What to do in Zamora

Zamora is a historic city on the banks of the Duero, on the border between Castilla y León and Portugal. The River Duero offers favourable conditions for canoeing and kayaking both in its urban stretch and through the Arribes gorges, a river canyon declared a Natural Park that runs 80 kilometres along the Spanish-Portuguese border. The Arribes viewpoints reveal quartzite walls dropping vertically to the river from over 400 metres. Zamora province also contains the Parque Natural del Lago de Sanabria, the largest glacial lake on the Iberian Peninsula. From the city, Sanabria is under two hours by road, allowing water activities on the lake to be combined with horse riding or hiking through the high-mountain valleys of the Sierra Segundera. The city also has a cycling axis linking the historic centre with the river, ideal for starting out on the Vía de la Plata cycle route.