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Castro Caldelas

Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España

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A medieval castle crowns Castro Caldelas, high above the Sil in Galicia's Ribeira Sacra. Rebels tore much of it down in the Irmandiño revolts, the counts of Lemos rebuilt it and later turned it into a Renaissance palace, and French troops burned both town and castle in reprisal during the Peninsular War. Oak and chestnut woods cover the slopes, and Ribeira Sacra wine is made nearby.

Highlights

The restored castle at the top of the town (ES)
Ribeira Sacra wines from the Sil valley
Ruins of the monastery of San Juan de Camba, with 7th-century sarcophagi
Bronze Age petroglyphs carved on a rock at Veiga de Sas
Nearly twenty churches across the municipality, in many styles

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Castro Caldelas (ES), Castro Caldelas (EN), Castro Caldelas (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 1,244

Events through the year

Feast of Saint Sebastian Religious · January
Feast of Our Lady of Remedies Religious · September

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Translated and adapted from open data: Calendario laboral de Galicia, Xunta de Galicia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Specialities of Galicia

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

TamorlanRaciónPulpo CC BY-SA 3.0
Polbo á feiraDishBoiled octopus served with potatoes, paprika and olive oil
TamorlanEmpanadas gallegas-diversia CC BY 3.0
Empanada gallega (ES)Dish
JuanCaldo galego, Galiza CC BY-SA 2.0
Caldo gallegoDish
Juan MejutoCocido galego. Galicia (Spain)CC BY-SA 2.0
Lacón con grelos (ES)Dish
Luis Miguel Bugallo SánchezPementos de Padron CC BY-SA 3.0
Pimientos de PadrónLocal produce
TamorlanTarta de Santiago-2009 CC BY 3.0
Tarta de SantiagoSweet

Adapted from Wikipedia (Gastronomía de Galicia, Galician cuisine). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

7 places to stay within 3 km

B&Bs and guest houses 4
Hotels 2
Campsites 1

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Thermal baths nearby

Hot spring: Manancial da Burga · ~42 min by car
Hot spring: Fonte do Bañiño · ~54 min by car

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

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