Edition June 2017 Ramuín, Parada De Sil and Xunqueira De Espadañedo

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Edition June 2017 Ramuín, Parada de Sil and Xunqueira de Espadañedo. Due to its location, history and expanse, Monforte de Lemos is considered nowadays the capital of Ribeira Sacra. The headquarters of the Regulatory Council of the wine is there. The certificate of origin and quality of the wine (known in Spain as denominación de origen) has undoubtedly helped Ribeira Sa- cra to become an emerging tourist destination of high quality. The outstanding conditions of the nature made an appealing environment with an unique beauty. The deep valleys of the rivers Sil and Miño, shaped from the granite rocks, impress because of their vertical faces and the uneven land. The slopes in the Sil Canyon are rough and rock, whereas the slopes in the Miño Can- yon are gentle and suitable for people to explore. The routes by catamaran are a good option to enjoy this breathtaking scenery. (see ROUTES BY

Sil Canyon Ribeira Sacra Ribeira Sacra may be defined as one of the best-kept secrets in the inland of Galicia. It is made up of twenty one city councils of south Lugo and north Ourense, which share the course of the rivers Miño, Sil Church of Santo Estevo de R¡bas de Miño and Cabe. They flow through narrow Viewpoint in A Capela CATAMARAN). passes and canyons, along delightful Other interesting options are the scenery. A land used for retreat in the routes along the canyons and rivers, past and with excellent weather con- going through woods and spectacu- ditions which boosted wine works in lar viewpoints. Ribeira Sacra offers a the area. wide offer of hiking routes for ever- The following city councils of Lugo yone (see suggestions of HIKING belong to Ribeira Sacra: A Pobra do ROUTES). Brollón, Bóveda, Carballedo, Chan- Besides monasteries, our ancestors´ tada, Monforte de Lemos, O Savi- deep influence is in the huge amount ñao, Pantón, Paradela, Portomarín, of Romanesque churches all through Quiroga, Ribas de Sil, Sober and Ribeira Sacra. In Galicia there is Taboada. such a clear expansion of the Roma- From the province of Ourense: A nesque style that it is considered the Peroxa, A Teixeira, Castro Caldelas, main concentration of Romanesque Church of San Miguel de Eiré Esgos, Montederramo, Nogueira de architecture in the country areas in 5

Church of san Xoán (North portico) Europe. Among the temples of great Monastery of Bernardas de Ferreira beauty are San Paio de Diomondi, Santo Estevo de Atán, San Miguel de year, the queen Teresa of Portugal, Eiré and San Fiz de Cangas (see su- Alfonso VII´s daughter, donated ggestion of ROMANESQUE ROUTE). the monk Arnaldo and the member There is an important influence from of his order the lands where a new the early modern period in Monforte monastery would be put up in the de Lemos, where the building Cole- called “Rivoira Sacrata”. This is

Portomarín gio de los Padres Escolapios, known as the “El Escorial Gallego” (compa- red to the historical residence of the King in Madrid), keeps two paintings of El Greco, among other artistic Ermits land treasures. The first reference to this land as This is a special destination for those “Rivoira Sacrata” was in 1124. who search memorable and unre- On a document signed in Allariz peatable experiences in a cultural (Ourense) in August in the same and natural heritage. Views of a vineyard the origin of the monastery of San- ta María de Montederramo, one of the most remarkable and well preserved in Galicia. The place name became popular when the historian Fray Antonio de Yepes trans- lated the document and explained it because of the huge amount of monasteries in the area.

The holy oak tree Not long afterwards, the historian Torquato de Souza Soares reali- zed a mistake in the translation by Yepes. He had written Rovoyra instead of Rivoira, which may be 6 this village, which lies the mountains in O Courel, you can see the popular architecture of the mountain. The houses are right next to each other; they have gable roofs in order to keep them warm and make people´s lives easier for snowfalls. In Parada de Montes there is a church from the end of the 19th century dedicated to Saint Inés, with a neoclassic altarpiece from the convent of the Clarisas de Monforte. Other interesting places: The forts in interpreted as a “holy oak wood” A POBRA DO BROLLÓN Saa, Salcedo, Lamaigrexa, Domiz and (robur: oak tree). In the Celt cul- Architecture in Vilachá: There are a Barxa, the convent of Feirarrúa, Casa ture the oak and wood were holy total of forty two thousand-year-old wi- Grande de Marcón. elements and this strengthen his neries, with uneven stone walls and a theory. However, people had in- flagstone gable roof. There are among terpreted Ribeira Sacra as “Ribera the oldest in the Iberian Peninsula. sagrada” (holy banks). Medieval bridge of Barxa: This is a

The jealous Juno There is an ancient legend of the origin of the Miño and Sil Canyons. According to the myth, the god Ju- piter, in love with the beautiful land of Galicia, decided to take the land by going throw it by the river Miño. Chapel of Ecce Homo But her jealous wife Juno didn´t BÓVEDA accept to share her love with a Pazo de Bóveda: This typical country stranger. In order to distance him Medieval bridge of Barxa de Lor house from Galicia belonged to the from the lovely rival, she didn´t Roman bridge which was the Casti- marquess of Bóveda and was built by hesitate to open a deep wound lians´ access from León to Galicia, Sir Francisco Suárez de Deza y Oca, on that sublime face. It was such although nowadays in only used by the marquess of Vivance. It is in the a wife´s hate that she made the pedestrians. There are still remains of parish of San Martín. Even though wound deeper to the limit, provo- the medieval roads, since the highway it dates from the 18th century (year king the current Canyons of the Sil. goes past there and this is a route of 1769), it had been built on a former pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela pazo from the 16th century. from the river Sil. Chapel of Ecce Homo: It is in the pa- Church of San Salvador de Ferreiros: rish of Rubián and dates from the 18th Church with Romanesque remains da- century. This is a building with a cross ted from 12th century and part of the floor and slate walls. 17th century. It keeps wall paintings CARBALLEDO representing the Annunciation. Church of Santo Estevo de Chouzán: Church of San Xián de Veiga: Nave 12th-century Romanesque church. with semicircular apses from the se- From this period are also the apse cond half of the 12th century. It keeps and the inside nave which were mo- sculptures and a Baroque altarpiece ved stone by stone to its current site, from the 17th century. due to the building of the damming of Church of Óutara: It has a Renaissance Os Peares. main altarpiece and a statue of the Vir- Church of San Xoán da Cova: 12th- gin Mary dated from the 15th century. century Romanesque church with a Camiño Real Architecture in Parada de Montes: In spectacular front of archivolts. As 7 wall paintings. Church of San Salvador de Asma: this 12th-century church belonged to the buildings of the monastery of San Sal- vador de Asma. Several granite pieces from the pre-Romanesque period are still kept. Church of Camporramiro: Romanes- Church of San Salvador de Asma que church dated from the 12th cen- the village of Chantada. Several of the- tury. se traditional buildings rose on pictu- Church of Santa María de Nogueira: it resque arcades, following the civil Gali- holds Romanesque remains as well as cian architecture. The medieval square some form the 16th century. Some of Plaza de España (Cantón) is one of the the most outstanding are the wall pain- most outstanding places, where the tings just restored. neoclassic church of Santa Marina is. Other interesting places: tower Torre In the surrounding area is the square dos Moure. Plaza del Mercado, where there is the MONFORTE DE LEMOS Church of Santo Estevo de Chouzán colonial mansion Casona de Lemos. Monuments in San Vicente del Pino: well as the one of Chouzán, it was Casa Grande de Lemos: a manor at the highest point in the village, it moved stone by stone to its current house dated from the 16th century. It consisted of the Torre del Homenaje - site owing to the building of the da- was restored as a Culture House at the remains of the former castle - , Palacio mming. end of the 1980s by the architect Ma- Condal and Monasterio Benedictino, Parish church of Temes: The church nuel Gallego. today a state-owned hotel. has features of the pre-Roman and Monasterio de Santa María de Pes- Torre del Homenaje: a tower at the top Roman period (Roman altar), Early queiras: a monastery in a natural en- of the village built between the 13th and Christian period (marble sarcophagus vironment, among a hundred-year-old 14th centuries. It was the most signi- from the 4th century) and Christian- grove and close to the dam of Belesar ficant building in the castle, since the Visigoth (inscription in the consecra- (13th century). This is what still re- ritual of association between the lord tion). mains of the former Benedictine con- and his vassal, known as Tribute Cere- Church of Lousada: from the ancient vent, which was annexed the one of mony, was there celebrated. It is 30m monastery of Santiago de Lousada San Paio de Antealtares at the end of high, 13 m side and has three-meter- only the Romanesque church of the the 15th century. It keeps 16th-century wide walls. the tower and the wall of 12th century is preserved. It has the sarcophagus with the reclining statue of Sir Vasco Pérez de Temes. Pazo de Cartelos: a 18th-century building, but later restored. It was one of the most ancient ancestral homes of the Mr and Mrs Temes. It keeps a medieval tower with semicircular floor. In the wood of this property is the oldest oak in Europe, about 1500 years old. Other interesting places: the towers Torres Irmandiñas de San Román and Grixoá, the fort in Morgade. CHANTADA Old quarter: cobbled streets and em- blazoned houses from the 16th and 17th centuries are the main appeal of Dous de Maio Street (Chantada) Torre del Homenaje 8 tigua: this is a Renaissance building known as el “Escorial de Galicia”. It has a Herrerian terrace, which construction began in the 16th century, two perfectly symmetrical wings and a central church with a huge dome topped with a lantern. It was started to be built by the cardinal Rodrigo de Castro in 1593. Today is the school of the Padres Es- Church of San Miguel Pombeiro colapios and keeps a significant art ga- buildings in Galiciaç (12th century) llery, where the most prized jewels are and not often can you see such a the works by El Greco and three that slender, elegant and compact work. were attributed to the Italian Andrea del It reminds those of the pre-Roma- Sarto (see MUSEUMS). nesque in Asturias. Nunnery of the Clarisas: in this 17th- What makes it a original piece is its century nunnery an excellent collection structure with square plant, where of sacred art is kept; the Lying Christ raises a rectangular tower in the and the Blessed Virgin by Gregorio Fer- transept nave (the only one in the nández are the most outstanding works Galician Romanesque style), and (see MUSEUMS). a semicircular apse whose dome Roman bridge: close to the nunnery of holds a Pantocrator with Saint the Clarisas is the “old bridge.” The tra- Mary and Saint John. dition says its origin is Roman. All we Church of San Vicente de Pombei- know is it was restored by the master ro: it was built by the “black minks” Pedro Rodríguez Remberde by the end of the Cluny order taking the ones of the 16th century. in Borgoña as a point of reference. Church of Nuestra Señora de la Antigua Pazo de San Xoán de Tor: this typical It stands out the south door, bet- the medieval fortress were severely house of Galicia is in the outskirts of ween buttresses (13th century). damaged in the Great War Irmandiña the city. It keeps an important bookca- Church of San Fiz de Cangas: To- (1467-1469), and were rebuilt after the se, four living rooms in a row, a Baro- day only the church of the monas- confrontation (see MUSEUMS) . que staircase and a collection of armor tery remains, which was extended Monastery of San Vicente del Pino: (14th and 15th centuries), besides in the 17th century to hold the cha- though it is dated from the 10th cen- furniture and paintings from the 16th pel of the Torrenovais, where Ro- tury, the present building was built in century (see MUSEUMS). the 16th century. The square of the PANTÓN nunnery is in neoclassic style, the fa- Monastery of San Salvador de cade as well as the cloister. The mo- Ferreira: dated from the 10th cen- nastic church, of Renaissance façade tury, it achieved its greatest splen- and transitional Gothic interior, has ela- dor during the Cistercian period. borated domes and, to one of its side, This the only nunnery with reli- a choir in organ Baroque style. It wor- gious life in Ribeira Sacra. It co- ths seeing the statue of Saint Ann with vers many different styles and pe- the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus and a riods: the church is from the 12th, Romanesque bas-relief. A great part of the cloister from the 16th, and the the monastery holds nowadays the Pa- façade from the 18th century. The- rador (state-owned hotel) of tourism in re are several sarcophagus and a Monforte de Lemos. carving of the Virgin Mary and the The hill comes down the alleys in the baby on her lap, which is a clearly Jewish neighbourhood, where some of Roman tradition. the former doors to access the city are Church of San Miguel de Eiré: is still preserved. one of the best kept Romanesque Colegio de Nuestra Señora de la An- Church of San Miguel de Eiré 9

