Samos

Lugo, Galicia

Home to one of the oldest still-active monasteries in the Western world.

A short history

The Benedictine monastery of San Xulián de Samos was founded in the 6th century and has been continuously inhabited (with one short Napoleonic gap) ever since. Pilgrims can still sleep within its walls.

What to see

Mosteiro de San Xulián de Samos (guided tour and cloister)
Capela do Ciprés (9th-c Visigothic chapel)
Sarria river meadows

Where to eat

A Veiga
Mesón A Lúa do Camiño

Where to sleep

Hospedería del Monasterio de Samos (within the monastery)
Albergue Val de Samos
Hostal A Veiga