Wine regions of Galicia 4 Day Food & Wine small group "Private Tour"

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
From Santiago to Cambados
3 stops
1
We will visit Cambados, Europan Wine Capital 2017, and one of its main and most prestigious wine cellars in the Pazo de Fefiñanes
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
2
Visit this very nice chateau style cellar where you will be able to taste their very reputed wines.
50 minutes • Admission ticket included
3
Isla de la Toja
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.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Pontevedra - Vigo - Tuy - Valença
4 stops
4
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,, to the move along the coastal Portuguese Camino de Santiago to stop In Oia and have lunch with local products while overlooking by the waterfront monastery,
2 hours • Admission ticket free
5
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.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
6
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.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
7
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.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Orense - Ribera Sacra
3 stops
8
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.
50 minutes • Admission ticket included
9
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 hours • Admission ticket free
10
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.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Valdeorras wine region
2 stops
11
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.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
12
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
1 hour • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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