Puebla de Sanabria

A frontier stronghold close to Portugal, Puebla de Sanabria stands on a spur between the rivers Tera and Castro, given its charter by Alfonso IX of León in 1220 to guard the border. Walls, a castle and streets of traditional Sanabrian houses climb to the top, where the views open out. Lake Sanabria, the largest glacial lake in the Iberian Peninsula, is about 10 km away.

Highlights

• The castle of the Counts of Benavente, with wide views from the top
• Romanesque-Gothic church of Nuestra Señora del Azogue, 13th century
• Lake Sanabria and its natural park, about 10 km away
• Sanabrian veal chops, river trout and habones beans
• The Baroque hermitage of San Cayetano, 17th century

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