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Chantada · Cherry

Lugo · Galicia

Usual seasonWe only show when it usually happens, based on previous years: it is neither today's status nor a forecast.

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In the Ribeira Sacra, along the Miño around Belesar, between Chantada and O Saviñao, cherry trees blossom scattered among terraced vineyards. Rather than large orchards, thousands of individual trees line the riverbanks.

What grows here

Cherry trees grown for fruit on small plots on both banks of the Miño (Chantada and O Saviñao). According to the local press, there are half as many trees as in the 1970s, although some 600 have been replanted over the past decade.

Municipalities

Chantada · O Saviñao

Sources

Usual season

From mid-March to late April

A guide based on past years, not a forecast: every year is different.

Festival

Belesar Wine and Cherry Fair ↗

Late May or early June, at harvest time

Did you know?

Belesar is known locally as 'Galicia's little Jerte'. Its cherry fair includes an aturuxo contest, pitting residents from either bank of the Miño against each other in the traditional Galician cry.

Where

The pin marks the area, not specific fields. Fields are private: look from the tracks.

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