Church of San Facundo de Ribas de Miño Church of San Facundo de Ribas de Miño: it was declared national interest monument in 1982 and in 1998 it got a prize by the Architecture Association in Galicia as the best project of restoration. Not only is the architecture Monastery Bernardas de Ferreira Church of San Xoán remarkable, but also, even more, the drigo López de Quiroga is buried. llage was restored according to a new environment: surrounded by vineyards Church of Santo Estevo de Atán: urban development plan typical from which come down the slopes of the it came into being by a convent of the “new villages” in Spain in the fifties Monte da Trapa until the river Miño, the 8th century and the primitive and sixties. with jetty for the catamaran. construction of the pre-Romanes- Church of San Nicolás or San Xoán: it Castro de Baran: this fort consists of que period still remains. Its small was declared historical-artistic collec- a moat, two terraces and a croa. The fretwork windows work as lattices. tion in 1946. The church was moved most accessible way is by a Folga dos Sanctuary of Augas Santas: temple and built, stone by stone, in its current Bois. situated in the parish of San Martín de place, in the middle of Portomarín. It Saint James Way: the stretch of the Pantón. Its origin is associated with a is a church-fortress with battlements, French route to Santiago, from Ferrei- spring of curative water. In the walls of a rose window and a beautiful façade ros to Portomarín, through Paradela is the naves you can see elements from with archivolts, where there are 24 el- full of ancient and medieval history. the Romanesque period, as well as derly men surrounding Christ. This is a Paraje de Castro San Martiño: from from previous times (12th and 13th good example of the medieval masonry this spot, where there is the church and century). workers who were educated with Mas- the atrium of the fort San Martiño you Other interesting places: Pazos de Fe- will see one of the most breathtaking rreiroá, Goián and O Reguengo and the views of Belesar and Portomarín. Castle of Maside. PARADELA PORTOMARÍN Chapel of Loio: it is in Cortes and it Village of Portomarín: this village was keeps Mozarabic elements (10th cen- completely moved in the sixties due to tury). It is linked to the origin of the the construction of the dam in Belesar. order La Orden de los caballeros de There is proof of a bridge built to cross Santiago. the river Miño in Portomarín in the 2nd Church of Santa María de Ferreiros: century. It was called “la Pons Minea” Romanesque church situated in Mira- in the Codex Calixtinus. It was des- llos, part of the French route to Santia- troyed by the order of Miss Urraca in go. From the monastery and its rooms 1112 and rebuilt afterwards. As it later only the church and its fabulous Roma- became a strategic pass, a hospital for nesque façade remain. It was a priory pilgrims was built in 1226. of the Encomienda de Portomarín Due to the construction of the dam in (control over the land) and was used Belesar, the whole village and the fa- as a shelter for pilgrims, with a hospital mous Roman church of Saint Nicholas in one of the rooms. or Saint John had to be moved. The vi- Church of San Xoán 10 river Sil and drained it in a 2.5 km-long meander in order to easily get the gold from the river. Castillo de Torrenovaes: this castle consisted in two structures built between the 10th and 13th centuries: the Torre del Homenaje and the Pazo de la Encomienda, the first headquarters of the commanders in the Orden de San Juan de Jerusalén, in the valley of Qui- roga. This is one of the most emblema- tic places of the history of Quiroga. Church of San Clodio Villages of Mazo, O Solón and A Sea- keeps on the top the shield of Spain ra: these are extraordinary examples and an inscription about the restoration of popular architecture adapted to the in 1604 carried out by Alfonso de Solís. hard living conditions in the mountains Church of Santa María de Torbeo, of O Courel. (transition from 12th to 13th century). Pilgrims arriving to Portomarín Almazara de Bendilló: an old mill It keeps from the monastic period the ter Mateo. which is still used to produce oil using apse and the north gate. The boat trip Castro de Castromaior: this fort is 5 traditional methods; it makes good use across the meander of A Cubela, in the km away from the village of Portoma- of the strength of the animal which river Sil, was handled by the monks of rín. It has more than 5 hectares and pulls the mill stone. No one knows Torbeo. This is one of the most elegant spreads throughout six army premises exactly when it was built, but it is examples of the Romanesque period in which show the appearance of the Iron linked to the Romans´ settlement after the rural areas in Galicia. A fire in 1936 Age in Galicia. It covers an extended the 2nd century. destroyed this church where only the period of the Galician prehistory, from Here the Crismón de Quiroga turned up walls and the domes of the apse re- the 4th century BC to the 1st century and it is exhibited today in the Provin- mained. It was restored in 1945. In the AD. cial Museum in Lugo. north wall of the nave you can see a Other interesting places: Saint James gothic inscription, the only sample of a RIBAS DE SIL way (French route). painting which survived the fire. Church of San Clodio: dated from Iron bridge over the Sil: it was en- QUIROGA 1200, it has notably changed and some Quiroga: in the city council of Quiroga extras have been later added. From the there are remains of the Roman Impe- original Romanesque building remains rium. Researchers assure a paleochris- only the apse and the north gate of the tian church had been there before the nave. It stands out the side gate with current small church of A Ermida. Visigothic capitals, which may have Túnel de Montefurado: a giant gold- been restored. panning site built in the 2nd century AC Abbey of San Clodio: next to the by the Romans. They had diverted the church, in the north, is the presbytery with façade, a tower and other remains of the abbey. The Abbey of San Clodio was founded about a thousand years ago. Its façade, with round arches,

Tunnel of Montefurado Oil mill in Bendilló Church of Torbeo 11 ded in 1883. The technique used in its construction was well ahead of its time, the pneumatic bell. This way, they could work under the water with a pressure-air bell. Since it was invented by Eiffel, people used to think that he had designed the bridge. Other interesting places: the oil mills of Peites and Figueiredo, the train station Renfe. O SAVIÑAO Church of San Paio de Diomondi: erected among woods and deep-green Church of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Miño Church of Proendos fields, this church form the 12th cen- Church of San Martiño da Cova: da- Church of San Vicente de Pinol: on tury was part of a Benedictine mo- ted from the end of the 13th century, the façade of this church there is a nastery. Inside the nave there are four it keeps wall paintings from the 17th stone rose window with a hexagonal pairs of columns with pointed arches century and a baroque altarpiece. star, symbol which may represent the placed on the top. Outside, there is a Other interesting places: church of Jewish star of David. magnificent main gate with four semi- Marrube, the house-fort Casa-fuerte de Sanctuary of Cadeiras: It was built in circular archivolts and decorated with Candaira (civil military architecture of the 18th century, but it is not still finis- zoomorphic elements. the 13th century), Pazo de As Cortes, hed. It is not the architecture its main Church of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Pazo da Lamaquebrada, a set of dol- appeal, but a place of pilgrimage due to Miño (13th century): It is one of the mens in Abuime, set of forts: Freán and the miracles traditionally attributed to most outstanding monuments in the Vilatán. the Virgin of Cadeiras. The procession Galician heritage, located in an extraor- SOBER of Cadeiras takes place on 7,8 and 9 dinary place by the Miño slope, over Church of San Xulián de Lobios: this September. From the top of the tower the dam of Belesar. It was declared Na- is the most remarkable Romanesque you can enjoy the superb panoramic tional Monument in 1931. Its capitals building in Sober. It is dated from the views. are decorated with plants and musi- 13th century. It stands out because of Other interesting places: Church of cians. This is an excellent sample of the its spectacular façade and magnificent Bolmente (9th century), church of San Master Mateo´s influence. On the faça- capitals. Pedro de Canaval (13th century). de there is a huge rose window, beau- Church of Santa María de Proendos: TABOADA tiful and carefully elaborated, which from the 12th century, this is an uni- Pazo de Perrelos: this typical country forms a twelve-elongated-pentagonal que sample of the rural Romanesque house from Galicia is dated from mid- petals rose. style. In the main chapel 16th-century 17th century and has a baroque faça- Church of Santa María de Seteventos: wall paintings are kept, and they depict de and a gallery facing the garden. this is famous for its wall paintings the Adoration of the Magi, the flight to Just in the middle of the garden there from the 16th century restored some Egypt, the Annunciation, the Visitation is a granite spring from 1788. It has years ago, with scenes of the Annun- of the virgin Mary and Saint Blas and four spouts and a lion holding among ciation and the Final Judgement. the Adoration of the Shepherds. its claws the oldest coat of arms in the pazo. Casa de la Torre de Moreda: here are the remains of anthropomorphic graves dug out of the rock. Church of San Pedro de Bembibre: Romanesque building declared national interest monument. It is an anon- ymous work which has buttresses against the walls to originally build a vaulted roof, but it has a plain wooden Church of San Martiño da Cova Church of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Miño roof today. 12 CASTRO CALDELAS Martínez Risco e Agüero (Ourense, Castle of Castro Caldelas: it is da- 1884-1963) lived. He was one of the ted from the 14th century although most outstanding members in the some authors claim it was built group Xeración Nós, especially af- in the 12th century. It has several ter the book Teoría do nacionalismo towers: Torre del Homenaje, Torre galego had been published in 1920. del Reloj and Torre de la Cárcel. Its Nowadays, this house was restruc- history was especially hectic due to tured as a rural inn Pousada Vicente Church of Taboada dos Freires: Ro- the uprising Revuelta Irmandiña and Risco, where there is a monographic manesque remains of a church and the later conflicts between the count collection about the author. necropolis with anthropomorphic of Benavente and the one of Lemos. Other interesting places: old part of graves dug out of the rock. It keeps In 1808 it was set fired by the French town, church of San Xoán do Burgo, an inscription from 1190 on the tym- troops in withdrawal after being mills of A Ponte and Alais, village of panum of the gate and Mozarabic de- attacked by the neighbours. Its loca- Vilarellos, Sasaus and O Burgo. tion at the precipice to the Sil Canyon ESGOS turns it into an idyllic viewpoint (see Monastery of Saint Pedro de Ro- MUSEUMS). cas: this is the oldest monastery Church and Monastery of San Paio in Galicia (6th – 16th century). The de la Abeleda: from medieval ori- naves of the church were dug out of gin, this monastery is believed to be granite, as caves, and were exten- dated from the 10th century. It was ded in order to take in more monks. one of the most influential monastic The chapels in the church, with three Pazo de Perrelos buildings in the province and here naves, are full of anthropomorphic corative items. sarcophaguses from the 7th century sarcophaguses in stone. Everything Church of Santa María de Piñeira: AC were found. Today it is in ruins. in this monastery is exceptional and Church from the 13th century except Church of Virgen de los Remedios: atypical, as the bell tower built in for the façade and the sacristy, both this is a neoclassic temple in the the precipitous ground, dated from from the Baroque period. capital of the town council. Its twin middle 16th century and two spaces Other interesting places: Pazo de towers and austere lines are the for the bells placed at the top of the Relás, Pazo de Nogueira, Pazo Forta- most remarkable features. It is visi- crag. (see MUSEUMS). leza de los señores de Taboada (15th ted by lots of devotes and it keeps Other interesting places: Church century), church of Santa María de the parish museum. and stone cross of Vilar de Ordelles, Castelo, church of Bouzoa. House of Vicente Risco: the house church of Santa María de Esgos, vi- where the Galician writer Vicente llage of Os Arcos.

Church of San Pedro de Bembibre Castle of Castro Caldelas (Torre del reloj) Monastery of San Pedro de Rocas 13 MONTEDERRAMO Other interesting places: chur- Ponte Vella of Vilariño Frío: it ches of San Martiño de Nogueira used to be a bridge of the Roman and San Cristovo de Armariz, both road between Astorga and Braga from the Romanesque period, which was built over the river Mao Chapel of Virxe do Monte, coun- in the 3rd century. Walking on it try houses Pazo de A Seara and will make you enjoy the nature and Celeiros, Parque de Mámoas in As 12 information notice boards will Cabanas, also known as “Mámoas explain you in detail the history of de Moura.” these types of communication. Monastery of Santa María de Monastery of Santa María de Montederramo Montederramo: although its ori- place if necessary. gin is from a Benedictine order, Religious collection of Marrubio: it became more important and it is made up of a chapel dedicated started to be studied in the 12th to Saint Anthony, a covered stone century with the Cistercian order. cross and two wayside shrines. It It was founded by Mrs Teresa, is worth mention that the stone Alfonso VII´s daughter, in 1142. cross keeps all its polychromy. The present Renaissance building Castro galaico of Leboreiro: this keeps the pilasters, the dome and fort is known among the local the vault of classic elegance and people as “O Castrexo”, where the Monastery of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil harmony. Besides el Escorial and Celt tribe Tiburos had settled. PARADA DE SIL the Escolapios in Monforte, this Monastery of Santa Cristina de monastery is another example of NOGUEIRA DE RAMUÍN Ribas de Sil: this is considered smithy style. The grandeur of the Monastery of Santo Estevo de Ri- as the jewel of the Romanesque church, the harmony of its clois- bas de Sil: its origin is in a small architecture in Ribeira Sacra. It ters, the impressive altarpiece, as community founded in the 6th is a Benedictine monastery which well as the stalls make this visit a was first mentioned in the 10th century by San Martiño Dumien- must in Ribeira Sacra. century. Its stonework was made se. The monastery is today the Monastery of Seoane Vello: the up of the Romanesque temple and result of a combination of styles monastery and the name of the several rooms arranged along two and times, beginning with the cover corridors around the monas- Romanesque one of the church, tic courtyard. A huge rose window, from the end of the 12th century. which is one of the most well kept The cloister Claustro de los Obis- in Galician Romanesque architec- pos has the Romanesque style in ture, stands out in its façade. It the lower part and the Gothic one keeps Renaissance paintings insi- in the upper section. The other de and it is a marvelous view over two cloisters are from the Renais- the Sil Canyon. sance period, as it can be seen in Necrópolis rupestre de San Lo- its balance and simple elegancy. renzo de Barxacoba: it is a necro- Monastery of Santa María de Montederramo Its façade is baroque and it is di- polis of anthropomorphic tombs vided into three sections, where which were associated with the area “Rivoira Sacrata” have their the shield of the imperial Spain chapel of San Víctor, knocked origin in the monastery in Seoane prevails. The Romanesque art is a down in the 19th century, which Vello, by the path towards Ourense. constant feature in the church of was placed at the top of a rock with Mrs Teresa from Portugal granted the monastery, with its three ap- strategic views over the canyon of the abbot Arnaldo and his Benedic- ses, being the central one surpri- the river Mao. The site can be da- tine monks, who were at the place singly the shortest in order to take ted from between the 9th and the 12th centuries. After the 12th cen- known as RIVOIRA SACRATA, per- advantage of the rose window´s tury the necropolis was deserted mission to found a monastery and light in the façade. It also stands and the graveyard of San Lorenzo the possibility of move to another out an amazing stone altarpiece. 14 started to be used, although it was A TEIXEIRA kept as a worship site. A short path Architectural ensemble of Lumea- leads us to this necropolis where res: It´s a etnographic set of great the archeological works still go on. interest formed by hórreos (typical Galician buildings to keep vegeta- CENTRE OF WINE RIBEIRA SACRA Medieval bridge of Canceliños: in bles), petos de ánimas (stone monu- TIMETABLE EXHIBITION AND SHOP: the Middle Ages, the valleys of the ments where people offer alms), mills Monday to Sunday 10.00-14.00 and rivers Mao and Sil had a great im- and a bridge of the same name. We 16.30-20.00 in winter, and 10.00-14- portance as a place of passage for will also find here environment small 00 and 17.00-21.00 in summer. people and goods. It was neces- waterfalls. Guided tours: Tuesday to Saturday at sary for monasteries to have bri- Other interesting places: Village of 11.30, 12.30, 17.00 and 18.30. dges over the rivers, as the bridge Cristosende, Church of Santa María Closed on Mondays all year. of Canceliños, which is an example de Boazo When the visit is over, you may taste of medieval civil engineering. the wines from Ribeira Sacra. Other interesting places: stone The Centre of wine from Ribeira Sa- cross of Forcas. cra is a space created to combine all activities related to the wine from this land. There is an exhibition hall, a shop and a tapería to have some Galician ta- pas. The building which provides spa- Lumeares bridge ce for the Centre of Wine had several functions in the course of its history: XUNQUEIRA DE ESPADAÑEDO in 1752 was donated as a hospital to Monastery of Santa María de the Order of San Juan de Dios; in the Xunqueira de Espadañedo: the second half of the 19th century it was cloister of this monastery is of converted into a casino; in the 30´s it Renaissance style (16th century) hosted the town hall of Monforte. To- but it keeps a wing of the 12th day it also hosts the Consello Regu- century. This Romanesque church lador de la denominación de Origen has three naves, with three apses Ribeira Sacra (the organ responsible from the same period and pointed for guaranteeing the origin and quality Monastery of Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil arches inside which are sample of of the wine). the Cistercian art. However, the Price: 2.5€ / 1.5€ (under-18s, pen- A PEROXA façade was later built and is of Ba- sioners and groups with more tan 20 Castle of A Peroxa (12th century): roque style. The present town hall, people). it is believed that this castle has a as well as the town library and the Address: Comercio street, 6. Monforte medieval origin and it was erected post office are placed in one of the de Lemos (Lugo). Web:www.centrovino-ribeirasacra.com on a primitive fort. It is a natural wings of this monastery. Phone: 982 105 303 viewpoint today. Mámoa de Veigachá: remains of Church of San Martiño: Baroque the megalithic past of these lands. building with a façade with four pilasters which seem to support the huge bell tower from the 17th century. Palace architecture: typical country house, Pazo of Redondelle, Ansariz and Turbisquedo, mills of Barra and Monastery of Santa María Xunqueira de Es- river Bubal. padañedo Center of wine

