Fonfría

Stage 28 · O Cebreiro – TriacastelaLugo Province
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What is there in Fonfría

Fonfría (San Xoán de Fonfría) is a parish and village in the municipality of Pedrafita do Cebreiro, in Lugo Province, on the Camino Frances.

The name comes from the cold-water spring that flows beside the Camino, and the village was once called Fonfría do Camiño. After the Alto do Poio, pilgrims enter it along an almost flat track with open views over the valleys. From 1535 until the 19th century the hospital of Santa Catalina operated here, and it is said that every pilgrim was offered fire, salt, water and a bed with two blankets, and the sick also bread, eggs and butter. The church of San Xoán, from the 16th century and restored in 1964, keeps a chalice with an inscription from that hospital. Today the welcome continues in its hostels, one of them in a reconstructed palloza, and from here begins the long descent to Triacastela.

Accommodation in Fonfría

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Distances from Fonfría

From Fonfría to O Biduedo it is about 2 km.

To Fillobal it is about 5 km.

And to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in Santiago de Compostela, about 143.1 km remain.

Accommodation in Fonfría

Fonfría offers this accommodation:

History

The name means «cold spring», and in documents it appears as Fonfría do Camiño. From 1535 until the 19th century it had the hospital of Santa Catalina, which gave pilgrims fire, salt, water, a bed and two blankets, and which depended on the convent of Sancti Spiritus in Melide.

What to see in Fonfría?

Church
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Church of Saint John the Baptist Fonfría

Church of Saint John the Baptist of Fonfría We are in Fonfría (San Xoán), a parish of the municipality of

Church of San Xoán

The church of San Xoán, of medieval origin and restored in 1964, has a single stone nave with a slab roof and a simple bell gable. It keeps a chalice with an inscription recalling the old hospital.

The surroundings

Fonfría, a hamlet of Pedrafita do Cebreiro at about 1,290 metres, lies on the plateau that follows the Alto do Poio, the highest point of the Camino in Galicia. From here the long descent towards Triacastela begins, among meadows and oak woods.

Services

  • Pilgrim information.
  • Bar-restaurant at the hostel, with a shared dinner.
  • Laundry at some lodgings.
  • Parking.
  • It is reached on the LU-633 road, between O Cebreiro and Triacastela.

The best of Fonfría

  • Its church and the memory of the hospital of Santa Catalina.
  • The views from the plateau, when the mist allows.
  • A hostel with good food in a very quiet village.
  • The start of the descent into the heart of Galicia.

Fonfría is a good stop after the Alto do Poio: a mountain hamlet with centuries of welcoming pilgrims.

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