Cacabelos

El Bierzo, León

A relaxed Bierzo wine town on the Cúa river, full of bodegas and tapas bars.

A short history

Sacked in the 11th century and rebuilt by Bishop Gelmírez of Santiago, Cacabelos has long been a wine town — the Mencía-based Bierzo DO has its archaeological museum here.

What to see

Museo Arqueológico de Cacabelos
Santuario de las Angustias (with the unusual child-Jesus card-playing fresco)
Bodegas in town and at nearby Pieros

Where to eat

La Moncloa de San Lázaro
El Mesón de Tito

Where to sleep

Albergue Municipal La Edrada (riverside cabins)
Hotel Moncloa de San Lázaro