Mosteiro de Caaveiro
A medieval monastery hidden in a bend of the Eume, deep in the Fragas.
Caaveiro was founded in the 10th century and operated as a monastery until the 19th-century dissolution. Its setting between river and forest explains the place's hush.
Visiting means walking from the Cividán car park, about 20 gentle minutes uphill. Church, cloister and ruins coexist with vegetation, and the light through the trees is part of the appeal.
Getting there
Cividán car park, A Capela. Access on foot.
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