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GALICIA Information - Natural Parks: FRAGAS DO EUME |
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LOCATION: Municipalities of Cabanas, A Capela, Monfero, Pontedeume and As Pontes de Garcfa Rodríguez. SURFACE AREA: 9,127 ha. The limits of the SCI and the Natural Park overlap. ACCESS: The most usual route starts in the centre of Pontedeume and end in the fraga through the local road, with a turn-off through Ombre to the monastery of Caaveiro. A different turn-off goes towards Rebordelo and ends in the monastery of Monfero. From As Pontes, access to the dam of the Eume. The tracks entering the Park are all two-way, and they are not connected to each other. SERVICES: EuroEume Project consisting of eight rural tourism houses, one Nature hotel, two hostels and eight typical taverns in the municipalities around the Park. The Eume river is about one hundred kilometres long. From the provincial limit of A Coruña and Lugo up to its mouth in the Ares ria, it has the richest banks of the whole northern hydrographic network. It is one of the last Atlantic forests, a reminiscence of the Tertiary Era, that keeps an autochthonous vegetal mantle. Oaks and chestnuts reflect the different tonalities of the seasons, from the deep green to the autumnal yellow or the bloom of the chestnuts in early summer. Woods are painted in different colours inside the {raga, which is completed by patches of laurels, strawberry trees or holly trees. On the banks, take a look at the ferns. Some belong to arboreal species which disappeared from other humid and dark zones of Galicia. It is surrounded by the atmosphere of a gaudy jungle, to the extent that if a heavy summer shower surprises you on the paths, it will be long before you get wet under such a leafy umbrella. The steep hillside..s allow access only if you follow the river through the fishing reserve of Ombre, less than ten kilometres from Pontedeume. In general, this reserve is considered to be an excellent river stretch for fishing. If you wish to go on an excursion, it is highly recommended to walk to the convent of Caaveiro which, from a hill, offers a panoramic view of the whole area. The ruins of this Benedictine monastery, the oldest one in Galicia according to the references preserved, are a true scenery taken out of a romantic painting. The story telling the fascination of Lord Byron with this landscape would not be difficult to understand. Another walk could take us to Rebordelo, the municipal main town of the municipality of Monfero, to pay a visit to the Monastery of Santa Maria de Monfero, highly original thanks to its baroque chequered façade with slate plates. Further on, we can enter the Park where the bottom of the dam of Eume receives the river Frei Bermuz in the middle of a leafy landscape. FLORA: Oaks (Quercus robur) and Chestnuts (Castanea Sativa) are the main species. There are also Strawberry trees (Arbutus unedu) and laurels (Laurus nobilis). Highly-interesting Ferns: Culcita macrocarpa, HymenophyJ/um tumbrigense, Woodwardia radicans. FAUNA: Presence of the Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) with a few couples in Galicia; and the Endromis versicolor insect, very rare. Piscicultural species. |
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