GALLERY SARGADELOS TIMETABLE: from Monday to Friday, 10.00 to 13.30 and 16.30 to 20.00; Sunday from 10.00 to 13.30 The work of Sargadelos stands out because of the traditional care which A Peroxa Castle every piece of work is made with. All 15 plates, figures and porcelain jewellery MUSEUM TORRE DA HOMENAXE Address: Malvarón, s/n. Monforte de are finished and decorated by hand in TIMETABLE: Consult. Lemos (Lugo). the factories in Castro, Sada (A Coru- History and context of the tower from Web: www. pazomolinosdeantero.com ña) and Sargadelos, Cervo (Lugo). the Middle Ages. Phone: 676 573 563 Address: Plaza de España s/n Price: 1.55€ E-mail: [email protected] Group: check prices. PINACOTECA NUESTRA SEÑORA DE [email protected] Address: collection of monuments of LA ANTIGUA Phone: 982 402 657 San Vicente del Pino. Monforte de Le- TIMETABLE: Consult. Paintings by El Greco, such as “San DOLL’S HOUSE MUSEUM OF mos (Lugo). MONFORTE Web: www.monfortedelemos.es Lorenzo” and “San Francisco”, and All year round from Tuesday to Satur- Phone: 982 404 715 by Andrea del Sarto are “Santa Mar- day from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and garita de Cortona”, “Santa Inés”, Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. “Santa Catalina de Alejandría”, “San Closed Mondays except holidays. Pedro” and “San Juan Bautista.” The- It is composed of 24 pieces decorated re are also personal things and books and furnished to the last detail, where which belonged to the cardinal. the visitor can admire the meticulous Price: 3,5€ work of the craftsmen Address: Campo de la Compañía, 50. Price: 3 € Monforte de Lemos (Lugo). Address: Plaza de la Estación 27400 Torre da Homenaxe Monforte de Lemos Phone: 982 400 450 / 982 404 715 Web: https://www.facebook.com/Mu- MUSEUMS OF HOLY ART OF THE CLA- seoCasasDeMonecasMonforte/ RISAS IN MONFORTE Phone: 982 403 677 / 654 014 397 TIMETABLE: guided visits from Mon- MUSEUM OF THE RAILWAY OF GALICIA day to Sunday at 11.00, 12.00, 16.00 TIMETABLE: Monday to Thursday: and 17.00, in winter and the same 10.00-14.00 and 16.00-19.00; Friday: times and also at 18.00 in summer. 10.00-14.00. Sunday and public holidays at 11.15, From December to April, every Satur- 12.00, 16.00 and 17.00. Ntra. Señora de la Antigua day and public holidays guided tours Holy art objects such as the images of from 17.00 to 18.30, no appointment the Lying Christ and the Blessed Virgin. ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM IN QUIROGA required. Price: 4€ TIMETABLE: Monday to Friday from Guided tours: to groups of minimum 13.00 to 14.00. Saturdays, Sundays 20 people (every day by appointment). Address: Santa Clara s/n, Monforte de Locomotives, coaches and several Lemos (Lugo) and public holidays from 12.00 to material among the most significant Phone: 982 401 544 13.00. Special guides for groups by of the history of the railway of Galicia. appointment only. The museum has a railway roundabout PAZO DE TOR oil, chestnut, wine, fabrics… with 38 railway lines, the only one of its TIMETABLE: guided tours from Tues- Geography and landscape of Quiroga kind in Spain. day to Sunday at 11.00, 12.30, 16.30 and Ribeira Sacra. Price: 3€ and 18.00. Price: 1€ Address: Prolongación Padre Feijóo Architectonic collection Address: Auditorio Municipal, Calle s/n. Monforte de Lemos (Lugo). Real s/n, Quiroga (Lugo). Web: www.muferga.es Price: free entrance Phone: 982 418 421 / 606 401 982 Address: San Xoán de Tor, s/n. Mon- Web: http://museoetnograficodequiro- forte de Lemos (Lugo). ga.blogspot.com Phone: 982 165 534 Phone: 982 435 125 Web: http://www.museolugo.org e-mail: [email protected]

PAZO MUIÑOS DE ANTERO TIMETABLE: every day from 11.00 to 12.30 and from 16.30 to 18.30. Museum of the railway of Galicia Architectonic collection Price: 3€ Ethnographic museum in Quiroga 16 GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF QUIROGA Address: Arxeriz, Fión, O Saviñao mer, until 19.00 in winter. TIMETABLE: Monday to Friday from (Lugo). Background: parts and elements of lo- 11.30 to 13.00. Saturdays, Sundays Web: www.sotodefion.org cal ethnography and exhibitions “Lin- and public holidays from 11.00 to Email: [email protected] gua Galega” and “Caldelaos Ilustres” 12.00. Special guides for groups by [email protected] Price: 2€. Children until 10 for free and pen- appointment only. Phone: 982 031 040 / 692 941 667 sioners and those with carnet joven 1.60€. Geography, diversity on the land and Groups until 50 people 25€ and 50€ for palaeontology of the Courel mountains. FIGULUS more than 50. Price: 1€ Timetable: All days (advance reserva- Address: Plaza de la Torre s/n (inside Address: Auditorio Municipal, Calle tion) the castle). Castro Caldelas (Ourense). Real s/n, Quiroga (Lugo). Workshop, shop and guided tours on Phone: 988 203 358 Web: http://museogeológicodequiroga. the ceramic Gundivós. Workshops are blogspot.com organized for different audiences. Pos- Phone: 982 435 125 sibility to visit the winery in the same enclosure. Price: Consult Address: Avda. Proendos, Corbelle 27460 Sober (Lugo) Web: www.facebook.com/Oleria-Figu- lus Phone: 982 460 546 / 616 706 356

RECTORAL DE GUNDIVÓS Ethnographic museum of Castro Caldelas TIMETABLE: summer (April to Octo- ber) from 10.30 to 13.30 and 16.00 CENTRO DE INTERPRETACIÓN DE Geological Museum to 20.00; winter (November to March) SAN PEDRO DE ROCAS from 10.30 to 13.30 and from 15.30 to TIMETABLE: October to March: from ECOMUSEUM OF ARXERIZ 19.00. 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m and from 4:00 Winter (01/10-31/03): Wednesday to The main features of this pottery are its p.m to 6:00 p.m (Monday closed). April Sunday from 11.00 a.m to 2.00 p.m. tradition, faithfulness of the aesthetics to September: from Monday to Sun- Summer (01/04-30/09): Wednesday to and romanticism. Passed from genera- day: from 10:30 a.m to 1:45 p.m and Sunday from 11.00 a.m to 2.00 p.m. tion to generation, its most emblema- from 4:00 p.m to 7:45 p.m. tic piece of work is the “Xarro”, apart From Wednesday to Sunday from 5.30 Route around the landscape, history from other great ones such as pots, p.m to 8.00 p.m. and life in the monastery, as well as stewpots or washing-up bowls. Different exhibition rooms about the areas set aside for wine, trades and Live wine shows ethnography of the Ribeira Sacra. In local traditions. Price: ask for prices the surroundings, it is possible to visit Price: free entrance Address: church of Guindivós, s/n, So- the archaeological digs of a “castro”. Address: Monastery of San Pedro de ber (Lugo) Rocas, Esgos (Ourense). Web: www.rectoraldegundivos.com Phone: 988 290 000 / 661 508 243 Phone: 626 966 280

Geological museum – ecomuseum in Arxeriz

Pottery of Guindivós Price: 2€. Children free up to 14 years old and groups: ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM OF 10-20 people: 20€ CASTRO CALDELAS 20-30 people: 30€ TIMETABLE: every day from 10.00 to 30-40 people: 40€ 14.00 and from 16.00 to 20.00 in sum- S. Pedro de Rocas + 40 people: 50€ 17 MILL IN PONTE MAZAIRA TIMETABLE: ask for timetables This is a mill near the village of Mon- tederramo which was classed and documented in the 18th century. In 1897 it was extended and changed by the family of the present owners, who restored some woodworks in bad condition in 2012. You can visit it and see Sil Canyon and learn how the mill works. L.I.C. Canyon of Sil and L.I.C. Price: ask for prices River Cabe Address: Montederramo Travelling all over Ribeira Sacra, The L.I.C (a Site of Community Phone: 619 052 758 from Monforte until Nogueira de Importance) “Cañón do Sil” covers Ramuín, you will feel how nature 5,914 hectares. This protected site CHOCOLAT MUSEUM OF TEIMENDE is the prominent element in the has the most spectacular landsca- TIMETABLE: Consult in www.parada- land, which merges with the lands- desil.es or telf. Concello 988 208 010. pes of Ribeira Sacra: on the one Exhibition of tools , machines and va- cape. This explains why this land hand, the canyon of Sil itself from rious materials used in the old choco- had been taken up by monks and Parada de Sil until Os Peares; on late factory Caldelas. hermits who looked for an unique the other hand, the last stretch and Price: Free place to meditate. the canyon of the river Cabe until it Address: Teimende, Parada de Sil (Ou- Monasteries and churches are meets the Sil, which sets the bor- rense) strategically placed in points with der between the town councils of Phone: 988 208 010 an extraordinary environmental Sober and Pantón. Here are also value, almost always on natural two of the most valued buildings MUSEUM WORKSHOP OF POTTERY viewpoints, where it is possible in our cultural heritage: the mo- IN NIÑODAGUIA to gaze uncommon landscapes. nastery of Santo Estevo and Saint TIMETABLE: arranged visits only for Some of the most remarkable ones Cristina de Ribas de Sil, both pla- groups are the woods with native trees, ced at strategic viewpoints to gaze Pottery in Niñodaguia: features, history the more human farm lands and the valley of the river Sil. and collection. the canyons of the rivers Miño, Sil There is a contrast between hori- Price: ask for prices and Cabe, a combination of vertical zontal and vertical plans due to the Address: C/ O Campo, Niñodaguia, faces covered with vegetation and Xunqueira de Espadañedo (Ourense) cramped rivers Sil and Cabe, as Web: www.xunqueiradeespadañedo.es vineyards and the water, where well as the uplifting of the ground. Phone: 988 291 190 you can sail by catamaran.

Meander of A Cubela, Ribas de Sil River Cabe by traditional boat, Monforte de Lemos This is the most remarkable feature in this area, with very verti- Museum workshop of pottery in Niñodaguia cal faces of up to 500 meters in some stretches. The river started OBSERVATIONS: timetables, prices and to be cramped before the uplifting, other information may be varied by the which linked to the hard rock cau- management companies. Viewpoint of A Capela, A Pobra do Brollón 18 of the valleys is especially mild, and tree strawberries. with less humidity and rains than Regarding the wildlife, we can find in the average in Galicia. This in- trout, escalo and picón in the river volves a Mediterranean weather. Sil. Raptors such as eagles and Nevertheless, there is a clear con- kites, and mammals like the genet trast between the slopes regarding and the wild cat are also typical their direction. Those facing to the from the area. north are colder and darker, and Atlantic leafy woods with oaks L.I.C. Monte Faro. trees (quercus robur) or chestnut Also known as “Faro de Chantada”, trees (castanea sativa) are found this 1,187 meter-lighthouse high is here. In the steepest slopes there an excellent natural viewpoint to are more bushes such as the bro- see all Ribeira Sacra in Lugo and a om (genista falcata) or the heather great part from Ourense. sed the formation of the canyons. (erica arbórea). Monte Faro, where there is a chapel This fact explains why the Sil On the other hand, the slopes fa- to celebrate the famous procession wasn´t attracted by the depression cing to the south get more hours of Faro in September as well as a of Lemos, but it made its own va- of sunshine during the year. Be- recreational area, is a huge granite lley out of the hard rocks instead. sides, men have been making te- block fractured and lifted due to The very steep slopes were used rraces like stands which cover the the orogenic movements already to build important damming such slopes from the top to the river. mentioned. Serra do Faro, which as the one in San Pedro or Santo Vine is cultivated in these terraces takes up central Galicia, belongs to Estevo. We can admire this natu- in order to make the famous wine Dorsal Galega, with rounded tops ral work by catamaran or smaller of Ribeira Sacra with guarantee and a few slopes which slide down boats from the jetties of Doade, of origin and quality. Apart from to the valley of Miño. Abeleda, Chancís or Santo Estevo. the vine, the terraces have been On the slopes of the Monte Faro traditionally used to cultivate a you can see a harmonic landscape wide range of pulses, vegetables of meadows, groves, oak woods and fruit which grow because of and small villages where the cul- the good weather conditions. The tural heritage is still preserved in terraces from Ribeira Sacra are a good condition and merges with good combination between men the nature. and natural landscape, which Serra de San Mamede and L.I.C. make us feel the harmony and Bidueiral de Montederramo. exceptionality of the place. These The town council of Montederra- Views to the Sil Canyon good conditions are favourable for mo is between Ribeira Sacra and The amazing work the river made some typical Mediterranean spe- the massif Macizo de Queixa-Man- by carving the rocks could be cies such as olive trees, cypresses zaneda. The San Mamede moun- admired from viewpoints as the Balcones de Madrid, a place of extraordinary beauty some hundreds of meters away from Parada de Sil. From here the roughest stretch of the valley can be gazed. The waterfall of the river Vao, very close to Santo Estevo, is another attractive place to visit, as well as the site where the river Mao meets the Sil, near the village of Cristosende. The singular topography of these landscapes makes also there is a singular weather. The bottom area Monte Faro, Chantada 19 tains lie to the north, advance of the mountains of the Macizo Cen- tral Ourensán (L.I.C.). Quite near the place are Serra de Queixa and Montes do Invernadoiro (Nature Park), as well as the only ski resort in Galicia, Cabeza de Manzaneda. In San Mamede Mountains there are important woods of typical species such as oak trees, birches and holly trees, which make up an ideal environment to do leisure activities. It is here where a huge wood of Cabo do mundo, Canyon of the M¡ño birches can be admired. Due to stone cottage used as winery. On its landscape and natural interest CONNECTION WITH OTHER the other slope thick woods with it was declared Site of Communi- NATURAL SPACES WITH species such as oak and chestnut ty Importance. This is known as TOURISTIC OR trees are there. “Bidueiral de Montederramo” and LANDSCAPE INTEREST It is particularly beautiful to vi- is made up of species of birches sit this area in autumn, when the (betulla alba) which achieve their Canyon of the river Miño leaves of the vineyards and woods greatest splendor in autumn, when The Miño Canyon, despite not be- show spectacular colours. It is the yellow and red leaves show longing to the Area of Community worth mentioning a steep mean- their spectacular shows. Importance it appeals to the visitor der which describes the river Miño In the vicinity, the banks of the ri- thanks to a greater presence of near this town known as “Cabo do ver Mao, which floes into the Sil, men and a better use of the slopes. Mundo.” are damp and fertile, with large Up to Belesar and until it meets the Like the Sil, the river Miño can be fields. The trout is here the predo- Sil in Os Peares, the Miño flows gazed at several viewpoints on the minant fish. cramped, due to the same tectonic tops of the slopes. movements in the rivers Sil and A Pobra do Brollón, towards the Cabe, through the plain or surface mountain especially in Chantada. By taking The town council of Pobra do Bro- the catamaran at Os Peares or Be- llón is one of the accesses to the lesar, or at the fast corridor from Courel Mountains (L.I.C. Ancares- Monforte to Chantada, you can see Courel), a famous mountain range the beautiful slope full with terra- in the east of Galicia which demar- ces, where each field has a small cates our Community and Castilla

