WALKS AND HIkING TRAILS
PARK AND BOTANICAL GARDEN
On the banks of the Umia, in the heart of Caldas, we can find one of the most attractive places for tourists. It is a centuries-old botanical garden, with about sixty species of trees and shrubs from the five continents.
It is considered one of the most interesting botanical complexes in the province, enjoying the official declaration as a “Historic Garden and Picturesque Place” since 1962, and since 1985 as an Asset of Cultural Interest. Upstream (about 2 km), the river reaches its maximum beauty with a large waterfall.
The complex that forms the oak grove and the botanical garden of Caldas de Reis has just been awarded the Q for Tourist Quality as a “singular public space”, according to the notification received by the City Council from the Spanish Tourism Quality Institute.
This distinction is especially important since it is one of the first awarded to a public space on the pilgrimage routes to Santiago.
The distinction evaluates the quality of the whole, the management system or the equipment and services provided. Also noteworthy is the quality guarantee of the products and services offered by the unique public spaces and the adaptation of the services to the expectations and needs of visitors, as well as the continuous improvement of the unique public space seen as a whole.
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WATER ROUTE
The PR-G 59 Ruta da Auga route is a 5.1 km circular route. which part of the park and botanical garden. The duration of the route is one and a half hours.
It is a walk that goes up the course of the Umia River and allows us to describe the charms of places such as the botanical garden in the city center, from where it departs, the Umia mills, the Segade bridge, the light factory or the waterfall by Segade. In total are 5 kilometers of walk.
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Segade waterfall and walk.
A few km. from Caldas de Reis, in the road to A Estrada, there is a beautiful place, which is also part of the Ruta da Auga and where the majestic Umia River beats its waters in the form of waterfalls and spectacular pools.
The ruins of a light factory right next to the waterfall, as well as its numerous mills along this small stretch, give a good account of the powerful waters of this river.
The Segade fervenzas are a set of waterfalls, which offer a spectacular waterfall, which has led to the formation of a pool, and it was used by many bathers.
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THE SALNÉS GREENWAY (OLD RAILWAY LINE).
In Spain, there are more than 2,900 kilometers of disused railway infrastructure that have been converted into cycle and hiking routes within the framework of the Greenways Programme, coordinated by the Spanish Railways Foundation.
The Provincial Council of Pontevedra and the town councils of Vilagarcía de Arousa, Caldas de Reis and Portas have prepared the Salnés Greenway in Pontevedra that takes its steps on the old disused Pontevedra-Santiago railway line. The Xunta de Galicia (Regional Goverment), through the Department of the Environment, Territory and Housing, has also collaborated in the work on a section of this Greenway.
This pedestrian path and tourist cycle combines landscape, culture and history along its route.
With 9.2 km from the Ande halt (Rubiáns) to the old Portas Train Station, the Salnés Greenway is the first and unique Greenway that runs its entire length through the Galician Community.
This route allows the connection between the Portuguese Camino and the coast towards Santiago de Compostela..
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PEDRAS ROUTE CALDAS DE REIS
Route to enjoy all year round, natural environment along the banks of the Umia River and then through the native Ribera forest, several points of interest with unique stones and panoramic views.
Towards the end we pass through the winery and vineyards, we are in Albariño’s Wine Area.
If you do it alone, a feeling of inner peace that invites reflection, due to its silence and tranquility.
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PEDRA FILGA ROUTE IN CALDAS – PONTEVEDRA
According to the Galicia Máxica website: in Caldas de Reis, we have the so-called Pedra Filga, a surprising set of three gigantic rocks that remind us of an amazing megalithic monument. Whether it is a millennia-old human formation will remain for scholars, although it is most likely a surprising whim of nature. At this point it is rare that any archaeologist has considered the possibility of human intervention, but we never know. Maybe we should call Indy.
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