Fewer than 500 people live within its 9,000 hectares, which gives an idea of the untouched state of these lush forests that follow the course of the River Eume. The park is shaped like a triangle whose corners and borders would Pontes, Pontedeume and Monfero.
The best way to discover the park is on foot. There are several accesses to the park, being the most popular the one from the town of Pontedeume, where you will also find a visitor’s center on the road. You can park there and walk along the river or also up to one of the many hills on one of the trails. Sometimes the vegetation is so dense it hardly lets any light pass. But this shady and secret forest is as generous as its waters, springs and waterfalls. There's no green here; what there are, are landscapes of a thousand greens. And hidden in the heart of the forest, the Monastery of Caaveiro, ancient – with more than 10 centuries of history and spectacular views of this magical "fraga" (forest). As the monastery is in the heart of the park, it´s also the starting point for several routes of a variety of difficulties.
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