The Anllóns River rises in the Montemaior mountain range, crosses the town centre from one end to the other and ends at the sea, between Ponteceso and Cabana, in the Anllóns estuary. In Carballo, the banks of the river were reclaimed a few years ago for walking and leisure, from the “muíño do Quinto” [Quinto mill] to the neighbouring parish of Bértoa, and today they form a route of approximately seven kilometres round trip, along which the people of Carballo usually walk in their free time.

Urban walk of the Anllóns River

One of the most attractive points of the route is the Bosque do Añón, where the typical vegetation of the riverbank (alders, willows, ash trees…) mixes with the most emblematic trees, the oaks.

The Bosque do Añón has another added charm: it evokes pilgrimages of before and now. When people were not yet accustomed to flocking to the beaches to cool off from the summer heat, the river was the main space for leisure time in the summer. There, in the Añón forest, the Forest Festival is still celebrated every year at the end of San Juan.

A visit to the Queo refuge and the A Cheda mill, in the neighbouring parish of Bértoa, is recommended, especially in spring and summer, when nature once again fills these two small alder forests next to the Anllóns with life and colour.

At the Queo refuge, which you can access from the road that goes from Carballo to Coruña, you will find a recreational area with tables and benches, ideal, like the area of ​​the A Cheda mill, for holding country parties. In the waters of the river, fishing enthusiasts can find trout and, to a lesser extent, salmon and char.

Not far from Carballo, in the neighbouring municipality of Coristanco, there is another place of great beauty next to the Anllóns, the Verdes refuge. The waters of the river divide there into several branches forming small islands connected by bridges, and we can still see several mills standing, where, for years and years, the water dragged with its force the stone millstones to grind the grain.