The municipality of A Pobra do Brollón is organizing a cycle of autumn walks that will take place every Sunday between October 21 and December 2. The routes, designed for a family audience, were proposed by residents of the municipality who will act as hosts in each round.
The City Council of A Pobra do Brollón presents a walking program for this autumn. The routes will include emblematic places in the city, but there are also proposals that will introduce lesser-known corners of the Guimarães region.
The development of the routes involved the collaboration of the local community, so that residents of the municipality who have a special relationship with the different territories will serve as hosts and guides for their proposals. “There will be more scenic routes and others with more narrative, they are personal proposals, so in this diversity lies the charm of this proposal,” he points out. Xosé Lois Maceda, mayor of A Pobra do Brollón.
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- The first walk, on the 21st, will be the Saint Victor, walking Hand in Hand with Hortensia, daughter of Toño da Teixeira. It will end with a tap in the San Vitoiro.
- On Sunday, October 28th, the Poetic route through Vilarmao, by Olga Novo, writer. At the end there will be pintxos and a feast in the courtyard of the Casa do Pescado.
- By Felipe Castro, forestry agent, the walk will be held on November 4th, Chestnut and Honey Route which will end with the celebration of a magosto in Paramedela.
- By Xurxo Ayán, archaeologist, the walk will be done The Winter of Eirexalva on November 11. It will end with a country dance.
- November 18, the appointment will be with Traces of time in Ferreirúa; By Noelia do Castor, to finish with a country cleat.
- On Sunday, November 25, turn for a Route Vilachá-Augasmestas, By the hand of Puri de Vilachá. This walk will end with some snacks in the Vilachá wineries.
- The final point of this autumn walking proposal will be on December 2nd with the route Winter Path: Lor-Castro de San Lourenzo. To conclude this last walk, a lunch will be held at the O Fogón restaurant.
All walks will start at 10:00 in the morning. They have a maximum length of 10 km. and a price of 5 euros. To participate in each of the proposals is prior registration required on the phone 666 435 832.
According to the mayor, Xosé Lois Maceda, this walking program is a firm commitment to local talent and diversity. “We have a very large territory with a great variety of landscapes, with these autumn walks every Sunday we will get to know a different reality of the City Council. We will have the poetic vision of Olga Novo in Vilarmao or that of the historical memory by Xurxo Ayán on the route of the Winter of Eirexalva, Felipe Castro's forestry knowledge on the Chestnut and Honey Route, the wine culture with Puri de Vilachá, Hortensia's personal vision in San Vitoiro and Noelia's attachment to the territory”, points out Xosé Lois Maceda.
