The house is located in a strategic area in the centre of Galicia, 37 km. from Santiago de Compostela and 40 kms. from Las Rías Baixas, a privileged region (Tabeiros-Terra de Montes) with picturesque corners, like monasteries, pazos, “stone crosses”, rivers and waterfalls, prehistoric art and petroglyphs, and many more.
Let’s not forget the numerous gastronomic events and pilgrimages.
Highlights include A festa da Rapa das Bestas (on the first week of July) which consists of finding wild horses living in the area, bringing them back to the village and cutting their manes in the old way. When night falls, everybody enjoys food, music and wine. It has been declared of INTERNATIONAL TOURISTIC INTEREST and takes place in Sabucedo, only 5 minustes away.
Other Gastronomic fairs in the area, worth mentioning, include: Fiesta del Salmon, la fiesta de los Cogumelos (mushrooms), la de la Sidra (cider), la del Cocido (Galician stew) y la del Cordeiro “o espeto” (spit-roast lamb).
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- There are numerous hiking itineraries in the vicinity with a medium level of difficulty. They cross streams, oak forests, semi-abandoned hamlets … The feeling of going back to the past ...Ver más...
- For Prehistoric Art lovers, we can offer you a visit to the PREHISTORIC ROCK ART area located in Campo Lameiro with more than 21 hectares, where you can find rock ...Ver más...
- Some minutes away from our house there are numerous streams with waterfalls which used to be exploited in the past to install mills, some of which still exist after having ...Ver más...
- It is one of the most charming places in our surroundings: the suspension bridge of Xirimbao, a pedestrian bridge suspended by cables which crosses river Ulla and connects two provinces: ...Ver más...
- There are quite a lot of monasteries in this area. Among the most outstanding, CARBOEIRO MONASTERY, an old Benedictine monastery founded in the 10th century, whose architectural work reflects Galician ...Ver más...
Within 40 minutes
- La Isla de Arosa, in the heart of Rias Baixas, is an authentic natural paradise reached by a 2-kilometer-long bridge, which joins the island to the mainland. Nowadays it has ...Ver más...
- Emblematic city, final destination of the Way of Saint James where the remains of the apostle James were brought for burial and which can be found in the cathedral of ...Ver más...
- Capital of its own province, the ancient Pontus Veteris is a monumental city full of art and history whose old quarter is one of the one of the most important ...Ver más...
- One of the most outstanding examples of popular Galician architecture, this fishing village is 7 kilometres from Pontevedra and belongs to the municipality of Poio. This is no doubt the ...Ver más...
- This is a natural park where nature and popular architecture are combined. The river Barosa on its way forms several small cascades, beautiful waterfalls and, in summer time, it is ...Ver más...
Other sites of interest
- A Coruña is a beautiful and elegant city to the north of Santiago de Compostela and known as the balcony of the Atlantic Ocean. One of its most beautiful ...Ver más...
- The Death Coast extends from the villages of Muros and Malpica, in the northwest of Galicia. It received this name because there have been many shipwrecks along its treacherous rocky ...Ver más...
- Ezaro waterfall, located in the municipality of Dumbria in the province of A Coruña, is one of the largest waterfalls in Europe. It is formed when the river Xallas flows ...Ver más...
- The Cíes consist of three islands, two of which are linked by a long strip of sand known as Rodas beach. They can be reached by ship departing from Cangas ...Ver más...
- VIGO Known as “the Olivic city”, Vigo is the largest city in Galicia. It enjoys a temperate microclimate of mild winters and warm summers. This is why it is the Galician ...Ver más...
Gastronomic events and pilgrimages
- Sabucedo is a parish located in the south of the “ Concello de Estrada”, with an area of 5,9 km2; Has a single entily of poplation, and at presentt ...Ver más...
- In the region of “Ulla”, at the time of Carnaval, is when you can enjoy this festival, the most prominent in this region gives ULLA, and which is carried out ...Ver más...
- Every first Sunday of August thousand of people attend CATOIRA, to witness this fun popular party. The inhabitants of Catoria dress up of Viking warriors, and the pirate attacks is represented ...Ver más...
- The festival is celebrated in the town of O Grove (Rias Baixas); Is an interesting gastronomic and cultural event, which enhances one more typical products of our land: THE SEAFOOD. During the ...Ver más...
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