Close to Monte Pindo and the small fishing villages of Pindo and Ézaro is the Ézaro waterfall. The Xallas river flows intricate among granite walls and flows into the sea with a 150-foot waterfall. This is, together with the Norwegian fjords, the only example in Europe of a river flowing into the sea as a waterfall. In recent years, the roads leading to the top of the Ézaro have been frequently visited by cycling lovers; it has also been end of stage of important cycling races because of its 30% slopes, some of the hardest in Europe.