Keep straight on along the road for 200 metres after the Dombate dolmen, then turn right at the junction to walk to the village of Fontefría.
Pass through the village, keeping left at a dog-leg bend in the road, where there is a ‘hórreo’.
Continue for around 50m and turn left up a lane. This is one of the few spots where waymarks are not place and walkers could be caught out.
Ascend to a track and keep straight on. Follow the wide track as far as the turn-off on the right, into the trees.
The track goes through the trees. Our route bears left at the next junction to start the ascent to the vantage point at the top of the Monte Castelo hill.
There is a fantastic view from the top; over to Laxe, the destination for the day; across the Anllóns estuary and along the coast.
After enjoying the vistas, the route heads coastwards to a point close to the Anllóns estuary (not far from the spot left behind more than two hours earlier).
Close attention has to be paid to the waymarks on the descent. The green dots and arrows show the way down to a road. Bear left and then immediately right to head down a wide track.
It’s a long descent through the woods. The route emerges onto a surfaced lane before bearing right onto a track and then heading down a lane to the crossroads at Taboído.
We head straight over the AC-429 Laxe road; then walk approximately 600 metres along the lane to a left turn; take it to head along the track, which leads down to the coast.
Reaching the rugged shore, the route bears left for an undulating section of just over 1km to get to a beautiful beach, Praia de Rebordelo.
The route doesn’t go onto the sands, it heads along the edge of the beach and into the trees, then along the rocky section above the beach, with a great view over sea and sand below (depsite this, many walkers will fancy a paddle and rest at Rebordelo).
It’s around 600 metres to get over to the San Pedro cove, where the path runs just above the beach.
Then there is some climbing to do; the path heads along to the Cabalo headland, where there are more good views back along the coast.
As the route heads round towards Laxe the walking becomes easier, and a first glimpse is offered of the port town which lies ahead.
Finally the path emerges at Laxe’s long beach. We can walk down a dune and stroll along the sea’s edge.
Keep going until the boardwalk is visible, then bear left to use the walkway to reach the promenade which goes to Laxe’s harbour.
The full route for stage 3 took me just under nine hours. Laxe has plenty of accommodation options which can be viewed via booking.com
I stayed at Hotel Vida Mar de Laxe, which was comfortable and reasonably priced. It can be found at www.vidahoteles.com
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