The activities will take place over the weekend of September 15 and 16 and to participate in them you can register before Thursday, September 13. Different options are established to participate, the two days have a price of €25, one day €20 and a day without lunch €15.
The day of the day 15 will begin at 4:30 p.m. with the bus departure from Monforte to Vilachá de Salvador, where a will begin walking tour between the terraces going down to Augas Mestas with return to Vilachá (8 kilometers). At 19.30 they will be received in Vilachá by the mayor of A Pobra do Brollón, Xosé Lois Maceda. There will be a visit to the wineries, and a tasting of wine and local products enlivened with Blind Man's Song about Atilano. The return to Monforte is planned for 21.00.
O day 16 The bus from Monforte will depart at 9:00 am, and will travel to Barxa de Lor. where will one begin walking tour along the Winter Path between Barxa de Lor and Cereixa. At 11:00, the municipal pavilion will be visited to see the facilities put into operation by the council such as provisional solidarity shelter. At 1:00 p.m. there will be a guided tour of the San Lorenzo Castle with the leaders of the excavation team working in the Castro. After lunch, at 4:30 p.m., there will be a visit to Veneira de Roques Mine.
In the act of presentation the mayor, Jose Lois Maceda, stressed that the council will be by the side of all initiatives aimed at promoting the way. He assured that the intention of the government team was to improve the route of the Way as it passes through the municipality, especially after the official status of the Way has been achieved. According to Xosé Lois Maceda, tourism is a fundamental pillar for the council of A Pobra. Together with the agriculture and livestock and forestry sectors, tourism is becoming an important dynamizer of the municipality and they want to continue in that line. “When it comes to the Winter Path and the Ribeira Sacra brand, politicians cannot look the other way”, says the mayor. In this sense, the A Pobra council is now focusing on obtaining the transfer of the Civil Guard barracks to use it as a multi-purpose center for a hostel, among other services; and on trying to consolidate the section of the Camino between A Pobra and Cereixa. “We believe in the Camino, we are committed to it and we consider that all administrations should be involved” stated the mayor, who took advantage of the presentation to publicly recognize Aida Menéndez's work along the Camino.
On the other hand, the President of the Association of Ways to Santiago through the Ribeira Sacra, Aida Menéndez, congratulated the mayor on the opening of the provisional solidarity shelter in the city hall pavilion and insisted on the importance of days like these to promote the tourist resources of the different municipalities of the Camino.
To register for the conferences, you can do so through the city council or the association's website., which can be accessed from the home page of the city council's website. In addition to the city council, the María Castaña Residents' Association and the Castro de San Lourenzo are collaborating in these days.
