Location: Ponferrada
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What to do and see in Ponferrada, Castile and Leon: The Best Free Things to do
Ponferrada (Spanish pronunciation: [pomfeˈraða], from the Latin Pons Ferrata, Iron Bridge) is the capital city of El Bierzo in the Province of León, Spain. It lies on Sil River and it is completely surrounded by mountains. It is the last major town on the French route of the Camino de Santiago before it reaches Santiago de Compostela. In 2008, it had a population of 69,769.
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1. Penalba de Santiago
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4.5 based on 379 reviews
Reviewed By TrinityVacationHome - Trinity, Canada
All of the cliches about stepping back in time are actually true - we'd say perhaps 400 years or so? (The Mozarabic church is actually about 1000 years old...) We wandered around and above the village soaking up the mountain vistas for hours - above the village we gathered wild chestnuts, walnuts and apples, which were everywhere. The road into the village is a little wild - a narrow one lane for kilometres where you pray you don't meet a returning car (we met only one as we were off-season).
2. Iglesia Santo Tomas de las Ollas
3. Torre del Reloj
4. Basilica Nuestra Senora de la Encina
5. Oficina Municipal de Turismo de Ponferrada
6. La Casa Consistorial o Ayuntamiento de Ponferrada
7. Plaza Ayuntamiento
8. Iglesia de San Andres
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