Ourense

As burgas

Ourense is not only Thermalism, although it is known as "City of Las Burgas" due to its famous thermal water sources, in which the water comes out at temperatures between 60 and 68 °C. These springs were declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1975. The origin of these springs is the collection and filtration of rainwater through fractures in the ground to depths greater than two kilometers. There they are heated by the internal heat of the planet, the disintegration of radioactive isotopes of the granite and the heat of the fractures. Precisely its medicinal virtues come from the mixture of minerals. One legend says that they are born under the Chapel of Santo Cristo, in the Cathedral, and another says that they are caused by a dormant volcano that is at the base of Montealegre and that at some point could explode. With the Holy Christ of the Cathedral of San Martín and the Roman Bridge, it is one of the symbols of the capital of Ourense, which was called "City of Burgas".

Roman bridge

The original Roman bridge was built by Emperor Augustus, although it was later repaired in medieval times and rebuilt after a collapse in the 17th century. It is built on the Miño River and you can reach it on foot by taking a walk along the well-known PASEO DE LAS NINFAS, a walk that is accessed directly from AURIA CAMPER PARK. Nowadays and after its pedestrianization in 1999, it is one of the three main symbols of the city,

Ourense Cathedral

The Santo Cristo de Orense is a carving that has been recorded since the 14th century. It is located in the Cathedral of Santo Cristo, in the old town of the City, built in the 12th and 13th centuries. Currently, the cathedral is considered Asset of Cultural Interest (it was declared Historical-artistic monument belonging to the National Artistic Treasure by decree of June 3, 1931). We leave you, not the best photo of the Cathedral, so that you can discover it for yourself and also see the original Carving of the Holy Christ inside.

Historic center of Ourense

The narrow streets of Ourense are full of stories. The city has various literary routes marked. The most famous, A Esmorga -La Parranda, in Spanish-, the best-known novel by Eduardo Blanco Amor, which remains valid in the second decade. of this 21st century. Taken to the cinema on several occasions already.

Walk through the historic part, passing through the streets of wine and drinks around the cathedral, restaurants and taverns where the octopus and the ribeiro are the kings - the Ourense octopus, which has no sea, is the most famous in the world-; Looking around the cathedral, enormous, sandwiched between attractive and lively streets of Ourenses and tourists in perfect symbiosis, is a pleasure. And here we are not going to give you a photo, we hope you can discover it for yourself.