Urriós is in the municipality of Allariz, in the Galician province of Ourense. The municipality’s traditional mills, threshing floors, wells, and ovens offer a focus on local cultural history during your stay. If you are looking for hotels in Urriós, plan your journeys to the individual sites separately.

Traditional work with water and stone

Muíños da Nieves is a mill and residential complex in the municipality of Allariz. Its features include a mill arranged lengthwise with four millstones, a house with three rooms, a traditional oven, a derelict house, and another mill.

Muíño das Regueiras is located beside the stream of the same name. Its trapezoidal structure has two millstones and two lower rooms cut into the rock to house the mill machinery, known as infernos. The water outlets are also carved into stone. Before visiting, check accessibility and the condition of the paths; these sites are not generally open-access museums.

Threshing floors and village squares elsewhere in the municipality

The fully paved threshing floor Aira de Taín is in Taín. Traditional wells and wash areas are recorded in Casnadagaia, O Castro, Oroxo, A Pousa, and Taín, among other places. Community bread ovens in O Castro and Oroxo are part of the cultural heritage. If you are travelling from Urriós, plan the villages mentioned as separate destinations within the municipality.

Choose individual places to visit based on your interest in mill technology or everyday village life. Confirm visiting arrangements before setting off and compare your accommodation’s location with the destinations you have chosen.

More destinations: Vilanova, Monterrei, Sampaio, Carballeda De Avia, Ribo, Sarreaus, Esgos, Laza.

For the main travel overview: Ourense.