Ruta por el Valle del Lérez - PONTEVEDRA

Pontevedra car route, Valle del Lérez, from Pontevedra Forcarei. To make this little tour around Pontevedra could easily employ a morning or afternoon.

Given that less than 60 kilometers and although the roads are not very spacious should not take much more than an hour each way and one back, if this time we add intended to visit the monuments and other sites of interest we meet along the route, which are not few, with 4/5 hours would suffice.

We begin this route in the city of Pontevedra. Currently Pontevedra has an attractive old town to visit. Among the monumental buildings include St. Mary Major, St. Bartholomew and the Sanctuary of the Pilgrim; and between popular architecture they are essential to visit the most tourist places: Pan square, Plaza de la Leña, Verdura Square.

Go towards the Valle del Lérez, we must abandon the city of Pontevedra leaving the N-541. We can make a first stop in Tenorio, to visit the church of San Pedro, a former monastery founded in the tenth century with an interesting cloister of the XVI century.

After crossing the population of Viascón in the highest you can leave the car to visit a set of petroglyphs that inaugurates a thematic route rock art along the Lérez, and that this first stop allows us to know the "Laxe das coutadas" ; and on to San Xurxo of bags, the whole "Lombo da Costa", with combinations of circular and zoomorphic figures.

Continues the route must stop in the small village of Pedre, concello of Cerdedo, to visit the concentration of granaries of Eira Great, one of the most interesting sets of this type of popular architecture in Galicia, is also worth a visiita Bridge Pedre, a bridge 3 arches somewhat unknown origin and that some times are shuffled.

Leaving behind Cerdedo, capital of the municipality, you get to Folgoso, where should take the road towards Forcarei to visit the Monastery of Santa Maria de Acibeiro, which was cirtercense medieval monastery vertebró social and economic life of the Tiera de Montes from the XII century to the XIX. Today the church is still parochial, while the monastery has been converted into hotel-monument and can not be visited.

and return to Folgoso, is continued until a detour to Campo Lameiro, known as the "Capital of Rock Art" in Galicia. A visit to the Archaeological Park of Rock Art, which also visitable archaeological area, has populated the Bronze Age, exhibition area and shop and restaurant. More info on your http://www.paar.es web.

From Campo Lameiro can take the alternative heading towards San Miguel de Campo to visit its Romanesque church, and from there cover small distances to visit other sets of petroglyphs, including Muimenta, Paredes, Field, Fentáns or San Antoniño.

Or, if you do not have time, from Campo Lameiro can Pontevedra and return to the local road, for the last two stops: one in Santa Maria de Fragas, a church of great proportions that conserves Romanesque elements; and Pontevedra and shortly before the former monastery of San Benito de Lérez

 

 

 

Characteristics of Nature routes

  • Path environment To make drive
  • Distance of the entire route 60 kms
  • inhabited areas Yes