Protected area

Brañas de Xestoso

Olives · A Estrada · Pontevedra · 2004

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Special area of conservation in Galicia, Spain, 607 m above sea level, 10 km from A Estrada.

As brañas de Xestoso son un espazo natural declarado zona especial de conservación (ZEC) situado nos concellos de Forcarei, Silleda e A Estrada, entre os ríos Ulla, Deza e Umia. O espazo acolle a lagoa Sacra de Olives e o Monte San Sebastián.

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Facts

What it is Zona de especial conservación · Zonas de especial protección dos valores naturais

Area 1.082 m²

Elevation here ≈ 607 m · Terrain Tiles

Nearest town A Estrada, 10 km away

People in the municipality 20,101 (2025) · IGE

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Getting there by bus

Fraíz I818 m away
IES Avelina Valladares-Pousada (Curantes) · CEIP do Foxo-A Viladafonso · IES Avelina Valladares-Pousada (Curantes) · CEIP do Foxo-A Viladafonso
A Somoza (marquesiña)824 m away
IES Avelina Valladares-Pousada (Curantes) · CEIP do Foxo-A Viladafonso · IES Avelina Valladares-Pousada (Curantes) · CEIP do Foxo-A Viladafonso
Sinteiro1.2 km away
Rubín (cruzamento igrexa)-A Estrada E.A.

Stops on the regional public transport network. A stop being there does not mean a bus runs today: the lines are sorted by how many services they run, and the timetables are on bus.gal ↗.

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