Vega de Tirados – Culture, Nature and Holiday Apartments

In Vega de Tirados, during the procession of Cristo de las Aguas, the figure is carried through the village streets to the fields, which are blessed for a good harvest. For your travel planning, this event may represent a culturally significant occasion tied to a specific date.

Nature and Recreation

Balneario de Ledesma is located in Vega de Tirados and combines traditional treatments with modern hydrotherapy techniques. The natural resources of Vega de Tirados include the Caño Viejo recreational area. Vega de Tirados also has a route to the Carrascalino mines.

The wellness facilities, recreational area and mining route each offer different thematic focuses. You can give these areas different priorities in your own planning according to your interests and the time available, and combine various forms of stay.

Culture

At the entrance to Tirados de la Vega stands the large-scale mural “Arando la tierra”. It is more than 15 metres long and 5 metres high, and depicts hard agricultural work and manual ploughing with a plough pulled by two mules.

In Tirados, a district of Vega de Tirados, are the ruins of the Romanesque Church of San Miguel, which was abandoned at the end of the 19th century and has survived as a ruin to the present day.

The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Vega de Tirados was rebuilt twice over the course of the last century.

The church in Vega de Tirados, which is associated with Cristo de las Águas, contains a 70-square-metre mural by Jerónimo Prieto.

The different forms of art, architectural history and religious celebration can be given different priorities in travel planning according to interest in dates, visual impressions or a historical focus.

The festival in honour of the Virgen de la Asunción in Vega de Tirados is celebrated on 15 August and has been held since the mid-1970s. VegArte is a collective art project initiated by the Ayuntamiento de Vega de Tirados and created in collaboration with the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca.

A specific festival date and a collaboratively created art project offer different focal points for personal planning.

Other Places

Other places: Berrocal De Salvatierra, El Tornadizo, Candelario, Horcajo Medianero, Puerto De Béjar, Las Uces, Peñacaballera, Martinamor

Geographical Location

If you are considering a holiday apartment in Vega de Tirados, you can compare travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions on the respective accommodation pages. These three fields help adapt the practical decision to your own schedule and preferred type of stay, without reducing the character of the place to a single theme.

The C-517 towards Vitigudino is signposted as the access road to Vega de Tirados.

For the higher-level travel overview: Salamanca.