Vineyards on the River Sil
The Winter Way
- Las Médulas
- Puente de Domingo Flórez
- Sobradelo
- O Barco de Valdeorras
- Vilamartín de Valdeorras
- A Rúa
- Os Albaredos
- Montefurado
- Bendilló
- O Soldón
- Quiroga
- Nocedo
- O Carballo de Lor
- Castroncelos)
- A Pobra do Brollón
- Reigada
- Monforte de Lemos
- Moreda
- O Reguengo
- A Barxa
- Belesar
- Chantada
- Centulle
- Nosa Señora do Faro
- Río
- Rodeiro
- Penerbosa
- Ponte Pedroso
- Palmaz
- Bendoiro
- Silleda
- A Bandeira
- Outeiro
- Rubial
- Santiago de Compostela
Stage: A Rúa-Quiroga
The views of the River Sil continue to be a constant beauty in these stretches, together with the filds of olive trees, fig trees and walnut trees.
A Rúa- Os Albaredos
We leave the town of A Rúa b the old N-533 road. We continue along the old Roman road. The first village is Os Albaredos, now in the province of Lugo.
A Rúa - Os Albaredos
Os Albaredos- Montefurado
We go downriver by a dirt track and soon reach the town of Montefurado, famous for its Roman Tunnel dug through the rock, one of the grandest Roman engineering works in the Iberian Peninsula.
We cross the town of Montefurado, passing its Church of San Miguel,and reach O Ermidón. The views of the River Sil continue to be a constant beauty in these stretches, together with the fields of olive trees, fig trees and walnut trees. The following destinations are the villages of Venda Vella and Venda Nova, with the remains of houses which were an inn and the Capela das Farrapas, in reference to the “harapos” (rags) the walkers had to take off.
One kilometre farther is Bendilló.
Os Albaredos - Montefurado
Montefurado- Bendilló
This zone was the historical produces of oil, a resource which is in the process of being recuperated today. We then go down to the village of O Soldón.
Montefurado - Bendilló
Bendilló- O Soldón
There is documented the existence of a blacksmith’s of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.
Bendilló - O Soldón
O Soldón- Quiroga
We pass through Sequeiros where we can go up to the castle of Os Novais, a historical residence of the Knights Hospitaller, and then come back down. We enter Quiroga by the Calle Real after crossing the medieval Ponte Pedriña.