O Meson

O Mesón is a small locality in the province of A Coruña, Galicia, on the Camino route between the provincial border and Sobrado dos Monxes. The name means the inn or the tavern, directly referencing the mesón or roadside inn that historically served travellers and pilgrims on the road through this area. Mesón toponyms are found throughout Iberia, typically marking former stopping points on the pre-modern road network.

The locality has a modest rural character in the enclosed green valley landscape of the A Coruña interior. The name’s memory of a former inn gives it a direct connection to the long history of pilgrim hospitality on the Camino routes.