Ribeira de Piquín
a municipality marked by the Eo River
leisure and nature
a place to enjoy
Plan your leisure moments and come to Ribeira de Piquín to discover on the banks of the River Eo a whole world of heritage and landscape treasures. A land of famous pipers that will activate all your senses.
Venture to enjoy rural tourism and benefit from all the gifts that living nature offers you in this territory. Let the kindness of its people make your stay unforgettable in this almost unknown enclave, with stunning mountains and valleys full of a peace that will flood you.
enjoy our fishing preserves
Fishing in Ribeira de Piquín
The River Eo, unspoiled nature, specimens of trout and salmon… all this in a territory that offers you a varied offer in rural tourism establishments and top quality gastronomy. Plan your weekends in Ribeira de Piquín to practice your favorite love and you can practice different fishing styles: no death, traditional and free with various bait possibilities.
Ribeira de Piquín is located within the Rio Eo, Oscos e Terras de Burón Biosphere Reserve and in the Natura 2000 network providing several Special Conservation Zones such as ZEC Carballido and Zec Rio Eo. A territory with a great biodiversity that will make you feel inside a space where only nature matters.
Hiking and cycling trails, gastronomy, parties, fishing, viewpoints, recreational areas…
Ribeira de Piquín, experiences to live
Come to Ribeira de Piquín and tour the different routes and trails from O Chao do Pousadoiro suitable for any hiking lover. Discover fervenzas (waterfalls) such as “Pena dos Portelos”. Rest in recreational areas on the banks of rivers such as the EO or the Rodil, letting yourself be carried away by the sounds of nature.
Discover viewpoints where you will enjoy incredible panoramas over valleys of great agricultural and livestock wealth. Feel a Roman past and visit monuments where the parish temples of San Xoán dos Baos and San Xurxo de Piquín stand out.
Don’t forget to know the tradition of popular festivals that are celebrated throughout the year, such as the “Festexo da Troita”, a festival that enhances the sport of fishing, bringing together hundreds of fishermen and fans, holding competitions of lance, bait and fly. Whether you are a fishing lover or not, the “ribeiregos” will infect your festive spirit.
In addition to discovering its delicious traditional gastronomy with the appreciated trout, the derivatives of the pork accompanied by the products of the garden and the rich homemade desserts, which will leave on your palate flavors to repeat.
Barangón Viewpoint
Built of wood, the viewpoint of Barangón is a place to contemplate how the sky seems to kiss the earth. It is perhaps one of the best viewpoints to observe a large part of the valleys and mountains of Ribeira de Piquín.
From the viewpoint of Baragón, you can practice the paragliding jump and its double slope, makes the gaze capture all the explendor of an idyllic landscape with the houses and the church of Baragón in one of them and the fertile valley of Santalla in the other. Forests, rivers, mountains and more villages steeped in history and nature of the ribeira de Piquín concello.
Concello de Ribeira de Piquín
Chao de Pousadoiro, s/n. 27242 Ribeira de Piquín, Lugo, Spain.
Tlfs. +34 982 333 601
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Rural Tourism, Gastronomy and Adventures in Ribeira de Piquín
Ribeira de Piquín Restaurants
In this area of the Lugo mountain called Ribeira de Piquín we have for you and yours that special charm that gives our gastronomic products a unique and authentic flavor.
Ribeira de Piquín Properties
Quality and kindness is what you will find in rural tourism of Ribeira de Piquín, where the rural houses are in perfect harmony with the purity of the landscape of the region.
Hiking in Ribeira de Piquín
In Ribeira de Piquín there are three approved routes that you can choose from, to stay in shape, to enjoy the views or to know the culture and gastronomy of our surroundings.
Nature in Ribeira de Piquín
The nature of Ribeira de Piquín is characterized by the landscape that forms the Eo River in its high course. Deep valleys and mountains with spaces full of vegetation.
Places in Ribeira de Piquín
Treasures to discover in Ribeira de PiquínRibeira de Piquín has places of almost unspoilt nature and with a unique ethnographic character. Places...
Culture in Ribeira de Piquín
The mountains of the province of Lugo are full of unique treasures, such as the numerous villages that are located in the municipality of Ribeira de Piquín.
History in Ribeira de Piquín
Walk through the innumerable heritage samples of Ribeira de Piquín, get to know the church of Os Baos and its skulls, as well as the hexagonal chapel of Boel.
Festexo da Troita de Ribeira de Piquín
This festival of Ribeira de Piquín has as its main protagonist the fishing of trout. In it, which takes place in May, there are several activities among which stand out a fishing competition in the varieties of lance, bait and fly, popular food and verbena.