Galicia 4-day Food & Wine Private Tour

Day 1 · From Santiago to Cambados

1. 1

   Bodegas del Palacio de Fefinanes

   one hour Admission included

   We will visit Cambados, Europan Wine Capital 2017, and one of its main and most prestigious wine cellars in the Pazo de Fefiñanes

2. 2

   Bodegas Granbazan

   50 min Admission included

   Visit this very nice chateau style cellar where you will be able to taste their very reputed wines.

3. 3

   Isla de la Toja

   2 hours

   Visit La Toja, famous for its thermal medicinal spring waters, now a luxury resort, The Saint Caralampio church all covered with scallop shells, to after go to El Grove to embark in a catamaran that will take us to the mussel farms while we enjoy mussels and wine.

Lunch will be eaten (when available) in a typical Furancho

Parador del Albariño, Cambados. or equivalent. Paradores are usually historical manor houses, castles or monasteries.

Day 2 · Pontevedra - Vigo - Tuy - Valença

1. 1

   Casco antiguo de Pontevedra

   2 hours

   Visit Combarro a very picturesque fishing town and its (horreos) by the sea. We then go to Pontevedra, the most monumental city of Galicia after Santiago.

2. 2

   Baiona

   one hour

   Baiona a fishing town where the news of the new world fist arrived, with its impressive castle of Monterreal, from there we will continue through the coastal Portuguese Camino de Santiago to Oia where lunch will be taken while contemplating the Atlantic and the waterfront XII century Oya monastery.

3. 3

   A Guarda

   30 min

   La Guardia is the last town on the Atlantic coast neighbouring with Portugal. We will go Up to Mount Santa Tecla to see the prehistoric Celtic settlements and the stunning views of The Atlantic, Portugal and The Rosal valley.

4. 4

   Valenca

   2 hours

   After visiting Tuy and Its cathedral, we will go across the river to Portugal to visit and dine in Valença do Minho and its triple fortified walls.

Valença a small bordering town in Portugal famous for its Cod fish dishes

Parador de Tuy, or equivalent located overlooking the Miño river and Valença in Portugal.

Day 3 · Orense - Ribera Sacra

1. 1

   Ourense Thermal Springs

   50 min Admission included

   Orense, capital of the same province and the holder of 4 of the 5 appellations of origin of Galician wines. We will visit its thermal water springs, and magnificent cathedral.

2. 2

   Parada de Sil

   3 hours

   San Pedro de Rocas a VI century is the oldest monastery in Galicia placed on top of rocs. After we will be heading to Castro Caldelas with its castle and nices views over the Ribeira Sacra.

3. 3

   Ribeira Sacra

   2 hours Admission included

   After lunch, we will start our decesent towards the Sil river, The Ribeira Sacra is a wine region with a long winemaking tradition with all the vineyards placed in the steepest slopes of the Sil river canyon stopping in some of the wineries in the area where we'll taste their "heroic wines". Visit some stunning viewpoints.

Lunch at a local restaurants with local food and wines

Parador de Monforte de Lemos, (or equivalent) high on a hilltop on a historic monumental fortified monastery.

Day 4 · Valdeorras wine region

1. 1

   Museo Casas de Munecas Monforte

   one hour Admission included

   The last day of our trip will take us to the Valdeorras wine region, famous for its excellent Godello and Mencia wines, we will pass by Montefurado an old Roman tunnel to divert the Sil river and obtain its gold.

2. 2

   Las Medulas Natural Monument

   one hour

   We will go off the road to take you the biggest Roman open-air gold mine in the world, a World Heritage site with fantastic views of the red colour mountain that remained. We will then have lunch and start heading back to Santiago