias. It has more objects in its collection than you could possibly take in during a single visit, documenting every aspect of traditional rural life in these mountains -- from cider-making to linen-weaving to cattle-herding. If you have an afternoon to spare, this is where to spend it.
Nuestra Senora del Carmen is celebrated on the 2nd and 3rd of July. San Salvador is celebrated during the first weekend in August.
The camino leaves town along Calle Carmen and passes the Capilla de Carmen before joining the AS-28 highway for several parts; leaving and rejoining between towns on its way up to the alto that marks the border between Asturias and Galicia. There is one more albergue on the Asturian side of the border, in Castro. The first hamlet you come to, that of La Farrapa, has no services for pilgrims.
