• Las Médulas: Declared a World Heritage Site in 1997, just 8 km away. Extremely beautiful remains of the largest gold mine exploited by the Romans. Gold was extracted by using the force of water from the nearby mountains, through a network of channels and stored near the farm.
As a result of this activity, Carucedo lake was created, a great place to swim in summer.

• Santiago de Peñalba: Its church is a jewel of Moorish Spanish. It features the gateway formed by a double horseshoe arch supported by three marble columns. The interior is divided into two parts by another great horseshoe arch. A rock wall leads into the Valley of Silence.

It also features Cueva de San Genadio, where old Hermits used to find shelter.

• Ponferrada Castle: Known as the Castle of the Templar Knights. Back in 1178, Ponferrada becomes dependent on the order of the Temple. The Templars settle in this fort that was originally a fortress, and later a Roman town.

To defend the road to Santiago the extended and improved, being finished in 1282.

• Cornatel Castle: Over nine-century-old fortress. The Templar Knights owned it almost for a century until they got dissolved in the early fourteenth century. In mid-fifteenth century it reaches its peak. Partially restored and can be visited.

• Compludo Ironworks: Founded by San Francisco in the seventh century and declared a national monument in 1968. Still working.

• Carracedo Monastery: Declared a national monument in 1929.

• Montes Monastery. In Montes Monastery ruins you can still explore different styles and times - the Romanesque of some of its capitals, Romanesque tower, the church facade and the cloister ruins.