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The city is very small but has an impressive castle nested in the nearby hill A good starting point could be walking this hill up as parking facilities closer to the castle entrance could get jammed. The historic city centre has one or two nice "cervezarias" where you could mingle with local people and have a beer with bocadillos. Alongside N-122 which is the local road that passes trough the city you will find several wineyards

Out of season Penafiel closes down. All restaurants close for the evening and some altogether. There are a few interesting sites - the castle and the main square; but what is so obvious is how poor Penafiel seems despite so much wealth being generated by the wine business.

Good place to base yourself if visiting the bodegas in the area, but beware virtually everything shuts down on a Monday, which makes finding anywhere to visit and finding somewhere to eat quite challenging. Also note that many restaurants only open for lunch (usually 13-1500), and those that do serve dinner don't open until 2100! The Castle with its wine museum is well worth visiting. Unfortunately it was all in Spanish - the App wasn't working on Apple phones when we were there. Nice tour of the Castle though. Also worth seeing the unusual, sandy floored Plaza del Coso which is occasionally still used for bullfights. Bodegas Pago de Carrovejas is really really worth visiting - they have superb wines & an amazing restaurant Ambivium where we had the best meal on our entire trip. You can do wine tasting on its own here - at anytime in their bar, which is great because, unlike most bodegas, you get to choose which set of wines you wish to sample - and that includes their really good wines. They also do a very good cellar tour with wine tasting and lunch (tho some may find it a little pricey). The Bodegas Protos tour was better than the tours we did in many of the other bodegas in the area because not only was it well priced at €11, it also has a longer history than most bodegas, and it has both an old and a new winery on the same site. We had a great enthusiastic & informative guide. If you are looking for tapas, I'd recommend Tartero on the Plaza de Espana