Bidueiral de Montederramo River Miño from A Cova 20

Os Peares y León. As we are approaching to Mouth of the river Mao. ce in floor level is about 40 meters the east we can see how the topo- It can be approached by a specta- and it can be reached only by ves- graphy changes. The flora, fauna cular path in Parada de Sil which sel from the river Miño (you can and architecture are adapted to goes by the river Mao near its hire a canoe, zodiac or small cata- a rougher landscape and a seve- mouth to the Sil. maran for the transfer) or through rer climate. The Courel is a land The environment the route goes a medium-high-level path which of groves, smithies, forts, stone through and the wooden foot- goes through a typical wood that is crosses, mines, paths, mills, foun- bridges make it is one of the most well conserved. tains and chapels, with a great pre- demanded natural routes in Ri- Confluence of the rivers Sil and sence in A Pobra do Brollón. beira Sacra nowadays. It has low Miño. The morphology of this land difficulty because stairs have been Os Peares: Here, in the junction towards the mountain is also inter- put in the most precipitous areas of four city councils and two pro- esting. The Pliegue de Campodola, in order to make the ascent easier. vinces, the Sil flows into the Miño. in the town council of Quiroga, is It is about 3 km long and takes The railway line Ourense-Monforte a reference place for geologists approximately an hour to enjoy the goes past Os Peares and allow us (it is classified as Point of Geo- remotest places. to enjoy the beauty of the nature in logical Interest) which should be Waterfall of Augacaída. Ribeira Sacra. visited. This is a huge tectonic fold This is another secret hidden in in quartzite and slates which can Ribeira Sacra. Located in Marce Groves. be clearly seen from the viewpo- (town council of Pantón), this is Woods full of chestnut trees. int at the kilometer 9 in the road the most interesting waterfall in There are lots of groves all over Quiroga-Folgoso. the valley of Lemos. The differen- Ribeira Sacra with thousand-year-

Mao route, Parada de Sil Waterfall Augacaída, Pantón Thousand-year-old chestnut tree, Sober 21 old chestnut trees which make up Recreational area and river beach enchanted spaces to immerse our- in San Clodio (Ribas de Sil) selves in the purest nature.

Camiño Real, Esgos

Recreational area in San Clodio, Ribas de Sil. RECOGNIZED PATHS River beach in A Cova, O Saviñao Camino Real de San Pedro de Rocas (PRG4) Río Lor Loio Route (PRG14) Viñedos Ribeira Sacra Paths (PRG86) Cañón del Sil-Santa Cristina Path (PRG98) Ouro and Camiño Real Route (PRG141) Augasmestas-Doade (PRG157) Ribeira Sacra del Miño Route (See other proposals in the Guide of (PRG162) hiking Ribeira Sacra) River Lor. A Pobra do Brollón

Wikiloc tracks Si hay un lugar para ver, para sentir el paso del tiempo, para escuchar el silencio, para oler la más pura naturaleza o para saborear el manjar Guía de la vid ese es RIBEIRA SACRA, DONDE NACEN LOS SENTIDOS. Chantada Portomarín Desde su constitución en 2005, el Consorcio de Turismo Ribeira Sacra Iglesia / Igrexa / Church Iglesia / Igrexa / Church ti (formado por 21 ayuntamientos, Consejo Regulador de la D.O. Ribeira 16 Iglesia de San Salvador de Asma 42.601821, -7.763083 B3 52 Iglesia de San Pedro 42.809482, -7.614736 C1 Sacra y empresarios turísticos) ha trabajado y se ha consolidado con 17 Iglesia de Santa María de Camporramiro 42.591992, -7.749500 B3 58 Iglesia de San Nicolás 42.807745, -7.615495 C1 fuerza con el respaldo en la adecuación, mejora y promoción de un 18 Iglesia de Santa María de Nogueira 42.556250, -7.714083 B3 Castro / Castro / Neolithic fortified settlement destino que guarda algunos de los más preciados tesoros de la Galicia A Pobra do Brollón 19 Iglesia de Santa Mariña 42.557778, -7.865556 B3 59 Castro de Castromaior 42.831541, -7.711538 B1 20 Iglesia de Santa María de Pesqueiras 42.630481, -7.728873 B3 interior. Una de las colecciones de románico más importantes de Iglesia / Igrexa / Church Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place Conxunto histórico / Conxunto histórico / Historic Site Europa, la naturaleza que emerge entre los Cañones de los ríos Sil y 1 Iglesia de San Salvador de Ferreiros 42.594163, -7.376424 D3 60 Pueblo de Portomarín 42.807753, -7.615506 B1 Miño y las bodegas sostenidas entre bancales, convierten a Ribeira 21 Casco Antiguo 42.607917, -7.770045 B3 2 Iglesia de San Xián da Veiga 42.595452, -7.411615 D3 Camino de Santiago mapa turístico Sacra en destino idílico para los amantes del sosiego y el vino. Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place 61 Plaza de los Condes de Fenosa 42.807563, -7.615886 B1 Rutas en catamarán o en pequeñas embarcaciones, numerosas 22 Belesar 42.590389, -7.725878 B3 tourist map 3 Bodegas de Vilachá 42.471095, -7.389346 D4 Pantón Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint sendas, visitas a bodegas en el Viñobús, paseos a vista de pájaro en 161 Conjunto de Parada de Montes 42.573884, -7.272128 E3 23 Monte Faro 42.677687, -7.890817 A3 helicóptero, recorridos en zodiac que nos sumergen en lugares 162 Aldea etcográfica de O Busto 42.604006, -7.301246 E3 24 Paseo Fluvial Río Asma 42.606774, -7.769295 B3 Iglesia / Igrexa / Church 147 Mirador de Buqueira 42.781374, -7.639438 B1 ocultos, las mejores rutas del románico rural o la práctica de golf en 4 Casa Grande de Marcón 42.604515, -7.383816 E3 Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint 44 Iglesia de San Miguel de Eiré 42.518262, -7.648228 B4 45 Iglesia de San Vicente de Pombeiro 42.448076, -7.703049 B4 un entorno incomparable, son sólo algunaS de las múltiples posibili- Estación tren / Estación tren / Train station 25 Mirador de Líncora 42.599619, -7.731056 B3 Quiroga dades para descubrir este territorio. 26 Mirador de Terra Branca 42.563667, -7.721844 B3 46 Iglesia de San Fiz de Cangas 42.486539, -7.641102 B4 e ti 5 A Pobra do Brollón 42.533920, -7.400128 D3 47 Iglesia de Santo Estevo de Atán 42.500505, -7.703294 B4 Castillo / Castelo / Castle Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint Estación autobús / Est. autobús / Bus station 48 Santuario de Augas Santas 42.515582, -7.598185 C4 62 Castillo de Torrenovaes 42.459750, -7.247880 E4 que ves? Se hai un lugar para ver, para sentir o paso do tempo, para escoitar 27 Chantada 42.606480, -7.765417 B3 o silencio, sentir o cheiro da natureza pura ou para saborear o 67 Mirador de A Capela 42.457620, -7.393892 D4 Monasterio / Mosteiro / Monastery Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place manxar da vide, ese é RIBEIRA SACRA, ONDE NACEN OS SENTIDOS. Conjunto histórico / Conxunto histórico / Historic Site Catamarán / Catamarán / Catamaran 49 Monasterio de San Salvador de Ferreira 42.508367, -7.619728 C4 53 Aldea de Outeiro 42.529936, -7.128926 F3 Dende a súa creación en 2005, o Consorcio de Turismo Ribeira Sacra 80 Conjunto histórico A Barxa 42.510389, -7.342111 D3 160 Belesar Presa 42.628727, -7.712152 B3 Castillo / Castelo / Castle 63 Quiroga 42.474922, -7.269428 E4 (formado por 21 municipios, Consello Regulador da D.O. Ribeira 50 Castillo de Maside 42.502176, -7.616648 B4 64 Túnel de Montefurado 42.391872, -7.206192 E5 130 Aldea A Seara 42.574443, -7.095483 F3 Sacra e empresarios turísticos) traballou e estableceuse fortemente Bóveda Monforte de Lemos Fuente / Fonte / Fountain apoiado a adaptación, mellora e promoción dun destino que ten Conjunto histórico / Conxunto histórico / Historic Site Monumento / Monumento / Monument 54 Fuente de Augas Santas 42.514722, -7.609029 C4 algúns dos máis preciados tesouros da Galicia interior. Unha das Capilla / Capela / Chapel 61 Conjunto histórico O Hospital 42.472377, -7.248531 E4 28 Colegio Nuestra Señora de la Antigua 42.518425, -7.517011 C4 Estación tren / Estación tren / Train station coleccións de románico máis importantes de Europa, a natureza que 6 Capela de Ecce Homo (Rubián) 42.653202, -7.477900 D3 Molinos / Muiños / Watermills 55 San Estevo de Sil 42.426908, -7.661680 B4 emerxe entre os cañóns dos ríos Sil e Miño e as adegas sostidas entre Monasterio / Mosteiro / Monastery 65 Molinos de aceite de Bendilló 42.437752, -7.208580 E4 socalcos, converten a Ribeira Sacra no destino idílico para os 29 Monasterio de San Vicente 42.523532, -7.510191 C4 56 San Pedro do Sil 42.441344, -7.704062 B4 bienvenidos Carballedo Museos / Museo / Museum amantes do sosego e do viño. 30 Monasterio de las Clarisas 42.523344, -7.515500 C4 Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint Iglesia / Igrexa / Church 66 Museo Geológico 42.477563, -7.269877 E4 Rutas de catamarán ou en pequeñas embarcacións, numerosas sendas, visitas a Castillo / Castelo / Castle 150 Mirador de Pena Pombeiro 42.451452, -7.678934 B4 8 Iglesia de Santo Estevo de Chouzán 42.517984, -7.724219 B4 170 Museo Etnográfico 42.474011, -7.266022 E4 adegas no Vinobus, paseos a vista de paxaro en helicóptero, paseos do zodiac que 9 Iglesia de San Xoán da Cova 42.490682, -7.710289 B4 31 Torre del Homenaje 42.523653, -7.510619 C4 nos mergullan en lugares ocultos, as mellores rutas do románico rural ou practicar Actividades Náuticas 10 Iglesia parroquial de Temes 42.462961, -7.754529 B4 Pazo / Pazo / Country house Paradela 67 Club Náutico de Augasmestas 42.457084, -7.354416 D4 golf nun entorno incomprabale, son só algunhas das moitas posibilidades para 11 Iglesia de Lousada 42.531968, -7.812767 A4 32 Pazo de Tor 42.568887, -7.567647 C3 Iglesia / Igrexa / Church Estación tren / Estación tren / Train station explorar este territorio. 33 Pazo Molinos de Antero 42.518305, -7.503107 C4 Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place 12 Iglesia de Santa María de Ferreiros 42.783192, -7.532899 C1 68 Montefurado 42.394001, -7.198407 E5 1 Penedo do Garabullo 42.527492, -7.722767 B4 Conjunto histórico / Conxunto histórico / Historic Site 51 Iglesia de Santa María de Castro de Rei 42.749119, -7.584293 C2 If you are looking for a region worth to be seen, to feel how time passes, to hear the Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint 34 San Vicente do Pino 42.523619, -7.510556 C3 57 Iglesia de San Facundo de Ribas de Miño 42.774075, -7.626954 C1 silence, to smell the pure clean nature, or to savour the most exquisite wine, then it Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint 157 Mirador de Campodola 42.529036, -7.226952 E4 is “RIBEIRA SACRA, WHERE ALL SENSES ARE EXPERIENCED.” 14 Mirador de A Grixoá 42.510564, -7.722756 B4 Puente / Ponte / Bridge Capilla / Capela / Chapel Since it has been established in 2005, Ribeira Sacra Tourism Consortium (formed by 15 Mirador Pena Cabezuda 42.558611, -7.792767 A3 35 Puente Viejo 42.522977, -7.514821 C4 37 Capilla de O Loio 42.788722, -7.599243 C1 21 councils, wine regulatory entity and tourism entrepreneurs) it has worked on 158 Mirador do Garabullo 42.529016, -7.722500 B4 Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint Ribas de Sil adjusting, improving and promoting a place where some of the most valued Catamarán / Catamarán / Catamaran 36 Barrio de ámbito judío 42.523147, -7.511789 C3 148 Mirador de Paradela 42.764758, -7.563290 C1 Iglesia / Igrexa / Church 159 Os Peares 42.464627, -7.726150 B4 42.464989, -7.282511 E4 treasures of the inland of Galicia are hidden. One of the most outstanding Roman- Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint 69 Iglesia de San Clodio esque collections in Europe, the emerging nature between the Sil and Miño Canyons, 70 Iglesia Santa María de Torbeo 42.441821, -7.377689 D4 Náutica / Náutica / Nautical 7 Mirador del Duque 42.412413, -7.448122 D4 as well as the wineries hold by terraces turn Ribeira Sacra into an idyllic place for 159 Os Peares 42.464627, -7.726150 B4 Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place those who love calm and wine. Museos / Museo / Museum 79 A Cubela 42.461944, -7.271461 E4 Numerous options are offered to discover this region, such as catamaran trips, many 38 Museo Torre del Homenaje 42.523653, -7.510619 C3 39 Museo del Ferrocarril 42.532208, -7.501571 C3 Puente / Ponte / Bridge paths, visits to wineries on the Viñobús (wine bus), bird's-eye views in helicopter 71 Puente de hierro sobre el Sil 42.467580, -7.292245 E4 tours, zodiac tours, the best rural Romanesque routes or great golf course. It`s only 40 Centro do Viño (Monforte) 42.522352, -7.513442 C3 Actividades Náuticas / Atividades Náuticas / Nautical Activities some things to do. 41 Pinacoteca del Colegio Nuestra Señora de la Antigua 42.518489, -7.516992 C4 72 Playa Fluvial de San Clodio 42.469800, -7.286375 E4 Luis Fernández Guitián Estación autobús / Est. autobús / Bus station Estación tren / Estación tren / Train station Presidente del Consorcio de Turismo Ribeira Sacra 42 Monforte 42.526806, -7.508223 C3 73 San Clodio-Quiroga 42.465275, -7.287239 E4 Presidente do Consorcio de Turismo Ribeira Sacra Estación tren / Estación tren / Train station Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint President of Ribeira Sacra Tourism Consortium 43 Monforte 42.529602, -7.503503 C3 151 Mirador de Louxoá 42.439087, -7.390883 D4 ti

Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint O Saviñao Castro Caldelas 156 Mirador de Loureiro 42.402536, -7.650008 C5 22 Iglesia / Igrexa / Church Iglesia / Igrexa / Church 171 Mirador de Moura 42.439709, -7.714831 B4 AUTOVÍA A6 74 Iglesia de San Paio de Diomondi 42.594477, -7.711967 B3 106 Iglesia Virgen de los Remedios 42.374489, -7.414630 D5 172 Mirador de Pé do Home 42.401366, -7.634828 C5 25’ 75 Iglesia Santo Estevo de Ribas de Miño 42.617976, -7.706834 B3 Monasterio / Mosteiro / Monastery 173 Mirador de Vilouxe 42.380978, -7.622889 C5 76 Iglesia de Santa María de Seteventos 42.592532, -7.619427 C3 174 Mirador natural Penedos do Castro 42.415069, -7.692676 B5 ESPAÑA N-540 107 Monasterio de San Paio de Abeleda 42.389566, -7.448761 D5 PORTUGAL 19’ 77 Iglesia de San Martiño de A Cova 42.561230, -7.676361 B3 25’ Necrópolis / Necrópole CG-2.2 78 Iglesia de Marrube 42.592694, -7.658810 B3 Castillo / Castelo / Castle 12’ LU-612 11’ 12’ ti 175 Necrópolis As Mámoas de As Cabanas 42.438133, -7.718266 B4 Túmulo / Mámoas/ Tumulus 108 Castillo de Castro Caldelas 42.376003, -7.415748 D5 LU-633 LU-633 LU-633 81 Dólmen de Abuime 42.567488, -7.647427 C3 Conjunto histórico / Conxunto histórico / Historic site Parada de Sil GALICIA Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place 109 Casco Antiguo 42.375200, -7.415594 D5 Molino / Muíño / Watermills Monasterio / Mosteiro / Monastery 13’ 82 Belesar 42.591639, -7.724516 B3 N-540 132 Monasterio de Sta. Cristina de Ribas de Sil 42.395877, -7.588332 C5 Catamaranes / Catamaráns / Catamarans 110 Molino de A Ponte 42.374466, -7.406832 D5 Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint 83 Belesar 42.592862, -7.725218 B3 Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint 133 Mirador Balcones de Madrid 42.390975, -7.565316 C5 Náutica / Náutica / Nautical 111 As Penas de Matacás 42.407596, -7.436058 D5 12’ 154 Mirador de Castro Caldelas 42.376151, -7.415590 D5 137 Mirador de Trigoás 42.362031, -7.539741 C5 LU-611 84 Playa Fluvial de A Cova 42.564788, -7.682189 B3 142 Mirador de Cabezoás 42.373684, -7.604687 C5 CG-2.2 Museos / Museo / Museum Autovía Museos / Museo / Museum Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place 112 Museo Etnográfico 42.376042, -7.415794 D5 14’ 45’ Autovía / Highway 85 Museo Etnográfico de Arxeriz 42.559217, -7.666525 B3 129 Neveiros de Parada de Sil 42.352211, -7.622788 C5 CG-2.1 N-540 Carretera Alta Capacidad 149 Mirador do Cabo do Mundo 42.562028, -7.671386 B3 136 Pasarelas del Cañón del Mao 42.374619, -7.496832 C5 LU-611 Estrada Alta Capacidade / High Capacity Road mapa turístico Esgos Necrópolis / Necrópole / Necropolis 14’ Carretera Nacional Estrada Nacional / National Road e ti tourist map Sober Iglesia / Igrexa / Church 135 Necrópolis de San Lorenzo 42.373642, -7.502710 C5 Carretera Autonómica Estrada Autonómica / Regional Road Monumento / Monumento / Monument 113 Iglesia y Cruceiro Vilar de Ordelles 42.321121, -7.731406 B5 Conjunto histórico / Conxunto histórico / Historic Site que ves? 114 Iglesia Santa María de Esgos 42.325194, -7.695639 B5 143 Puente medieval y cruceiro de Forcas 42.358361, -7.512562 C5 LU-533 Carretera Local 86 Rectoral de Gundivós 42.446352, -7.540830 C4 Estrada Local / Local Road Monasterio / Mosteiro / Monastery LU-652 Iglesia / Igrexa / Church Museos / Museo / Museum 18’ 115 Monasterio de San Pedro de Rocas 42.341827, -7.713452 B5 176 Casa del Chocolate 42.367695, -7.572243 C5 12’ 12’ 80 Iglesia de San Julián de Lobios 42.407892, -7.536551 C4 N-540 87 Iglesia de Santa María de Proendos 42.451769, -7.583726 C4 Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place 11’

CG-2.2 88 Iglesia de San Vicente de Pinol 42.405983, -7.549652 C4 116 Aldea de Os Arcos 42.345134, -7.698999 B5 LU-4102 15’ A Peroxa CG-2.1 89 Iglesia de Bolmente 42.422406, -7.589531 C5 Museos / Museo / Museum 90 Iglesia de San Pedro de Canaval 42.482335, -7.585752 C5 Iglesia / Igrexa / Church 117 Centro de Interpretación de la Ribeira Sacra y 134 Iglesia de San Martiño 42.448928, -7.806104 A4 15’ la Vida Monástica de San Pedro de Rocas 42.341804, -7.713409 B5 N-525 Monasterio / Mosteiro / Monastery LU-1001 5’ LU-653 Castillo / Castelo / Castle 12’ N-540 105 Santuario de Cadeiras 42.398927, -7.551983 C5 N-120 N-120 N-120 144 Castillo de A Peroxa 42.434202, -7.786934 B4 20’ Artesanía / Artesanía / Handcraft 6’ 7’ LU-903 9’ N-120 Montederramo Estación tren / Estación tren / Train station y Museo 15’ CONSORCIO DE TURISMO 91 Cerámica de Gundivós 42.455129, -7.541212 C4 DL: OU 26-2016 Iglesia / Igrexa / Church 138 Os Peares 42.451147, -7.735624 B4 6’ 17’

Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint LU-5901 118 Cenobio de Seoane Vello 42.320914, -7.518180 C5 Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint 19’ 92 Mirador de Cadeiras 42.399109, -7.551897 C5 3’ 12’ 13’ Tel. +34 638 823 592 119 Conjunto Religioso de Marrubio 42.293311, -7.474164 D6 152 Mirador de A Peroxa 42.434729, -7.783404 B4 OU-0505 N-120 LU-5904 93 Mirador de Santiorxo 42.407928, -7.568471 C5 N-120 Fax: +34 988 201 120 94 Mirador Pena do Castelo 42.412379, -7.467836 C5 Monasterio / Mosteiro / Monastery 6’ 19’ 102 Mirador da Cividade 42.393054, -7.615028 C5 120 Monasterio de Sta. M.ª de Montederramo 42.274478, -7.502250 C6 A Teixeira 8’ [email protected] 103 Mirador do Boqueiriño 42.403895, -7.596312 C4 Puente / Ponte / Bridge 1’ LU-903 Conjunto histórico / Conxunto histórico / Historic Site 5’ 121 Ponte Vella de Vilariño Frío 42.316246, -7.548006 C5 OU-0555 Catamarán / Catamarán / Catamaran • Náutica / Náutica / Nautical 139 Conjunto Arquitectónico de Lumeares 42.394217, -7.462803 D5 N-525 95 Os Chancís 42.409660, -7.632334 C5 Castro / Castro / Neolithic fortified settlement 15’ Puente / Ponte / Bridge OU-530144’ 96 Doade 42.409864, -7.443722 D5 122 Castro de Leboeiro 42.314142, -7.525647 C5 6’ 140 Puente de Lumeares 42.394217, -7.462803 D5 Estación tren / Estación tren / Train station Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place N-120 OU-0508 OU-0508 Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint 11’ 97 Areas 42.457751, -7.628793 C4 123 Bidueiral de Montederramo 42.223900, -7.487037 C6 27’ 24’ 9’ 7’ 153 Mirador da Galeana 42.379460, -7.486129 D5 OU-0509 98 Canaval 42.482651, -7.587507 C4 177 Mirador de Xirás 42.379811, -7.480452 D5 13’ 16’ 20’ 12’

Nogueira de Ramuín OU-0606 OU-0604 Taboada Capilla / Capela / Chapel Xunqueira de Espadanedo OU-0508 5’ Iglesia / Igrexa / Church 7’ 11’ 9’ 13’ 1’ 6’ OU-536 www.ribeirasacra.org Guías&planos 124 Capilla Virxe do Monte 42.370466, -7.696723 B5 Monasterio / Mosteiro / Monastery OU-536 OU-536 OU-536 42.726056, -7.752762 B2 99 Iglesia San Pedro de Bembibre Iglesia / Igrexa / Church 141 Monasterio de Santa María Guides&Maps 42.698297, -7.820601 A2 100 Iglesia de Taboada dos Freires 125 Iglesia de San Martiño de Nogueira 42.418866, -7.748790 B4 de Xunqueira de Espadanedo 42.318052, -7.629133 C5 101 Iglesia Santa María de Piñeira 42.682258, -7.798495 A2 126 Iglesia de San Cristovo de Armariz 42.371496, -7.720157 B5 Lugar pintoresco / Lugar pintoresco / Picturesque place 5’ Mirador / Miradoiro / Viewpoint OU-0602 Monasterio / Mosteiro / Monastery 145 Neveiros de Xunqueira de Espadanedo 42.352258, -7.623013 B4 104 Mirador de Taboada 42.694905, -7.704000 B2 127 Monasterio de Santo Estevo 42.417338, -7.685542 B5 Artesanía / Artesanía / Handcraft Náutica / Náutica / Nautical Catamarán / Catamarán / Catamaran 146 Cerámica de Niñodaguia 42.307613, -7.656139 B5 128 Club Náutico de Mourulle 42.694976, -7.702294 B2 131 Santo Estevo 42.408285, -7.643000 B5 155 Mirador do Picouto 42.304580, -7.615637 C6 23 The landscapes and the histo- que: Santo Estevo de Atán, San Vi- ric heritage are the strong points cente de Pombeiro and San Fiz de which Ribeira Sacra offers to the Cangas. For going to the first one traveler. Several thematic routes you must reach Os Peares and take which will help you to explore this there a road to the left, to go back land are stated below. You can ei- again to Atán. From Atán take the ther do them calmly, stopping off N-120 road (Ourense-Monforte), every pointed place, or choose the getting off before reaching Ferreira most interesting place among the de Pantón to visit San Fiz de Can- gas. ones here suggested. From this point you will go ROMANESQUE ROUTE which can be visited on Sundays at towards Monforte to reach Cas- LENGTH: 73 km 12 during the mass. tro de Ferreira (Pantón), where METHOD: by car Going on O Saviñao and moving you will visit the Monastery of the ESTIMATED TIME: 3 days forward to the south along the Bernardas de Ferreira, which was You will start the route in Ourense Miño, you will reach a crossing controlled by the Saint Benedict and you will take the N-540 road where you must turn right in order Order in the 10th century. Today (Ourense-Lugo) until Chantada, to reach the church of San Marti- only the church of the former femi- where you can see the old part ño da Cova. This jewel of Roma- nine monastery is kept in a simple of town with its popular arcades. nesque architecture is in a place building. Then, you will take the fast corri- known as “Cabo do Mundo”, an After these visits, at the N-120 road dor Monforte-Lalín (CRG-2.1) and amazing meander which the Miño you will go off towards the rail sta- after the new bridge over the Miño describes to the south of the town tion in Canaval. You will here ad- there is a sign on the right which councils of Chantada and O Savi- mire the beauty of the church San points out the church of Santo ñao. Pedro de Canaval , and take a local Estevo de Rivas de Miño, a mar- Advancing to the south, in the road which starts at Sober to see vellous example of the typical Ro- town council of Pantón, you will go the churches of Santa María de manesque in Ribeira Sacra. to the area where most of the Ro- Proendos and Santa María de Bol- The church, which is well suited to manesque architecture of Ribeira mente. Don´t miss the opportunity the rocky slope, dominates the va- Sacra is. The first stop will be San to visit the viewpoint of Cividade. lley of the Miño and from here you Miguel de Eire, a small but slender By going on the same road you will can see the damming of Belesar. church. From here, you must visit find the churches of San Vicente Besides admiring the monument, three treasures of the Romanes- de Pinol and San Xillao de Lobios. you will enjoy some extraordinary Finally, you will go back to the outlooks over the east of the Miño N-120 road towards Ourense. full of terraces. MONASTERIES ROUTE If you go back you will reach again LENGTH: 78 km the crossing with CRG-2.1, where METHOD: by car two options are available. Firstly, ESTIMATED TIME: 2 days you can visit -from the damming The route can be started at Mon- of Belesar- the churches of Santa forte or Ourense. From Monforte, María de Pesqueiras and San Vito- take the N-120 road going off at rio de Ribas de Miño, as well as the Ferreira de Pantón to visit the Mo- famous church of San Nicolao de nastery of San Salvador de Ferrei- Portomarín, which was taken apart ra. From here you can take again stone by stone and built again later the N-120 road towards Ourense due to the building of the damming and get off at Os Peares or later on in Belesar. Secondly, if you have at Penalba. Both ways will lead you less time follow the sign which will to Luintra to see the Monastery of lead you to San Paio de Diamon- Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil. di, a church from the 12th century From Ourense, take the N-120 road Monastery of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Miño 24

