# Guided Walk Through Ourense's Old Town, from the Market to As Burgas

What to do en Ourense · Ourense

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/things-to-do/old-town-guided-walk · Revisado: 2026-11-13

- Desde: 12 € per person
- Duración: 1 h 30
- Temporada: All year, every day subject to availability
- Para quién: All ages; the pace adapts to children

Walking tour · 1 hr 30–2 hrs · €12, free up to age 12 · Every day at 11:00 (10:30 in July and August) · Minimum 4 people

It is a one-and-a-half to two-hour walking tour with an official guide through the centre of Ourense, designed for those who arrive not knowing where to start. It is organised by Guíame Galicia, the company of Sebastiano Fabio Forino, a licensed guide in Galicia, and presented as the tour of "the city of gold and its hot springs": the hot water that comes out in the middle of the street, the historic centre and the Miño.
The route
It leaves from the central fountain in Praza Obispo Cesáreo and ends at the monument to O Mouchiño. On the way it passes these places, in this order:

The Mercado de Abastos, the city's food market.
As Burgas, the hot springs that gush at over 60 ºC beside the remains of a Roman sanctuary.
Praza Maior and the cathedral of San Martiño, seen from outside; the inside is only included if you ask beforehand.
The wine area, with Praza do Ferro and Rúa de San Miguel.

The guide gives recommendations for bars, octopus restaurants and viewpoints, which is useful if you are going to stay for lunch in the old town. It is a good first hour in Ourense: afterwards you know where everything is and what is worth returning to.
Time, price and booking
It leaves every day subject to availability, at 11:00 from September to June and at 10:30 in July and August. It costs €12 per person, VAT included, and children aged 0 to 12 don't pay; the guide adapts the pace and the way of telling it when there are little ones. It runs with a minimum of four people; if there are fewer, the company offers the private tour, on the day and time of your choice.
Book by WhatsApp or phone on +34 660 93 48 40, by email at guiamegalicia@gmail.com or via the form on its website. Arrive five to ten minutes early. The tour is in Spanish every day and in Italian if you ask beforehand. It does not include entry tickets, transport or drinks.
Other ways to see it
The same company has a free tour of legends and secrets, at night and of about two hours, and a walk among the street-art murals of Mon Devane; it also publishes a visit with tactile models for blind or low-vision people. If what you want is the inside of the cathedral with a guide, see the cathedral visit. For a longer morning off the usual circuit, the walk from river to river follows the Barbaña to the Miño. When you finish, the tapas route through Os Viños starts a few steps away.

Lo organiza: Guíame Galicia, desde 12 € person (https://www.guiamegalicia.com/visitas-guiadas-ourense/14-visita-guiada-ourense)

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 42.3394, -7.8641

## Cerca de aquí

- [Nova](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/where-to-eat/nova), a 181 m
- [Tapas Route through Os Viños](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/things-to-do/os-vinos-tapas-route), a 314 m
- [Climbing the Rooftops of Ourense Cathedral](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/things-to-do/cathedral-rooftops), a 390 m
- [Visit to Ourense Cathedral and the Pórtico do Paraíso](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/things-to-do/cathedral-visit), a 390 m
- [Hotel Zarampallo](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/where-to-stay/hotel-zarampallo), a 395 m
- [As Burgas](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/things-to-do/as-burgas), a 495 m
- [Ourense from River to River, from the Barbaña to the Miño with a Guide and Photographer](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/things-to-do/river-to-river-walk), a 558 m
- [Roman Bridge](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/things-to-do/roman-bridge), a 696 m

## Consejos

### Do it on your first day
It orients you in the old town and leaves you the rest of the trip to go back to what you like.

### If there are two or three of you, call
With fewer than four it doesn't run as a group; ask whether there are more bookings that day.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does the guided tour of Ourense cost?
€12 per person; children up to age 12, free.

### Does it go into the cathedral?
No: it sees it from outside. The inside only if you ask in advance, and the ticket is not included.

### Where does it start?
At the central fountain in Praza Obispo Cesáreo. It ends at the monument to O Mouchiño.

Destino: [Ourense](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense.md)