Las Medulas Natural Monument

What travelers say:

[Drill into the magnificent Las Médulas in the Golden Mountains of the Romans 2,000 years ago] A world natural site landscape, Las Medulas Medulas ancient Roman gold mine site, is not far from the suburbs of Ponferrada. This is the largest gold mine in the Iberian peninsula, the golden red mountain is hidden in the green ancient chestnut forest of four or five hundred years old, mysterious and magnificent. The intelligent ancient Romans invented the mining technology to destroy the mountain with water 2,000 years ago without explosives. They dug up many narrow caves in the mountains, introduced the lake and closed it in the mountains, used the pressure of the water to collapse the rocks, melted sand in the waterway, and then washed and deposited gold. You can climb the observation deck overlooking Jinshan Mountain, or you can walk into the middle of the gold mine to see the caves in Jinshan Mountain up close. It is the time of chestnut blossoms, and the valley is full of faint flower fragrance. You can also drill into the hollow tree hole to banish, is it a bit wonderful [smiling face] Carretera village next to the Las Médulas gold mine is a particularly beautiful and leisurely village, there are various beautiful and interesting huts in the village, a small courtyard full of flowers, apple trees and cherry trees can be seen everywhere on the road. A rustic lunch in the village's endless summer Agoga courtyard, eggplant pepper pie, egg mushrooms, pepper sauce cheese platter, chestnut pudding, are all delicious. The road in front of the small restaurant courtyard is also very good, behind the spire of the golden peak of Meduras.