Chantada Travel Guide

Chantada is the agricultural capital of the Miño. From the 'Serra do Faro' the lands of Chantada lie crossing the deep rivers up to the vineyards of the 'Ribeiras do Miño'. The village of Chantada, the stately home of the Counts of Lemos in the past is the centre of a strong wine producing, agricultural and livestock region. The lands of Chantada receive the Miño making the most of its strength and energy thanks to the Embalse de Belesar (river dam), the largest in Galicia. The wide margins and the deep flow make the Miño an ideal place for practising various water sports. The landscapes are of great interest and walking through the different hamlets such as  Belesar, A Sarinha and Nogueira de Miño. A beautiful roman roadway goes through Lincora and continues along a bridge (at Belesar) that was submerged during the construction of the hydroelectric power station. The typical landscapes of sculptured riverbanks by the mountain terraces dyed by the different colours of the vineyards obliges admiration and delight. Here is where they collect Chantada's variety of Ribeira Sacra Wines, of great quality and increasing prestige.

Chantada is on ‘ok’ village. It has a few shops of no significant note. The old quarter is worth a visit with its colonnaded shops, typical of the region, old church and ‘cultural house’.

In the surrounding countryside are also places on note to visit, like the old village of Belesar, where some streets are so narrow a car cannot drive down them. From Belesar you can take a catamaran down the river Miño to O Peares. The places of worship like the ‘Ermita de Faro’ and the abandoned church at Pesqueiras. You can follow the walking route of the old Roman road from Chantada to Monforte de Lemos.

A local market is held on every 5 th and 21 st of every month. Two local fiestas of note are one for the local wine ‘Ribeira Sacra’ held on the second weekend of March and the ‘VIRXE DO CARME’, in which cows pull carts, which depict events from local history. This is on the 3rd weekend of August.