# Sunday in Monforte de Lemos, with El Greco, trains and Ribeira Sacra wine

A Sunday without mountain roads: the Railway Museum, the picture gallery of the Antigua college with El Greco, lunch at the Parador and a tasting at the Wine Centre.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra/itineraries/monforte-with-el-greco-trains-and-wine · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 10:00 · Salida: 45 min by car (from Lugo via the LU-546; from Ourense via the N-120)
- 11:00 · Galicia Railway Museum, in Monforte (€5 · open on Sunday 10:00 to 14:00)
  - 6 min by car, 3 km
- 12:45 · Colegio de Nuestra Señora de la Antigua and its Grecos (12:45 guided tour · €5 · confirm on 667 925 072)
  - 3 min by car, 1,7 km
- 14:00 · De Lemos Restaurant, at the Parador de Monforte (Restaurante De Lemos, at the Parador · lunches 13:30 to 16:00) · De Lemos Restaurant, at the Parador de Monforte, €€€
  - 15 min on foot
- 16:30 · Ribeira Sacra Wine Centre, in Monforte (walk down to the centre · 18:00 tasting with one wine, €3, with booking)
- 18:30 · Vuelta (In Lugo or Ourense around 19:30)

Monforte de Lemos is the gateway to the Ribeira Sacra, and also a place with a Sunday of its own, without bends or landing stages: a train museum, a college with a hundred-metre façade and paintings by El Greco, a Parador at the top of the hill and the centre that explains the local wine. It works in the rain and with children.

## The day, hour by hour

10:00 · Set off. From Lugo, a little under an hour on the LU-546; from Ourense, about 50 minutes on the N-120.

11:00 · Railway Museum. Monforte was the great railway junction of inland Galicia. Steam and diesel locomotives and carriages that you see up close, next to the station. €5.

12:45 · Colegio de Nuestra Señora de la Antigua. The Galician Escorial: a guided visit to the church and to the picture gallery in the old sacristy, with El Greco and Andrea del Sarto. €5.

14:00 · Lunch at the Parador. The De Lemos restaurant, in the monastery of San Vicente do Pino, with a view of the keep: pulpo á feira, empanada de raxo and filloas.

16:30 · Stroll and tasting. Walk down to the centre and finish at the Ribeira Sacra Wine Centre, with a museum that explains the vines of the Sil and the Miño. The 18:00 tasting, with one wine, costs €3; book it.

18:30 · Head home.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
Park once in the centre and once up above, at the Parador, which has free parking.

### Without a car
Monforte has a railway station; check Renfe for the timetables from Lugo or Ourense, which are few on Sundays.

## Consejos

### Confirm the sessions
The college's hours change with the season: call 667 925 072.

### Check the month's guide
Monforte's tourist office publishes the hours of everything each month.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does the day cost?
Museum, €5; college, €5; tasting, €3; and lunch at the Parador, €35 to €60.

### Is it a good plan in the rain?
Yes: the museum, college and Wine Centre are all under cover.

### And with children?
The Railway Museum is for them. The college, better with teenagers.