# Ruta da Pedra e da Auga, from Armenteira to Ribadumia Among the Mills

What to do en Cambados · Cambados

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/things-to-do/stone-and-water-trail · Revisado: 2026-11-13

- Duración: 2 h 15
- Para quién: Walking families

Walk · 6.5 km · 2 hrs 15 · Free · PR-G 170 beside the Armenteira river, with more than 30 mills · Easy

Six and a half kilometres of path beside the Armenteira river, from the hamlet of A Armenteira, in Meis, to Ribadumia, with more than thirty water mills along the way. It is the PR-G 170, one of the four Rutas do Salnés. Turismo de Galicia rates it low difficulty and 2 hrs 15 of walking, and it costs nothing. For a day of wineries, it is the morning without wine: it starts a quarter of an hour by car from Cambados.
The route, from top to bottom
You set off from A Armenteira, the hamlet of the monastery of Santa María, reached directly from the AG-41 and where there are services. The first stretch is the steepest and has the most mills: many have names, and at O Souto a serradoiro, a water-powered sawmill, is preserved, which is unusual. Further down you pass the Aldea Labrega and reach the Muíños de Meis recreation area, a good spot for a break: from there the slope eases.
The last stretch is already in Ribadumia: an easy walk on the riverbank, with the mills of this municipality, to the VG-4.2 roundabout, where the route ends. It is also part of the Ruta do Mar de Arousa e Ulla of the Camino de Santiago, and links with two other Salnés routes, the San Martiño river and the Chanca river ones.
What to know beforehand
It is linear: it starts and ends in different places. If you are going in two cars, leave one in Ribadumia; otherwise, go back the same way, doubling the distance, or do only the upper stretch from A Armenteira to the recreation area and return. The path is narrow in places and has a few difficult passages, so wear shoes with a grippy sole, especially after rain, when the stone is slippery. It isn't practical with a pushchair; with children who can walk, it is, and the official sheet suggests it as a family outing and as a plan for cloudy days. Bikes can only manage part of it.
It runs over public land and with no published rules against dogs: keep yours on a lead, especially near the mills and on the narrow stretches.
Fitting it into a day around Cambados
In the morning, the walk; at midday, back in the town, the tasting at the Palacio de Fefiñanes or the visit to Paco & Lola, in Meaño, which is close by. In the afternoon, the walk around the old town. If you walk on a Sunday, when Martín Códax and Fefiñanes don't receive visitors, the Gourmet at Paco & Lola at 13:00 fits right afterwards.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 42.4633, -8.742

## Cerca de aquí

- [Visit and Tasting at Paco & Lola, the Meaño Cooperative](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/things-to-do/paco-lola-visit), a 3.5 km
- [Visit and tasting at Bodegas Martín Códax](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/things-to-do/martin-codax-visit), a 7.6 km
- [Learn to gather shellfish, with wine, on the Arousa estuary](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/things-to-do/shellfish-gathering), a 7.7 km
- [Santa Mariña Dozo ruins and the Wine Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/things-to-do/santa-marina-dozo-ruins), a 7.9 km
- [Pazo A Capitana](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/where-to-stay/pazo-a-capitana), a 8.0 km
- [Yayo Daporta](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/where-to-eat/yayo-daporta), a 8.1 km
- [Parador de Cambados](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/where-to-stay/parador-de-cambados), a 8.4 km
- [Albariño Festival](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/things-to-do/albarino-festival), a 8.5 km

## Consejos

### Shoes with grip
There are narrow stretches and wet stone.

### Do only the upper half
It is the part with the mills and the slope; you return the same way.

### Grey days
The official sheet suggests it as a plan for when the sky doesn't invite you to the beach.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How long does the Ruta da Pedra e da Auga take?
About 2 hrs 15 for its 6.5 km, one way only.

### Where does it start?
At A Armenteira, in Meis, beside the monastery, and ends at the VG-4.2 roundabout, in Ribadumia.

### Is it difficult?
Low difficulty, although it has a narrow stretch with a few tricky passages.

### Can I take a dog?
Yes, on a lead; it is a public path.

Destino: [Cambados](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados.md)