4 Day Food & Wine Tour of Galicia

Itinerary

Day 1: From Santiago to Cambados

Stop At: Bodegas del Palacio de Fefinanes, Praza Fefinans s/n, 36630, Cambados Spain
We will visit Cambados, Europan Wine Capital 2017, and one of its main and most prestigious wine cellars in the Pazo de Fefiñanes
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bodegas Granbazan, Lugar Igrexa (a)-Tremoedo 46, 36628 Vilanova de Arousa Spain
Visit this very nice chateau style cellar where you will be able to taste their very reputed wines.
Duration: 50 minutes

Meals included:
• Lunch: Seafood lunch at the Island of Arosa
• Dinner: We will visit a typical furancho. Furanchos are private homes in a typical rural environment that serve homemade wine.
Accommodation included: Parador del Albariño, Cambados

Day 2: Pontevedra - Vigo - Tuy - Valença

Stop At: Casco antiguo de Pontevedra, Casco antiguo, 36002 Pontevedra Spain
Visit Pontevedra, the most monumental city of Galicia after Santiago, from there we will go to Vigo, where we'll visit the famous mercado de la piedra and its oyster selling open-air posts, enjoy them as well as other Galician seafood delicacies.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch: Mercado de la Piedra, Vigo
• Dinner: Dinner a typical Portuguese meal in Valença inside the walled city.
Accommodation included: Pousada de Valença, a historical building turned into a state-run hotel chain hotel

Day 3: Orense - Ribera Sacra - Valdeorras

Stop At: Juderia de Ribadavia, Ribadavia Spain
We will pass by this quaint town where the Ribeiro wines are produced, visiting one of the cellars
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ourense Thermal Springs, Rua das Burgas s/n, 32005 Ourense Spain
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.
Duration: 50 minutes

Stop At: Sil Canyon, Sober Spain
Visit the canyos of the Sil river on a catamaran, that will show us this spectacular landscape, after we will have lunch and visit a wine cellar of the area, then we will go to some of the viewpoints where you will be able to see why the Ribeira Sacra wines are considered heroic wines.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch: Lunch at a local restaurants with local food and wines
• Dinner: Dinner at the Parador of Monforte de Lemos
Accommodation included: Parador de Monforte de Lemos, high on a hilltop on a historic monumental fortified monastery.

Day 4: Valdeorras wine region

Stop At: Museo Casas de Munecas Monforte, Praza Estacion S/N Edificio ADIF, 27400 Monforte de Lemos Spain
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.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.