Valiñas Trail with a Visitor Centre Guide

This is the walk that takes you inside the mine: it leaves from the village of Las Médulas, beside the visitor reception centre, and makes a loop of about 3 km through the Valiñas amphitheatre, one of the mine's workings that the Romans left abandoned. You walk among centuries-old chestnut trees to the foot of the red walls and look into the great hollows, such as La Cuevona.

With a guide or on your own

The visitor reception centre organises the guided visit with prior booking: in winter it leaves at 10:00, 12:00 and 13:00, and in July, August and September at 10:00, 10:30 and 11:00. It lasts about two hours and costs €5 per person (€2 for groups of more than 20). A minimum of six people is needed for it to go ahead, so book and confirm on 987 420 708, 619 258 355 or at [email protected]. On your own, the path is signposted and free.

Getting there and parking

Park in the car park at the entrance to the village of Las Médulas. The centre is about 400 m away, on the main street, behind the church, and about 50 m from the start of the Valiñas amphitheatre. It is open every day from 9:45 to 16:30 in winter and from 9:45 to 14:30 and from 16:00 to 18:00 in summer; closed from 22 December to 2 January.