Galende: Lake Sanabria, Nature and Holiday Apartments

Lake Sanabria is a glacial lake in the municipality of Galende. It covers 318.7 hectares and reaches a maximum depth of 51 metres. Lake Sanabria and its surroundings were designated a “Site of National Interest” in 1946.

Nature

When leaving Lake Sanabria, the Tera narrows and features its first rapids and bathing areas. At Playa del Folgoso, there are car parks as well as canoe and pedal boat rental facilities.

For personal planning, the lake, river course and shoreline location can be considered side by side as different water-related aspects. Anyone who sets the focus for a day can weigh these forms separately.

The combination of lake size, water depth and historical classification gives the description of the nature several factual dimensions. For your own trip planning, you can read these dimensions separately and set the focus between landscape, activity and culture.

The Casa del Parque del Lago de Sanabria y Alrededores – Galende provides information about the nature park and supports visitor planning with the help of staff. It also has a botanical interpretation trail where more than 80 plant species can be seen.

The Casa del Parque in Rabanillo has several exhibition rooms dedicated to nature, geology, fauna, botany and the lives of local people. Nature park information, plants and the lake surroundings can be treated as separate areas of focus for your own planning.

Trails and Activities

Galende–Illanes is a named hiking trail. In Galende, there are cycling routes through varied landscapes, including paths along Lake Sanabria.

A route along the bed of the Tera is considered difficult. The different types of routes can be set alongside one another according to the type of activity and the level of difficulty described. For your preparation, activity on the water and activity through the landscape remain readable as different options.

Anyone wishing to compare different days or interests can consider the waterside area and the trails as separate topics. The order is left to personal planning.

When considering a holiday apartment in Galende, compare the travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions on the respective offer pages. The decision can be based on your travel period and your preferred type of stay; travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions form three separate points of comparison.

More location pages: Toro, Fonfría, Vecilla De La Polvorosa, Villadepera, Linarejos, Quintanilla Del Monte, Fontanillas De Castro.

Culture

The Museo de la Memoria Ribadelago is located at Plaza de España in Ribadelago Nuevo. In Rabanillo, there are examples of the traditional rural architecture of the Sanabria region, including wooden corridors, individual lookout balconies and roofs made of slate slabs.

The Museo de la Visparra displays images and the figures involved in this masquerade, as well as objects associated with flax processing.

San Martín De Castañeda has been a national historic-artistic monument since 1931 and is an example of Romanesque architecture in Zamora.

For the broader travel overview: Zamora.