VI Ribeira Sacra of Monforte Wine Festival, from July 5th to 7th
06/19/24 The Festival will take place as usual, around the boardwalk. As a novelty this year, a porch will be installed at the entrance to the Festival, which will also serve as a photocall and there will be an important shading area. Throughout the Festival there will be different information...
The Camino de Invierno in Monforte de Lemos
05/06/24 The Camino de Invierno is a pilgrim route to Santiago which coincides with the natural entrance into Galicia from the plateau. It is believed that many pilgrims used this route especially in winter in order to avoid the difficulties of crossing the snowy summits of O Cebreiro. This Camino...
Quere o teu mercado and Marida Maio in Monforte
05/22/24 The City Council of Monforte joins for another year the international campaign Quere o teu mercado (Love your market), which will be held on Saturday, May 25th and Friday, May 31st. The initiative encourages purchases in small local businesses, in this case, in the Plaza de Abastos of...
Visiting the museums of Monforte
24/04/2024 Monforte de Lemos is a city that is increasingly visited, as it is the central point from which to move towards the rest of the Ribeira Sacra and to have first order monumental resources; as well as natural spaces and services for the enjoyment of neighbors and visitors. In the section...
Constant increase in the number of visitors to the tourist facilities of Monforte
26/02/2024 The tourist offices of the Monforte City Council; Tourism Office, Pilgrim Assistance Office and Homage Tower of San Vicente, reach in 2023 the best data in recent years in terms of people served, in addition to the figures of 2021 with the coronavirus tourism boom. The data relating to...
Ribeira Sacra Wine Center
01/ 02/ 2024 Situated in northern Spain, the autonomous community of Galicia, with its Atlantic coastline, is a green and lush land of mountains, forests and rivers. This landscape, along with the climate, the Gallego language and the strong local culture all help make Galicia distinctly different...
Christmas in Monforte, a holiday not to be missed
12/6/2023 Monforte de Lemos dresses up for Christmas to say goodbye to 2023 and welcome 2024 with enthusiasm. The monuments and main spaces of the city enjoy atmosphere to bring the Christmas spirit to the entire city, with more than 60 illuminated streets and more than a million LED lights. In the...
The art gallery of the Colegio Nuestra Señora de la Antigua
10/11/2023 The building promoted by Cardinal Rodrigo de Castro in 1593 houses an interesting art gallery in a place built in 1699 for the sacristy of the Church. The art gallery has personal belongings of Cardinal Rodrigo de Castro and interesting books, as well as paintings that were in other...
Monforte de Lemos Patron Saint Festivities, August 15th and 16th
8/8/2023 On August 15th we celebrate the big day of the Patron Saint Festivities, the day of the Patron Saint, the Virgin of Montserrat. The authorities, accompanied by the Bagpipe Band and the Traditional Dance Group of the Monforte City Council, go from the Plaza de San Antonio to the church of...