and at Os Peares take the road of services of the hydroelectric dams by the river Sil. This road, built by the hydroelectric companies, is private but the free traffic of private cars is permitted. After a route at the same level as the river flows, Sto. Estevo de Ribas de Sil the road starts to go up towards Luintra. Here go on towards Pa- secondary road towards Ouren- rocks. Go back to the secondary rada de Sil to visit the Monastery se, you will stop by Vilariño Frío road, go past the town council of of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil. It and Alto do Rodicio to admire the Esgos and turn right to reach the belongs nowadays to the chain of views over the valley of Maceda. monastery. Paradores de Turismo (state-ow- Going down the place, turn right DAMMINGS ROUTE ned hotels used for tourism), but to reach Xunqueira de Espadañedo By catamaran: the three cloisters, the church and and visit the monastery. Canyons of the Sil San Pedro de Rocas, in the town an information centre downstairs From Santo Estevo (Nogueira de council of Esgos, will be the next can be visited. Ramuín, Ourense) Go back and take the road Luintra- place of interest. It will captivate From Abeleda (A Teixeira, Ourense) Parada de Sil. At the entrance of the traveler with its combination From Doade (Sober, Lugo) this centre of population you must between rural areas and historic turn left towards the Monastery heritage. This monastery has wit- From Os Chancís (Sober, Lugo) of Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil, nessed how the first monks settled Canyons of the Miño which is accessible by a paving on this land with graves dug out of From Belesar (Chantada, Lugo) track. Go back again to Parada de Sil (where you can visit the extraordinary viewpoint of Balco- nes de Madrid) and take the road which leads us to Vilariño Frío, going past Hedrada, at the crossing with the old road from Ouren- se to Ponferrada. The next objective will be the Mo- nastery of Santa María de Monte- derramo, which was partly turned into a school. To reach Monte- derramo, do some kilometers towards Trives and then take a local road at the right, which will lead you to Montederramo and San Ma- mede Mountains. If you go back and follow the old Monastery of Santo Estevo 25 the inland of Galicia by the river Sil. To do so, take the road of services of the hydroelectric dams above mentioned. Few kilometers away, you will reach the confluence of the river Cabe and you will see the first installations of the transformers of Catamarán the damming in Santo Estevo. On From Os Peares (A Peroxa, Ouren- this road you will soon reach the Catamarán se) mouth of the damming and then, you go to Castro Caldelas or not, By car: you will go up until the road from you must take the secondary road LENGTH: 292 km Nogueira de Ramuín to A Teixeira. towards Monforte de Lemos, cros- ESTIMATED TIME: 2.5 days All through this road you will have sing the Sil at Abeleda. In the slope You can also go through the dam- marvellous views of the Sil. You of Lugo, facing the south, there are mings by car, following the roads can visit monasteries such as San- the largest stretches of vineyards where excellent views of the va- to Estevo and Santa Cristina, as of the Denominación de Origen lleys of the Miño and Sil can be well as viewpoints as Balcones de Ribeira Sacra, besides several wi- seen. Madrid. On the other hand, paris- neries which can be visited. After There is an extraordinary route hes as Sacardebois or Cristosen- this appealing route, you will reach which starts and finishes in Mon- de keep a traditional farmhouse, Monforte. forte de Lemos. To do so, take the which makes the view even more ROUTE “TO SEE CLOSELY AND fast corridor CGR-2.1 Monforte- spectacular. The cramped valley FAR”. VIEWPOINTS Lalín at Monforte de Lemos. After of the river Mao and the terraces LENGTH: 300 km crossing the river Miño and leaving of the vineyards round off a nice ESTIMATED TIME: 3 days the damming of Belesar on your landscape which will lead the tra- METHOD: by car right, take the road to the village veler to A Teixeira, the small capi- This is an offer to choose the best viewpoint in each town council of of Belesar, where the main features tal of the town council where the Ribeira Sacra. It is only a selection are the terraces full with vineyards. views of the valley of the Sil are of some of them, but there are It is particularly in autumn when amazing. other ones in the nearby which are the colourful leaves reflected on It is possible from here to visit also worth being visited. The best the water captive the tourist. Castro Caldelas and enjoy the most way to reach them is by checking In order to continue exploring the natural viewpoint of the area. The the location and GPS coordinates valley of the Miño, go up towards village and the castle dominate one which are in the web www.ribeira- Chantada through a steep road of the slopes to the Sil. Whether sacra.org/turismo. with lots of bends. After Líncora, turn left to take a road which goes by the right bank of the Miño until Os Peares, through Chantada and Carballedo. Most of the route shows wonderful views of the valley of Miño, especially around the meander which the river describes between Chantada and O Saviñao, known as “Cabo do Mundo.” In Os Peares, where the rivers Miño, Sil and Bubal meet, you can go on discovering the canyons of Viewpoint of A Capela, A Pobra do Brollón 26 rous churches and monasteries in road) which will lead you again to the town councils of south Lugo. the starting point. To visit them you should turn off the main road and go back then to Monforte. RIBEIRA DEL SIL ORIENTAL RIBEIRA DEL SIL OCCIDENTAL ROUTE (EXIT CASTRO CALDE- ROUTE (EXIT OURENSE) LAS) LENGTH: 61.2 km LENGTH: 122km ESTIMATED TIME: 1 day ESTIMATED TIME: 1.5 days METHOD: by car METHOD: by car Move forward through the N-120 COMBINED ROUTES You will start at Castro Caldelas road from Ourense to Os Peares. Ribera del Miño Route towards Monforte de Lemos, but Once here, take the road of ser- Ribeira del Sil occidental Route turn left to A Teixeira. In A Teixeira vices of the hydroelectric dams Ribeira del Sil oriental Route (490 m) you will have a breathta- which will lead us to the jetty of Below you will find some indica- king outlook of the valley of the Sil. Santo Estevo. You may here sail by tions about three combined routes The route will take place at half- catamaran about 3 hours (return which belong to different areas of slope, to the west. You will see trip) along the most amazing stret- Ribeira Sacra, where the above the beauty of the traditional far- ches of Ribeira Sacra and gaze the mentioned elements can be found. mhouse of Cristosende and the slopes and the thick woods of the natural waterfall of the river Mao, RIBERA DEL MIÑO ROUTE (EXIT MONFORTE) LENGTH: 82.3 km ESTIMATED TIME: 1.5 days METHOD: by car o bus Starting at Monforte, take the N-120 road until Ferreira de Pan- tón, where you will visit the monastery of Bernardas after seeing the church of San Miguel de Eiré, only three kilometres away. If you go on towards Escairón (O Sa- viñao), go off to visit the church San Martiño da Cova in a beautiful landscape. From here, go on towards Escairón until taking the fast corridor towards Chantada. As area. which comes from the Montede- you are getting closer to the Miño, Back to the jetty, you will go up rramo Mountains and drains into go off carefully towards Belesar. through the zigzag road towards the Sil. Through Sacardebois and Here you can take the catamaran Luintra. Before reaching this villa- Chandrexa you will reach Parada and then visit Chantada. ge, capital of the town council No- de Sil, capital of the town council. After a walk around the old part gueira de Ramuín, turn off some From there, you will do two short of Chantada, you will go back to meters to see the Monastery of routes. The first one, to the known Monforte through the same fast Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil (to- as “Balcons de Madrid.” The se- corridor but stopping at some Ro- day used as Parador). Go back to cond one, to the monastery of manesque churches such as Santo the main road to take another one Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil. To Estevo de Ribas de Miño and San which will lead you to San Pedro visit it, you must go down through Paio de Diomondi, where you can de Rocas, an original monastery in a lonely road in a thick wood. Back enjoy the beautiful views in one of the town council Esgos. After this to the main road and Parada take the first thick woods in Diomondi. visit, go ahead for some kilometers the road towards Vilariño Frío. These are only some of the nume- until reach the old road Ourense- From there you can visit the Mo- Ponferrada (today a secondary nastery of Xunqueira de Espada- 27 ñedo. Going back towards Cas- roga and Pacios, trough a natural tro Caldelas, you will turn right landscape with interesting species towards Montederramo to visit the in the mountains of Lugo. You can monastery of Santa María and the visit an albariza – a typical building San Mamede Mountains, with its to protect the beehives from the famous birch wood. Through the bears – with a high cultural and old road Ourensze-Ponferrada you ethnologic value. Besides, several will be back at the start point, Cas- centres of honey production can Viñobús tro Caldelas. be visited, and in the town capital, The routes are by bus or minivan Quiroga, the rooms of the Ethno- OURO E ACEITE ROUTE and leaded by a guide. They are graphic Museum show traditional LENGTH: 30 km usullay available in Easter, summer tools to look after the bees and to ESTIMATED TIME: 45 min (July-September) and wine harvest get their product. RECOMMENDED METHOD: by car period (end September-beginning You will start at Quiroga through October). the N-120 road between A Rúa OBSERVATIONS: the road of services For further information visit www. of the hydroelectric dams mentioned in and Monforte. Turn to Montefura- several routes may be not accessible at ribeirasacra.org/turismo. do (first, the tunnel, and then, the all times due to works on them or on the TOURIST TRAIN village, where the Médulas are) to dams. Check alternative routes on the Another interesting alternative to road map of Ribeira Sacra. visit the old goldmines from the visit the vineyards and wineries is Romans at both sides of the river to take the tourist train which de- parts from Doade (Sober). http://www.abasacra.com/

Touristic train SAINT JAMES WAY French Way (through Paradela and Portomarín) Winter Way: also known as Sil. Move forward to Bendilló in or- VIÑOBÚS “South Way”, is an alternative der to visit the traditional mill used (Several alternatives) to the French Way which pilgrims to make oil. Go on to Sequeiros, For wine lovers or for those who used to take in order to avoid the Bendollo, Quiroga, Alto de Aldriz. want to enjoy the landscape which snowfalls in O Cebreiro. It crosses Médulas de Bargaride and Roman vine-growing of Ribeira Sacra Ribeira Sacra from the east to the bridge of Barxa de Lor. You will offers, there is the known as Vi- west. arrive to Ribas de Sil (Figueiredo, ñobús. This is a special bus for Peites and Piñeira). The mine of an about 4-hour route which leads Covallón worths being visited. you to wineries of some of the 5 MIEL ROUTE production subareas recognized LENGTH: 5.5 km aprox. by the Consejo Regulador. Apart ESTIMATED TIME: 2 hours from knowing the systems and pro- RECOMMENDED METHOD: hiking. duction areas, as well as the main Also possible by car. features of these valued wines, you Pilgrims in Portomarín. The route lies by the rivers Qui- can also taste different wines taking Further information about routes on foot in some advice from wine experts. the Guide of hiking Ribeira Sacra. 28

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WINE RUTE If you are particularly interested in wine and its culture, have a look at the Wine Route Ribeira Sacra. A collection of wineries, restaurants, accommodation and activities which will lead you to closely live our heroic wine-growing culture. Head office of the Wine Route Ribeira Sacra Comercio street, 6-8. 27440 Monforte de Lemos (Lugo) 698 167 991 – [email protected]

ONLINE SHOP We have a wide range of products to give a piece of Ribeira Sacra as a present. Some soap made of the local wine, moisturizing chestnut cream, funny t-shirts for kids, small potteries and many other little gifts of the brand. Look our catalogue of products up in our online shop and get them home delivered or come to one of our points of sale in your visit to Ribeira Sacra (see www.ribeirasacra.org/turismo) 29 The figure of the cesteiro has been recently recovered in A Teixeira curiously by foreign people from Central Europe but settled in this The popular jobs which still remain small town council in the last in the region have adapted to new years. functions, which have more to do In Quiroga, virgin olive oil is made with the quality and beauty of the nowadays from olives in the area. products than the usefulness in The craft production of this oil our daily lives. A good example stands out because of its excep- of this is the wicker baskets, the tional character. This is an unique pottery or the brass products. In example in Galicia, since it combi- its time, many of them were used nes an old tradition of olives and in the wine harvest, to store wine mills in the east of Ribeira Sacra and to make wine spirits, but today Traditional craftwork in Niñodaguia with Mediterranean climate and they are appreciated for their beau- after being trodden to make wine. vegetation. ty, as decorative elements. Chan- Brass workers used tinplates that But, without doubt, the olería (pot- ges in society and their lifestyles they bought in shops or markets tery) is the most significant tradi- lead these objects to disappear or even took out from old objects. tional trade thanks to, firstly, the in the last decades, but they are They used a burin, ruler or com- pass to draw the profiles on them and then they cut the pieces of brass which will be weld. Owing to the changes in the regulation of public health (Decree by the Xunta de Galicia in 1989) and the development of the sector, the famous figure of the aguardenteiro Basketweaver Traditional craftwork in Niñodaguia (the peddler who carried the wine spirits) was not a common one in Ribeira Sacra and in the rest of Ga- licia any more. Some traditions are kept in Chan- tada, as the work of the tecedeiras (weavers) or the zoqueiros (people who make clogs), as well as the cesteiros (basketweavers), who Pottery in Gundivós Traditional craftwork in Gundivós made the jugs of Berganza making quality of the products and, secon- being made up and valued again good use of the osiers, which were dly, the change in their functions. nowadays. also used in the vineyards. You can They have been perfectly adapted A tradition, almost forgotten to- still visit the cesteiros in the village to the new life and this has created day, about the use of brass and of Pincelo, close to Belesar. an example of quality out of the copper in wine and grape products region. These are the centers of had been established, especially Gundivós (in Sober) and Niñoda- in some town councils such as guia (Xunqueira de Espadañedo). Monforte de Lemos, sober and In the town council of Sober, the Portomarín. Of this metals stills pottery of Guindivós is made, with were made, Arabic objects to distill its particular black jugs. These since the Middle Ages wine spirits are varnished with a waterproof from the bagasse, that is, the re- product leaving them shiny inside maining solid waste of the grapes Weaver and dark outside due to the smoke 30 when they are firing. The clay In Ourense, there is the pottery of taken in the same area is hand- Niñodaguia, in the town council of worked with a potter´s wheel, pla- Xunqueira de Espadañedo. Though cing a stripe on the top of the other the workshops have disappeared, one. These containers were used there are still some traditional in wineries to keep the wine, sin- kilns, which make beautiful ocher- ce it was said that they improved coloured containers, quite creative its taste. With time, the containers in order to adapt the products to had been losing their function and the demand and compete with the they were replaced by the new in- industrial pottery sector. The arti- dustrial objects, most of them of sans choose white local clay which plastic. This tendency made most is later covered with a yellow or of the workshops which supplied orange varnish. To make the pie- popular markets in Monforte, Cas- ces, artisans use a fast potter´s tro Caldelas, Chantada or Lugo wheel with two parts and an inno- with their pottery were left. The vative process for glazed pottery. These pieces range from decorati-

