Rectoral de Anllo

The Rectoral de Anllo is an 18th-century Galician manor house in Anllo, Sober, restored as a country house. It is surrounded by trees, in the Lugo part of the Ribeira Sacra, between the Cabe river and the Sil. It keeps original frescoes by Bernardo Pérez de Castinandi, an 18th-century Galician painter, and the cooking uses seasonal produce, much of it from its own garden.

A bath in every room

All rooms have a full bathroom with bath and bidet, and cotton bed linen and towels. The house lists three types: double, double A and suite; among the suites, the website highlights three with their own names, Marilín, Orballo and Amanece. It does not publish how many rooms it has in all or what distinguishes the double A from the double: ask if the view or size matters to you.

2026 prices by season

The double costs €80 in low season, €90 in mid and €100 in high. The double A, €90, €100 and €110, and the suite, €100, €110 and €120. The extra bed is €20, or €25 in high season. High season is 2 to 5 April and all August; mid, from 27 March to 1 April, 15 to 31 July and 1 to 13 September; the rest of the year is low season. The house itself warns that the dates are indicative.

Breakfast is extra: €9 for the basic and €15 for the full. Dinner costs €29 with bread and water; other drinks extra. It is zero-mile cooking, from the garden and in season.

Library, sun gallery and garden

Life in the house centres on the common areas: a garden where you can also eat, a terrace facing the sunset, a wooden sun gallery, the library with reading room and the fireplace, and the dining room. There is free wifi in the common areas, free private parking and a laundry service. The website says nothing about dogs or a policy for children: if you are travelling with either, check beforehand.

The canyon around

The house suggests hiking and fishing on the nearby rivers, the area's rural Romanesque and the Sil canyons. On the other bank, already in Ourense, are the Mao river walkways and the Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil monastery. Os Chancís, with its jetty, is in the same parish of Anllo. Another historic house nearby, also with Castinandi frescoes, is Casa Grande de Rosende.