Castilla y León / León

Peñalba de Santiago

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Ideal for a quiet visit

Ideal time to visit. Low tourist numbers expected.

IN FIGURES

Heritage and Tradition

1.100m

ALTITUDE

S. X

MOZÁRABE

INHABITANTS

SILENCIO

VALLEY

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Peñalba de Santiago, one of the most beautiful villages in Spain. Discover its magic.

The route to Peñalba de Santiago is one of the most beautiful landscapes in the region of Castilla y León. A virgin valley dominated by lush oak forests, rivers and natural waterfalls, some small village that is integrated into the landscape and whose inhabitants, less and less, break the silence and tranquility of this valley that seems to have stopped in time: the Valley of Silence, unspoiled, natural and lush. The village, perched on a rock, to which it owes its name, in the snowy winters is covered by a white mantle on which stands the church of Santiago, pure Mozarabic style, declared a N

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What to see

Points of interest

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Church of Santiago de Peñalba

Jewels of Spanish Mozarabic art, built between 931 and 937 by the priest Salomon. The façade has a double Muslim horseshoe arch on marble columns. It preserves inscriptions, sepulchers and the image of the

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Cave of San Genadio

Cave of the hermit San Genadio, who founded the monastery in the tenth century. It is reached by a walk of about two kilometers through a forest of chestnut and oak trees. Pilgrimage and retreat point is

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Farmhouse and rural architecture of the Bierzo region

One of the best examples of popular architecture of Bierzo: farmhouses with slate roofs and wooden corridors with panoramic views of the Valle del Silencio. Declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in

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Valle del Silencio and natural surroundings

Valley dominated by oak forests, rivers and waterfalls, in the Aquilian Mountains. Landscape of the Tebaida berciana, an area of spiritual retreat since the fourth century. Peñalba is located at 1100 m of altitude in

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Visit to Ponferrada and Templar Castle

Ponferrada, capital of El Bierzo and gateway to the Camino de Santiago. The Templar Castle is the most remarkable in northwestern Spain: BIC and National Monument since 1924, with walls from the eleventh century.

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Cascada del Silencio (Silence Waterfall)

Waterfall in the Valle del Silencio, in the Montes Aquilianos. It is reached by a hiking route from Peñalba (a climb of about 700 m from the main road); the circular route with the Cueva de San G

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