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Mao River Valley

Parada de Sil, Terra de Caldelas, Ourense

1 Villages · 5 Monuments · 4 Nature · 3 Activities · 4 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones

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Mao River Valley

Nature · Parada de Sil, Terra de Caldelas, Ourense

Image of Parada de Sil, not of the place itself.

A tributary of the Sil that crosses the concello, hemmed in between woods and beneath the Romanesque bridge of Canceliñas; its valley concentrates kilns, chestnut-drying houses and mills recovered as ethnographic heritage. It rises high on the sierra de San Mamede, in neighbouring Montederramo, and flows into the Sil between the concellos of A Teixeira and Parada de Sil, forming in its final stretch one of the most impressive canyons in the province of Ourense, with a drop from 860 to 240 metres. Near the mouth stand the chapel and necropolis of San Vítor de Barxacova, and a wooden walkway allows this last stretch of the valley to be walked.

Photo: amaianos from Galicia (CC BY 2.0)

What to see and do in Parada de Sil