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Gundivós: The Village That Traded Clay for a Future
Once famed for its black pottery, Gundivós is reinventing itself around art, teaching and hospitality in Sober, heart of Ribeira Sacra.
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The Fervenzas of Quiroga: Cold Water, Warm East
A 31 km mountain drive to five fervenzas above Quiroga, in the Courel geopark: cold pools to swim, a 34-meter drop, and when to skip dry ones.
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The Forest Just Grows Here: Emmely and Ecofinca Tanquián
One of Galicia’s oldest permaculture projects, in Pantón: thirty-five years of working with the land, building community, and staying put.
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Octopus, Caldeiro and the Feira That Refuses to Die
Octopus, carne ó caldeiro and a calendar of fixed market days: how the feira still gathers the rural Ribeira Sacra around a wood fire today.
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The Winter Way: The Road That Was Already There
An Italian pilgrim in 1717 called the Winter Way the direct road to Santiago. It followed a Roman gold route, 100 km of it in Ribeira Sacra.
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A Festival Built Into the Rock: Fest Clásico Ribeira Sacra
Free chamber music every August in Ribeira Sacra’s rural churches. Festival and academy based in a restored hydroelectric village at Os Peares.