La Coru�a
Monasterio de Santa Mar�a de Sobrado
Located in Sobrado Dos Monxes, this 15th century monastery belongs to the Cister congregation. Its main features are the hospice, cloister and church. It currently houses 14 people who must integrate into the monastic life to the degree possible.

Asturias
Monasterio de San Pedro de Covadonga
This monastery is located just seven kilometres from Cangas de On�s and at the heart of the Picos de Europa national park. Thousands of pilgrims make the journey to this monastery every year, especially to visit the new chapel in which according to legend the virgin visited Don Pelayo the night before he was due to fight the muslim armies.

Monasterio de San Pedro de Villanueva
Located between Cangas de On�s and Arriondas, this monastery has been converted into the Parador Nacional of Cangas de On�s and was declared a national monument in 1907. It was built in the 12th century and restored in the 18th. It is found next to the river Sella, and its rooms afford spectacular views of the Picos de Europa.�

La Rioja
Monasterio de Valvanera
Located 14 kilometres from Anguiano in a fabulous setting: in the heart of the Sierra de la Demanda, at a height of 1,026 metres. It was first built in the 10th century, and is currently run by a community of Benedictine monks. The main architectural features are the hospice and church, whose interior includes the virgin who gave here name to the place and who is visited by thousand of pilgrims every year.

Monasterio de Suso and Monasterio de Yuso (San Mill�n de la Cogolla)
Although many believe this is a single monastery, it is in fact two buildings located in the tiny valley of the river C�rdenas. The Monasterio de Suso is of great cultural importance, as it holds some of the most valued manuscripts and codes of the Middle Ages. Its monasteries includes caves and different architectural styles, such as mozarabic and Romanesque.� The Monasterio de Yuso, meanwhile, is Renaissance and baroque in style. Thousands of valuable manuscripts were copied there over a period of many centuries.

Navarra
Monasterio de Leire
Those who have travelled along the Way of Santiago are certain to remember this fine building located on the motorway between Pamplona and Jaca. This monastery has been a refuge for pilgrims since its construction in the 9th century. Its Romanesque church remains in good condition, as does its three outer apses, its tower, its Porta Speciosa and the interior chapels.�

Pontevedra
Monasterio Santa Maria de Aciveiro
Founded in 1135 and run by the Cistercian order, this monastery is Romanesque and baroque in style, and contains an impressive central courtyard. Its hospice permits the visitor to forget the world outside in what is a genuinely monumental hotel. Its rooms, the former monks' quarters, are ample.

Orense
Monasterio de San Clodio
Founded in 928 in the heart of the Ribeiro wine region, this monastery has been perfectly restored as a four-star hotel. It still retains the main features of the monastery, such as the splendid cloisters, one Renaissance in style and the other baroque.

Santander
Monasterio de Santo Toribio de Li�bana
Declared of National Cultural Iterest in 1953, this monastery was founded in the mid-VIII, which makes it one of the oldest in the region. It combines Romanesque, gothic and baroque styles and features a 13th century gothic church (built on a pre-Romanesque and Romanesque original), and a series of chapels including the Cueva Santa.

Monasterio de Santa Mar�a la Real de Piasca
The church of Santa Mar�a is the only remaining part of this monastery complex in Li�bana whose origins hark back to the 8th or 9th century. It is a Romanesque church of three naves, three apses and four sides with impressive interior sculptures.

Zaragoza
Monasterio de Piedra
Located Nu�valos, this monastery was founded in the 12th century and has been converted into a luxury hotel. Its perfectly preserved interior includes a cloister, a chapter room where the monks met daily, a 17th century baroque altar and a church combining five architectural styles:�mud�jar, romanesque, gothic, renaissance and baroque.