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Some of the bucolic images that accompany these lines seem taken in Switzerland, but no, it is Galicia. And specifically, the places through which the 11 tourist train routes run in the autonomous community. Each one of them deals with a theme,
from pazos to wines
, from monasteries to lighthouses, and they will be available all summer until next October 9.
All include complementary leisure activities, such as
cottage cheese and honey
or wine tastings in wineries, the celebration of the
queimada
ceremony
,
boat trips on
sunken galleons or river walks
through impressive canyons of heroic viticulture.
In addition, an official tour guide accompanies travelers at all times to put them in context.
Galician tourist trains will be available until October.
Each route has a price of
45 euros each,
plus management fees, for adults, while children between 3 and 13 years old must pay 20 euros.
Includes free approach to the station and associated activities.
They can be purchased at the ticket
offices of
any
Renfe station
, on its website or in concerted travel agencies.
In addition, an information and sales office has been opened in the
San Martiño Pinario building
in Santiago de Compostela.
Here is all about the 11 routes.
1. Route of the lighthouses
This tour leads to the northernmost part of the entire Iberian Peninsula following the lights that guide sailors through points such as Cabo Ortegal or Estaca de Bares.
You can also visit the Vixía Herbeira viewpoint, one of the highest and most impressive cliffs in Europe, as well as the Loiba viewpoint.
2. Route through the pazos and historic gardens
Romanticism,
history and gardens
of great scenic value star in this route that starts in Santiago and ends in Arcade.
Attendees will be able to enjoy excursions to the Pazo de Rubiás, the Pazo de Lourizán and the impressive Castelo de Soutomaior.
3. Ribeira Sacra wine route (Sil)
Some of the best Galician wines, breathtaking landscapes and journey through iconic train tracks.
It is the proposal of the Ribeira Sacra wine route that from Orense leads to the
Regina Viarum wineries
to learn about the heroic viticulture of the Sil canyons.
We will also visit the Monastery of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil, where a monk will expel any spell with a
burnt.
The route of the Ribeira Sacra.
4. Ribeira Sacra wine route (Miño)
This variant of the Ribeira Sacra route proposes visiting a less known but equally interesting option.
Points such as the
Bernardas Convent
and its artisanal or the
Adega Vía Romana
are part of this train tour, which also includes a catamaran ride to Cabo do Mundo.
5. Route of the wines of the Ribeira Sacra and Valdeorras
This train invites you to approach the places of the Ribeira Sacra and Valdeorras denominations of origin.
On the Sil river, you embark on a catamaran that reaches the surroundings of
the Santo Estevo monastery.
The day continues breathing the Galician baroque in the
sanctuary of As Ermidas,
located in the valley formed by the Bibei river.
The experience includes a tasting of a wine from the Valdeorras appellation at the
A Coroa winery.
The history of
Os Peares
station is also discovered
, with a visit to its railway museum.
6. Rías Baixas wine route
The landscapes of the
Ría de Arousa
with the medieval towers of Oeste de Catoira or a boat trip along the Vigo estuary and disembarkation in San Simón are part of this proposal that will also have stops at the
Pazo de Baión
and Agro de Bazán
wineries
.
The Vigo estuary is the protagonist of another of the routes.
7. Wine Route O Ribeiro-Rías Baixas
Two provinces and a common destination: Galician wine.
This route runs along two Galician denominations of origin, that of O Ribeiro and that of the Rías Baixas.
There is also time to visit forts such as
San Cibrao de Las.
This year the stop in Arbo was replaced by one in As Neves to visit the
Señorío de Rubiós
winery
.
8. Monterrei wine route
You have to know another denomination of origin, that of Monterrei, which takes you back to the Middle Ages to taste its wines in the castle of the same name.
Verín and its old neighborhood
, Allariz and the Arnoia river and the
Baños de Molgas
railway station
,
converted into a museum and restaurant, are part of the route.
9. Route of the lamprey
This train departs from Pontevedra that invites you to discover the
fisheries
of the river Miño, centuries-old constructions that allow you to capture the lamprey.
Requeixo de As Neves,
honey and wines
from the Rías Baixas designation of origin make up the ingredients of this option.
The route along the Foz estuary.
10. Route of the monasteries
The cinematic Benedictine monastery of Carboeiro, that of Oseira or the
Veracruz de O Carballiño
temple
are some of the stops on this train that also enters the gardens of Galician Versalles, the baroque
Pazo de Oca
.
11. Route through the Caminos de Santiago
In the middle of the Xacobeo year, the tourist trains of Galicia repeat their route through the Caminos de Santiago leaving from La Coruña, the starting point of the English Way, to visit
Sobrado dos Monxes
and its Cistercian monastery of Santa María, on the
Camino del Norte.
There is also time to get to the monastery of San Julián, on the
French Way
, and get closer to the Primitivo by walking along the Roman wall of Lugo.
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