As Burgas springs, a short walk southwest of Praza Maior, gush out 67°C waters with reputed therapeutic properties and have been used since Roman times. People still fill containers with steaming water from the spouts here.
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22.15 MILES
Small, friendly, family-run Adega Vella, founded in 2005, is one of several Ribeira Sacra wineries producing vintages from autochthonous grape varieties…
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Mosteiro de Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil
14.79 MILES
The little Mosteiro de Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil, with a 12th-century Romanesque church, is hidden romantically among trees above the canyon, 4km by…
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12.62 MILES
The extraordinary Templo da Veracruz rises like some Disneyesque fantasy amid the grey apartment blocks of O Carballiño. It resembles a great Gothic…
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22.27 MILES
Ponte da Boga dates back to 1898 and is one of several wineries that are reviving autochthonous Galician grape varieties. Some of its wines are among…
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23.18 MILES
The imposing 14th-century castle at the top of Castro Caldelas houses an ethnographic museum and the local tourist office, and affords superb panoramas…
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22.34 MILES
The stout and sturdy keep of the medieval castle of the Counts of Lemos looms atop the Monte de San Vicente. Built in the 13th and 14th centuries, it's…
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13.16 MILES
Ribeiro's biggest winery, selling 5 million bottles a year, Costeira offers 45-minute visits to its production facilities 3km northeast of Ribadavia, with…
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Centro do Viño da Ribeira Sacra
22.17 MILES
The Ribeira Sacra Wine Centre, which doubles as a tourist office for the whole Ribeira Sacra area, has displays on the region's wine, culture and history,…
Nearby Galicia attractions
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The handsome classical facade of the Casa do Concello rises at the foot of the old town's largest square, sloping Praza Maior.
0.18 MILES
The artistic highlight of Ourense's Romanesque-Gothic cathedral, built mainly in the 12th and 13th centuries, is the elaborately gilded Santo Cristo…
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Next door to the Claustro de San Francisco is a small but good exhibition of sculptures from Ourense's temporarily closed (since 2002!) archaeological…
0.31 MILES
The capitals of the 63 arches of the lovely 14th-century Claustro de San Francisco are carved with a fascinating collection of people, animals, imaginary…
12.5 MILES
Adjoining the Casal de Armán country hotel and restaurant, in the Avia valley 6km northeast of Ribadavia, this winery produces some of Ribeiro's best…
12.62 MILES
The extraordinary Templo da Veracruz rises like some Disneyesque fantasy amid the grey apartment blocks of O Carballiño. It resembles a great Gothic…
12.82 MILES
This medium-size winery adjoining the Viña Meín country hotel produces more than 100,000 bottles annually of good reds and whites, from indigenous…
13.16 MILES
Ribeiro's biggest winery, selling 5 million bottles a year, Costeira offers 45-minute visits to its production facilities 3km northeast of Ribadavia, with…