A Pobra do Brollón: Nature, Trails and Culture in the Ribeira Sacra

Nature and Landscape

A Pobra do Brollón is part of the Ribeira Sacra area. The municipality of A Pobra do Brollón is partly covered by the Río Cabe Site of Community Importance (SCI). From the A Capela viewpoint, you can enjoy views of the banks of the Sil and the terraced vineyards. From the Os Pasos viewpoint near the village of As Laceiras, you can see the entire Paramedela chestnut grove, the Río Lor and the Sierra del Courel.

The Fervenza de Pacios de Veiga is an approximately 8-metre-high waterfall on the Río Cabe in the municipality of A Pobra do Brollón. Access is via a very steep descent, as there is no road or path.

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Hiking and Trails

The officially waymarked Ruta de la Castaña y de la Miel PR-G 236 is a 10.3-kilometre circular route from the village of Salcedo to the Paramedela chestnut grove. It runs along the valley of the Río Lor and the valley of the Río Loureiro.

The Camino de Invierno passes through A Pobra do Brollón from Quiroga via Barxa de Lor, Castroncelos, the main town of A Pobra do Brollón and Cereixa, before continuing towards Monforte.

The PR-G 242 route from the San Vitoiro chapel to Mina da Veneira leads from the San Vitoiro chapel to Alto do Grail, passing through Covadela and the former mining village of A Veneira de Roques.

Culture and Wine

The Igrexa Parroquial de San Cosme de Liñares was built in the 17th century and contains altarpieces from the 18th century as well as sculptures from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The historic ensemble of A Barxa includes a footbridge that was originally Roman; remains of a medieval road are also visible. Two historic traces therefore meet in A Barxa: the bridge from Roman times and the visible remains of the medieval route.

The Igrexa Parroquial de San Xiao de Veiga was built in the second half of the 12th century and contains altarpieces from the 18th century as well as sculptures in the interior. Its construction therefore predates the building of San Cosme de Liñares in the 17th century by a considerable margin; both churches preserve 18th-century altarpieces.

On Carnival Monday in Salcedo, the Oso de Salcedo appears as a figure dressed in sheepskins, bells and a bear mask: accompanied by his helpers, he moves through the village, chases the crowd and smears stragglers with ash.

The Bodegas de Vilachá comprise 42 very old wine cellars associated with local wine production. The cellars have rubble-stone walls and pitched roofs made of slate slabs.

At the Feria del Vino de Vilachá, local winegrowers and small wineries offer visitors their own wines for tasting on the first or second weekend of May.

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