Monforte de Lemos Municipal Tourist Office

The Monforte de Lemos Municipal Tourist Office is on calle Comercio, in the centre of the town, near the old Jewish quarter. It shares a building with the Centro do Viño da Ribeira Sacra and with the Regulatory Board of the Designation of Origin, so at a single stop you can ask for maps, ask about the canyon boats and do a tasting. The building has a history: it was donated in 1752 to the Order of Saint John of God as a hospital, was later a casino and, since the 1930s, the town hall.

Hours and contact

In November 2026 it opens every day from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:30 to 20:30. The phone number is +34 982 404 715 and the email, [email protected]. The municipal website gives the address as number 8 on the street and the monthly guide as number 6: it is the same Centro do Viño building.

The monthly guide, the most useful thing

Each month the office publishes on its website a PDF guide with the hours, phone numbers and fares of almost everything to visit in Monforte and the Ribeira Sacra: monuments, museums, monasteries, wineries, catamarans and activities. In low season it is essential, because many places open only on some days. The November 2026 one, for example, records that the Colegio de Nuestra Señora de la Antigua is visited on Friday afternoons and at weekends, for €5; that the Railway Museum opens Wednesday to Sunday, and that the Keep is temporarily closed. It also says which boats run from each jetty: in November, those of A Abeleda and Ponte do Sil on the Sil, with advance booking, while the Provincial Council catamarans at Belesar, on the Miño, are out of service until further notice.

The office itself warns that it is not responsible for changes in prices and hours, and recommends phoning each place to confirm capacity.

Tastings at the Centro do Viño

In the same building is the Ribeira Sacra Wine Centre, with the interpretation centre, a wine shop and a tapas bar. Guided visits to the interpretation centre are every day at 12:30 and 18:00, with advance booking on the office's phone: the 12:30 one includes three wines and costs €7.50; the 18:00, one wine, for €3. The wine shop opens the same days and hours as the office.

Pilgrims and surroundings

The monthly guide also includes the Monforte Pilgrim Office, which is open every day from 9:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00, and the guided tours of monumental Monforte by Novas Rutas, with booking, for €15. To sleep, the Parador de Monforte occupies the San Vicente do Pino monastery, at the top of the town, and its dining room, the De Lemos Restaurant, serves inland Galician cooking.