Today was our second day at the Parador de Santo Estavo. It’s a beautiful Parador and it was nice to be here two nights. This area is called Ribera Sacra (Sacred Riverbank) because there were so many monasteries in this area.
Jo Ann suggested that we go to the monastery of Oseira today. She brought a Rick Steves map of northern Spain with her and Oseira is on of the highlighted places to visit. It is one of the large and beautiful monasteries in this area and it is still a working monastery. The monastery was first established in the 12th century. We took a guided tour. The tour was in Spanish so we didn’t understand much of the tour but we got to see a lot. I bought a guide book which helped.
Back at the Parador we had a picnic lunch and played cards. Then we went out to explore the ruins behind the Parador. There are ruins of a Celtic Castro and of the monastery kitchen.
It is a lovely area. There were lots of birds singing during our walk. I have never used Merlin to identify bird songs before but Jo Ann was doing it so I gave it a try. I think it’s really fun.
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