Knife grinder ve figures such as hórreos (typical Galician buildings to keep vegeta- Zoqueiro bles) or stone crosses to objects from domestic use like jugs, jars, pots, chocolatepots or ataños, containers to make the famous Galician “queimada” (from wine spirits). The association “Amigos del Barro de Niñodaguia” manages today a great project to promote the museum-workshop completely Pottery in Gundivós devoted to this resource. trade has been lately recovered Not as outstanding as the pottery, due to popular initiatives as pot- but sill important, is the knife grin- tery courses, new artisans and the der , typical from Galician areas as creation of a design and promotion Esgos and Nogueira de Ramuín, center of the traditional pottery in who were the responsible for shar- Sober. Nowadays the variety and pening knifes and fixed umbrellas originality of the pieces are huge, as well as other things people but they usually make them from brought them when they heard un- the old shapes. mistakable sound. 31

Wine festival day). Quiroga holds every year Pipers The festivities celebrated in Ribeira two festivals about oil and honey, king part in pagan traditions like Sacra are linked to the calendar of MUESTRA DEL ACEITE between Carnival time. In February it is ce- the nature. The crops, especially February and March and MUES- lebrated the carnival in SALCEDO, the wine harvest, determine when TRA DE LA MIEL on 10 August. A Pobra do Brollón – characteristic the main festivities in the area can There are high-quality meat in Ri- characters are O Oso, As Mada- be celebrated. So, FEIRA DO VIÑO beira Sacra and, therefore, it its mas and Os Danzantes – and the DE AMANDI, which takes place the exalted in festivities as FESTA DA ENTROIDO RIBEIRAO DE CHAN- weekend of Palm Sunday, FEIRA CARNE Ó CALDEIRO (Galician TADA. DO VIÑO DE QUIROGA, on Eas- style boiled meat) in Carballedo, Among the festivities in Ribeira ter Sunday, FEIRA DO VIÑO DE the third Sunday in April, FESTA Sacra there are also cultural and CHANTADA, in March, and FESTA DO CALDO DE OSOS, which takes traditional elements of each villa- DO VIÑO NOVO DE A TEIXEIRA in place in Taboada on Carnival Sun- ge. The most outstanding ones November, are the main festivals day, and FESTA DE LA CARNE in are: Feast of OS REMEDIOS (Sep- about wine in these lands. Montederramo on 12 October. tember) with the output of the Irrio Wine culture is also exalted in FEI- Other important gastronomic mee- Peliqueiro, character with own RA DO VIÑO DE VILACHÁ, which tings are the FIESTAS DE EMPA- jurisdictions that wears a frac and takes place in A Pobra do Brollón NADA DE CHANTADA in August, carries a kind of whip with which at the first weekend in May. The when the last day of the patron sticks to the public, and OS FA- small village of Vilachá has been saint´s day is celebrated; FIESTA CHÓS DE CASTRO CALDELAS, deeply renovated, which will allow DE LA ANGULA DE PORTOMARÍN which is celebrated at dusk on 19 you to visit several wineries all (6 September), and FERIA DE LA January when local people and along paving streets. Wines of ROSCA DE SOBER (12 August). visitors make a huge straw torch Denominación de Origen Ribeira Chestnuts are also present in the and its fire lights the night. A simi- Sacra play a prime role in the eco- calendar of festivities of Parada de lar show takes place in Castro de nomy of the area, where both ma- Sil in November with the FIESTA Castelo (Taboada) on 7 September nufacturers as well as shops and DE LA PISA. in the FESTA DAS FACHAS. tourism are involved. Some festivities of Ribeira Sacra On the fourth weekend in Augus, Other local products are exalted, are related to religious celebra- Chantada celebrates the FOLIÓN like cherries and oil in the FIES- tions. Lots of processions get hun- DE CARROS, a festivity with high TA DE LA CEREZA Y EL ACEITE, dreds of visitors together in their ethnographic value from the Midd- which takes place in Ribas de Sil respective churches. Examples of le Ages which represents several the second weekend in June, FIES- these are: Romería del Monte Faro local trades, as well as the main TA DEL VINO Y LA CEREZA DE BE- (Chantada), Romería de San Be- agricultural works traditionally de- LESAR (in May), and wine spirits nito (Parada de Sil) and Romería veloped in the area. It was decla- in FIESTA DEL AGUARDIENTE DE de Cadeiras (Sober). The calendar red a Touristic Festivity of Interest PORTOMARÍN (on Easter Sun- also offers the opportunity of ta- in Galicia.

Galician women Carnival in Chantada Fachós, Castro Caldelas 32 cia of this town council near to the mountains of Manzaneda and Queixa. Other quality products as cherries, chestnuts and honey are excellent options to end up a great meal. It must be said that wine has been grown for more than 2.000 years (it was introduced by Romans) and it became a key element when all monasteries in Ribeira Sacra were colonized. Monks grew and Views to a vineyard in Chantada improved it and also started to tioning the historic role of the pork shape the landscape into an ex- slaughter which supplied families traordinary one full of terraces and with many products all the year spread it to the cities. long. Androllas and botelos, cho- rizos, ham, salchichón and morci- llas are some of the local products you can buy and taste in this region. Apart from the pork there Chestnut are other excellent types of meat as beef, lamb, small game and big game (in season). Any of this goes with a variety of mushrooms Cherries which can be picked in autumn and all together make a real treat. Carne ao Caldeiro Among the desserts it is necessary to mention the Bica mantecada of Castro Caldelas, a typical and highly valued dessert in all Gali- Orujos

Oil from Quiroga Besides the landscape and the undoubtedly appealing in history and art, one of the strong points of Ri- beira Sacra – though it may be extended to the whole Galicia – is the wide range of local products of the highest quality, many of them even have a seal of quality guarantee, which you can taste in restaurants and rural cottages. The specialty of Ribeira Sacra is a high-quality meat. It is worth men- Bica Honey 33 produced. The best of them are in forte de Lemos stands out. This Ribeira Sacra. These wines must space was created to show the be served at room temperature visitor Ribeira Sacra as a set of nu- and go with all kinds of meat, es- merous elements: land, water, sun pecially big game. and, particularly, the wines you will Wineries have greatly developed taste at the end of the visit. lately. In 1992 there were 30 wi- Not only the wineries have increa- neries, 89 in 2002 and 99 between sed, but also the additional offer 2002 and 2005. Today there are over a hundred and they have reached in the last harvests between 4 and 5 million kilos of grapes, 75% mencía. For those who love wine, visiting the wineries, tasting their wines

Wine harvest and buying in situ the wine of Ri- beira Sacra are the most appealing Nowadays, wine production is the main economic driving force for Ribeira Sacra, as well as a strong sign of identity. The creation of the Denominación de Origen Ribeira Sacra in 19976 and of the Consejo Regulador, in order to control the production, stimulated not only Basket with chestnuts Socalcos the quantity but also the quality of which makes the area more ac- the wine. cessible to tourists. You can take With 1.550 hectares given over to the Viñobús or the touristic train vineyards and 5.2% of the Galician Aba Sacra to visit the vineyards, land to its production, Ribeira Sa- terraces and barrel rooms where it cra is divided into 5 subareas for is possible to taste the wines with the help of experts.

Wine crops: Chantada, Ribeira do Miño, Amandi, Ribeira do Sil and Quiro- Octopus ga-Bibei. To make this wine diffe- features of the region. The number rent varieties of grapes are used: of wineries that can be visited is godello, albariño and treixadura higher every year, either by your- for white wines and mencía, bre- self or within a tourist programme cellao and merenzao for red wines. which combines exhibitions, tas- These are mainly wines in season, tings, restaurants and points of although aging red wines are also sale. The Center of Wine in Mon- 34

TOWN COUNCILS AND TOURIST OFFICES PROVINCE OF LUGO •Town council of Taboada Praza General Muinelo 1 – 27550 Ta- •Town council of Bóveda boada Avda. Alfonso XII, 85 – 27430 Bóveda Tlf.: (+34) 982 465 301 Tlf.: (+34) 982 426 006 www.concellodetaboada.es www.concellodeboveda.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PROVINCE OF OURENSE

•Town council of Chantada •Town council of Castro Caldelas Praza de España 1- 27500 Chantada Tlf.: (+34) 982 440 011 Concello 1 – 32760 Castro Caldelas PIM. Multimedia information screen in Tlf.: (+34) 988 203 305 / (+34) 988 203 Tourist office: Plaza do Mercado s/n all Town Council Tlf.: (+34) 982 441 752 000 www.concellodechantada.org www.castrocaldelas.es •Town council of A Pobra do Brollón [email protected] Tourist office: Praza da Torre s/n (Cas- Avda de Galicia 50 – 27330 •Town council of Carballedo Tlf.: (+34) 982 430 001 / 982 430 546 tillo) c/ Víctor Portomeñe s/n www.pobradobrollon.com Tlf.: (+34) 988 203 358 27520 A Barrela secretaría@pobradobrollón.es [email protected] Tlf.: (+34) 982 466 201 •Town council of Portomarín www.concellosdemonforte.com Praza Conde de Fenosa 1 – 27170 •Town council of Esgos Tourist office: Avda dos Peares, s/n Portomarín Praza da Souteira s/n – 32720 Esgos 27520, Carballedo (Lugo) Tlf.: (+34) 982 545 070 Tlf.: (+34) 988 290 000 Tlf.: (+34) 982 466 025 www.concellodeportomarin.es Information Office: [email protected] infoportomarín@concelloportomarín.es Praza da Souteira s/n. •Town council of Monforte de Lemos- •Town council of Quiroga Tlf.: (+34) 988 290 000 Campo de San Antonio s/n – 27400 Rúa Real 52 27320 Quiroga www.concelloesgos.com Monforte de Lemos. Tlf.: (+34) 982 428 001 / 982 435 125 [email protected] Tlf.: (+34) 982 402 501 (Turismo) Tourist office: Comercio 6 [email protected] •Town council of Montederramo Tlf.: (+34) 982 404 715 •Town council of Ribas de Sil www.concellodemonforte.com Praza Mayor s/n – 27310 San Clodio Praza de Montederramo 28 – 32750 [email protected] Tlf.: (+34) 982 428 237 Montederramo www.concelloderibasdosil.es •Town council of Pantón Tlf.: (+34) 988 292 000 [email protected] Praza do concello s/n – 27430 O Castro Tourist office: de Ferreira. •Town council of O Saviñao Praza de Montederramo, 28 Tlf.: (+34) 982 456 005 Praza de España 1 – 27540 Escairon Tlf.: (+34) 988 292 000 Tourist office: Praza do Concello, s/n/ Tlf.: (+34) 982 452 061 www.concellomontederramo.org www.concellodosavinao.com Edificio Sociocultural [email protected] Tlf.: (+34) 982 456 377/ 982 456 279 savinao@telefónica.net •Town council of Nogueira de Ramuín www.concellodepanton.es •Town council of Sober Estrada Nogueira nº3 – 32160 Luintra [email protected] Praza do Concello s/n – 27460 Sober Tlf.: (+34) 982 460 001 Tlf.: (+34) 988 201 023 / 988 201 525 •Town council of Paradela Tourist office: Praza do Concello s/n (Tourism) c/Cabaleiros de Santiago 15 Tlf.: (+34) 982 460 161 www.nogueiraderamuin.com Tlf.: (+34) 982 541 101 / 982 541 196 www.concellodesober.com www.paradela.es Tourist office: Estrada Nogueira nº 3. [email protected] [email protected] cultura_nogueiraderamuí[email protected] 35 •Town council of Parada de Sil •Town council of Xunqueira de Espa- Campo da Feira 1 -32740 Parada dañedo Tlf.: (+34) 988 208 010 Praza dos Amigos s/n – 32730 Tourist office: Campo da Feira 1 Xunqueira de Espadañedo Tlf.: (+34) 988 208 010 Tlfno: 988 291 001 www.paradadesil.com www.turismourense.com [email protected] [email protected] (Audioguides available at the tourist Tourist office: Praza dos Amigos s/n office and rural cottages) Tlf: 988 291 001 •Town council of A Teixeira www.xunqueiradeespadanedo.es •Town council of A Peroxa Ctra. General 19 – 32765 A Teixeira Concello s/n – 32150 A Peroxa Tlf.: (+34) 988 207 400 Tlf.: (+34) 988 206 614 http://www.concelloateixeira.org www.aperoxa.es [email protected] [email protected]

TOURIST ORGANIZATIONS

CONSORCIO DE TURISMO RIBEIRA SACRA C.R. DENOMINACIÓN DE ORIGEN RIBEIRA SACRA Praza Mayor 3- 32160 Luintra Comercio 6-8 Nogueira de Ramuín (Ourense) 27400 Monforte de Lemos (Lugo) Tlf.: (+34) 988 201 023 / 638 823 592 Tlf.: (+34) 982 410 968 Every day from 10.00 to 20.00. www.ribeirasacra.org Fax: (+34) 988 201 120 [email protected] www.ribeirasacra.org [email protected]

DIPUTACIÓN DE OURENSE DIPUTACIÓN DE LUGO INORDE. C/ Progreso 28 INLUDES – Servicio de Promoción Turística 32002 Ourense. Tlf.: (+34) 988 391 085 Ronda da Muralla 140 www.turismourense.com 27004 Lugo. Tlf.: (+34) 982 277 812 www.deputaciónlugo.org

RUTA DEL VINO RIBEIRA SACRA Rúa do Comercio, 6-8 27400 Monforte de Lemos. Lugo Tlf.: (+34) 982 410 968 www.rutadelvinoribeirasacra.org

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Viewpoints of El Duque (Monforte de Lemos. Viewpoints Lugo), Cabezoás and Balcones de Madrid (see ROUTES) (Parada de Sil, Ourense) Footbridge over the river Mao SPACES) (see NATURAL Catamarán trips by the Canyons of the rivers Sil and Amandi AND ROUTES) SPACES (see NATURAL

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Parada de Sil. Ourense. HERITAGE) (see HISTORIC-ARTISTIC Monastery of Santa Cristina.

(see HISTORIC-ARTISTIC HERITAGE) (see HISTORIC-ARTISTIC Monforte de Lemos. Lugo (see HISTORIC-ARTISTIC HERITAGE) (see HISTORIC-ARTISTIC Nogueira de Ramuín. Ourense. Monastery of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil (see HISTORIC-ARTISTIC HERITAGE) (see HISTORIC-ARTISTIC Esgos. Ourense Monastery of San Pedro de Rocas. San Pedro Monastery of A TOUCH OF COLOR IN The appearance and urban planning are fundamental aspects for development and that is 1 2 3 why we have sought the way to contribute in this area from the tourism Consortium through

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4 In 2015 we started a project of “Muralization” of 8 10 11 “feísmo” (unfinished or deteriorated elements) 9 in the 21 municipalities of this territory. 5 Portomarín What we have done has been recovering walls, buildings and architectural elements degraded through urban art. Paradela 14

Taboada 15 Why do we propose the mural / graffiti? Because, in our opinion, it is the more O Saviñao Bóveda contemporary expression of art that can be Chantada o ñ 13 i M Escairón found, because it generates heritage, because it

o í A Pobra do R Brollón allows us to decadent spaces in large pictures A Barrela 17 O Castro size. Because they are in the street, in direct de abe Carballedo C Ferreira ío Monforte R Quiroga contact with people, and have the ability to de Lemos Pantón move, excite, provoke and to animate, being a A Peroxa San Clodio 12 Os Peares Sober Ribas de Sil sensitizing vehicle. il Luíntra S O Castro Río de Caldelas The objectives we have achieved with this 16 Nogueira de Ramuín A Parada Castro conversion: de Sil Teixeira Esgos Caldelas • Conceal elements that detract from our valuable environment and on those who we have Xun. de Espadanedo Montederramo no other way of intervening. 18 • Act as a sign of rejection of new actions of this type and call-to-call act on existing ones. • Put in value material elements and immaterial

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22 28 legends, offices, celebrations, ... of Ribeira Sacra. • Create an innovative tourism product, an 25 additional attraction for the area. Our intention is to keep expanding this pictorial 20 21 23 24 26 27 29 collection in 2017. TABOADA A PEROXA ESGOS 1 As Fachas party. bn A Peroxa Castle, cow and grapes. cm Anthropomorphic tombs of San Pedro Piscinas municipales. Frente Casa Consistorial. de Rocas. PARADELA CARBALLEDO Centro Médico. 2 Medicinal herbs and pilgrims. bo Homage to the woman farmer. PANTÓN Km 97,938, Camino de Santiago, Casa Consistorial. cn Hijas de las xacias legend Moimentos. O SAVIÑAO Salida N-120, Rúa Bispo Páramo 3 French route to Santiago. bp The vintage, Cabo do Mundo and Somoza. R/ Cabaleiros de Santiago. petroglyphs. XUNQUEIRA DE ESPADANEDO CHANTADA Praza de España. co Sábado longo (traditional party). 4 Miño river banks. Frenta al Monasterio de Santa María. QUIROGA cp Polideportivo. bq Pottery of Niñodaguia. 5 “A peneda da Erosa” legend Lavandeiras (gold seachers ) of the Sil Rúa dos Cagallas. Albergue. Polideportivo. PARADA DE SIL PORTOMARÍN OS PEARES cq Vegetable motifs. 6 Pilgrim to Santiago. br Collection of picture. The principal is Carretera de Os Gozos. Rúa da Deputación. steam machine “Mikado”. cr Vegetable motifs. 7 Ripening of the grape. Entorno Estación de FFCC. Carretera de Castro. Avda. de Chantada. RIBAS DE SIL MONTEDERRAMO SOBER bs Fishing. cs “Ermitaño de San Mamede” legend. 8 “A cova da serpe de Vilaescura” Playa fuvial de S. Clodio. Albergue. legend. CASTRO CALDELAS A TEIXEIRA Praza do Mercado. bt O Irrio Peliqueiro (legendary character ct The weaver. 9 Gundivos handicraft. of Castro Caldelas). cu Vegetable motifs. Proendos. Rúa dos Pilos. Carretera Castro Caldelas-A Teixeira. BÓVEDA NOGUEIRA DE RAMUÍN bl Pulpeira (octupus cook). bu Person sharpening knives MONFORTE DE LEMOS Naves da Feira. (traditional trade). Pending execution in 2017. A POBRA DO BROLLÓN Campo de fútbol. bm Vineyard terraces. cl The magosto. Área Recreativa de Sanugueiros. Campo de fútbol. 38 ] ] B3 Ancares Courel ] [ N-120 B5 [ Desde León F3 5 Winter Way [ LIC

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| LIC | 13,8 km / dif. difícil Salida y llegada: Pabellón Polideportivo de Luíntra. 34,3 km / dif. muy difícil Salida y llegada: Monasterio de Santo Estevo Ribas Sil. 33,5 km / dif. muy difícil Salida y llegada: Casa del Ayuntamiento de Parada Sil. 13 km / dif. fácil Salida y llegada: Casa del Ayuntamiento de Parada Sil. 13 km / dif. difícil Salida y llegada: Albergue “A Fábrica da Luz”. 4,6 km / dif. media Acceso desde Belesar: el cruzar tras Monforte. Desvisarse hacia la LU-533 Chantada tomar Desde puente sobre el río Miño en dirección Belesar. El sendero comienza al lado del puente de Belesar. 9,5 km / dif. media-alta Acceso desde Ourense por la N-120: Tomar la salida hacia Quiroga. Desde allí, continuar por LU-623 hasta pasar Santa Cubicia y desviarse a la LU-P-5001 dirección A Seara. El inicio de la ruta se encuentra en salida A Seara hacia Vieiros. 11 km / dif. media-alta O Soldón: Desde Ourense por la N-120, a 6 km de Quiroga desviarse direc - ción Soldón. Rugando: por la carretera hasta llegar a Rugando. R1 Más información sobre éstas y otras rutas en bici la Guía de Senderismo BTT. R2 R3 R4 R5 PR-G183 PR-G184 PR-G187 Rutas Centro BTT Ribeira Sacra Rutas Centro BTT Ribeira Sacra MTB Center Ribeira Sacra trails 79 Ruta cicloturista QUIROGA Cycle route MTB route Ruta BTT Neolithic fortified settlement Artesanía Capilla Castillo Castro Catamarán Centro del Vino Conjunto histórico Conxunto Histórico Estación autobús Estación tren Fuente Iglesia Sede Consorcio de turismo Sede Consorcio de Turismo Head office Tourism Consortium Centro BTT Ribeira Sacra Centro BTT Ribeira Sacra MTB Center Ribeira Sacra Castle Handcraft Catamaran Wine Centre Chapel Fountain Church Bus station Train station 157 Lugares de Importancia Comunitaria (LIC) ] 72 Canón do Sil 169 Iconos gráficos del mapa B4 [ Approved hiking trails 73 63 1 161 LIC ] Rutas de senderismo homologadas 5 LIC 71 D6 [ 69

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ADVERTENCIA: Precaución nalgunha ruta en tempada de caza (outubro-xaneiro). Consultar en teléfonos concellos posibles zonas afectadas. / WARNING: Caution on a route in the hunting season (October to January). Ask for potentially affected areas left phone numbers. Caution on a route in the hunting season (October to January). WARNING: / Consultar en teléfonos concellos posibles zonas afectadas. Precaución nalgunha ruta en tempada de caza (outubro-xaneiro). ADVERTENCIA: Acceso desde Ourense: Por la OU-536. En Castadón, desviarse dirección Luintra. La ruta parte de pista que sale a la izquierda del nuevo Cuartel de Guardia Civil. [ 10,4 km / dif. media Acceso desde el pueblo de A Peroxa (por debajo la Iglesia) : Desde Ourense por la N-525. Al pasar Gustei, desviarse a derecha direc - ción A Peroxa. Acceso desde playa fluvial en Os Peares : Desde Ourense por la N-120 dirección Monforte, tomar salida de Os Peares y continuar hasta el pueblo, donde se encuentra la Playa Fluvial. 13,4 km / dif. baja Acceso desde Ourense: Por la N-120, desviarse a derecha dirección Castro de Abaixo. PR-G179 PR-G180 3,06 km / dif. baja Barrio de Cibriqueiros (Pombeiro): Desde Ourense por la N-120 dirección Monforte. Desvío a Os Peares. Tomar después el desvío dirección Pombeiro. Al llegar a Pombeiro, en una curva cerrada, está señalizado el inicio de la ruta. 9,4 km / dif. baja Acceso desde Ourense: Por la OU-536 hasta llegar a Leboreiro. Desviarse por OU-0602 dirección Montederramo. Dejando atrás Montederramo, tomar el desvío a la derecha en dirección Gabín-A Mogaínza. Al llegar a Mogaínza, girar la derecha en una pista sin asfaltar que conduce al bidueiral. A Campo do Casar no se accede fácilmente con vehiculo. PR-G181 PR-G182 CG-2.2 177 119 CASTRO CALDELAS CASTRO CALDELAS O Castro de Caldelas 6 140 ] 167 153 ] 2 ] LIC A TEIXEIRA 33 C4 R5 34 [ 43 40 123 B3 C5 [ 118 135 [ 120 179 Desde Lugo CG-2.2 94 ] 136 BÓVEDA 39 42 91 80 143 28 41 D5 122 86 [ 121 38 35 29 92

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Escairón 127 60 114 59 R2 56 174 B5 115 35,3 km / dif. media Iglesia Románica de Santo Estevo Ribas Miño: Desde Chantada dirección Monforte por la LU-533. A 8 km está señalizado un desvío a la derecha que conduce iglesia. Cima de Atán: Desde Ferreira de Pantón por la N-120 dirección Ourense. Tomar el desvío dirección Guítara. Continuar por la N-120a, primero Monforte y despues dirección Marce. Tras pasar por un túnel bajo la carretera, continuar 500 metros hasta el inicio del sendero. Camino Real de San Pedro de Rocas de San Pedro Real Camino Acceso desde Ourense: Por la OU-536 hasta Esgos. La ruta parte de Praza da Souteira, en el Centro de Salud. 9 km / dif. baja Acceso por la M-633 de Portomarín a Sarria: Acceso junto al puente sobre el río Loio, y en la capital de Paradela, lado de las piscinas municipales. 13,3 km / dif. baja Acceso desde San Miguel de Rosende: Desde Ourense dirección Monforte de Lemos por la N-120; desviarse después de pasar O Castro Ferreira por la LU-5902 hasta San Miguel Rosende. Os Chancís: Pasado Rosende, seguir por la misma carretera hasta Chan - cís, donde se encuentra el embarcadero. 18,7 km / dif. media Acceso desde Ourense: Por la OU-536 hasta Vilariño Frío; allí coger el desvío por OU-0604 Parada de Sil, en Praza do Barquilleiro. 27 km / dif. media Acceso desde Monforte: por la LU-903 hasta Doade. Parada: señaliza Parada justo antes de Augasmestas. PR-G162 PR-G4 [ PR-G14 PR-G86 PR-G98 PR-G157 O SAVIÑAO O SAVIÑAO 150 Encoro de Marce 124 149 45 85 165 104 75 47 Míllara Santo Estevo 117 83 82 ESGOS 160 171 74 128 Luíntra 9 R1 175 13 113 159 18 22 20 NOGUEIRA NOGUEIRA 25 DE RAMUÍN DE RAMUÍN 26 10 158 126 14 99 17 125 Desde Lugo N-540 138 8 201 023 TABOADA 27 16 152 982 426 006 982 466 201 988 203 000 982 441 752 661 508 243 982 404 715 988 292 000 988 982 456 279 988 206 614 982 541 101 988 206 614 982 430 001 982 545 070 982 435 125 982 428 237 982 452 061 982 460 001 982 465 301 988 207 400 988 291 001 42.341710, -7.713562 42.376329, -7.415714 42.476321, -7.273338 42.522404, -7.513514 42.274872, -7.501752 42.505763, -7.623492 42.607882, -7.769743 19 164 ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ ✆ 144 24 21 134 A Barrela CARBALLEDO CARBALLEDO 11 15 101 27611 LUGO 27310 LUGO 27330 LUGO 27140 LUGO 27550 LUGO 27320 LUGO 27340 LUGO 27430 LUGO 27540 LUGO 27500 LUGO 27500 LUGO 27460 LUGO 27400 LUGO 100 CHANTADA 32150 OURENSE 32160 OURENSE 32765 OURENSE 32730 OURENSE 32750 OURENSE 32720 OURENSE 32740 OURENSE 32760 OURENSE A PEROXA

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N-525 A-52. Salida 228 A-52 23 3 LIC Mosteiro S. Pedro de Rocas N-525 ( Desde AP-53 Ribeira Sacra Estrada de Luintra. km 250 Avda. Alfonso XII, 85 (Bóveda) Praza V. Portomeñe. s|n (A Barrela) Castelo/Fortaleza - Praza da Torre, 1 Praza do Mercado, s|n Rúa Comercio, 6-8 Praza de Montederramo, 28 Praza Maior, 3. Luintra Praza do Concello, s|n Campo da Feira, 1 PARADELA Rúa Cabaleiros de Santiago, 15 Praza do Concello, 83 Avda. José Antonio, 50 Praza Conde Fenosa, s|n Rúa Real, s|n Praza Maior, 1 (San Clodio) Praza de España, 1 (Escairón) Praza do Concello, s|n Praza Xeneral Muninelo, s|n Estrada O Ivedo–Valilongo, 19 Praza dos Amigos, s|n BÓVEDA CARBALLEDO CASTRO CALDELAS CHANTADA ESGOS MONFORTE DE LEMOS MONTEDERRAMO NOGUEIRA DE RAMUÍN PANTÓN PARADA DE SIL A PEROXA A POBRA DO BROLLÓN PORTOMARÍN QUIROGA RIBAS DE SIL O SAVIÑAO SOBER TABOADA A TEIXEIRA XUNQUEIRA DE ESPADANEDO Vigo/Santiago PO-533 y CG-2.1 Desde Santiago A-52. Salida 230 Salida 41 (LALÍN) LUGO OURENSE Direcciones de interés Enderezos de interese | Useful addresses ] ] B3 Ancares Courel ] [ N-120 B5 [ Desde León F3 5 Winter Way [ LIC