Attractions and Places To See around Brenes - Top 17

The Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad in Cantillana is a beautiful chapel dedicated to the Virgen de la Soledad, the patron saint of the village. The chapel is in Baroque style and consists of a single, spacious nave closed by a beautiful plaster cross vault. The front of the chapel is adintel and is flanked by pilasters that crown a pediment with a pinnacle. The facade is decorated with azulejería. Inside the chapel is a neoclassical altarpiece in which the Virgen de la Soledad is venerated, together with portal altarpieces of Santa Rita and San Sebastián, the patron saint of the village. The chapel is approximately 20 metres wide and 35 metres long, and is well preserved. The church has a plaque with a text confirming the canonical patronage of the Virgen de la Soledad over Cantillana. This plaque is decorated with Baroque style and was made by local artist Luís Manuel López Hernández in 2005.

The Ermita de San Bartolomé in Cantillana is a historic chapel originally built in the 15th century. The chapel is located in the Plaza de Llano, a central square in Cantillana. It has a basilica plan with three naves, separated by brick columns supporting pointed arches. The roof is wooden, with a central coffered ceiling and hanging on the sides. The exterior has been intensely transformed, highlighting the main entrance of the eighteenth century. The chapel has a beautiful main door from the 18th century and contains several altarpieces and statues, including the image of Jesus of Nazareth and Saint Bartholomew. Currently the hermitage of San Bartolomé houses the images of Our Lady of the Assumption, Saint Bartholomew, Our Father Jesus and Our Lady of Consolation, from the Baroque period, and the painting of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, from the eighteenth century, with some interest in the wall paintings with themes of angels with inscriptions between rock formations, datable to very late dates in the eighteenth century

Here too there is a stork's nest on the tower.

The Iglesia del Dulce Nombre de Jesús y Santa Misericordia in Cantillana is a beautiful historic building originally built in the 16th century. This church has a rich history and was once used as a hospital, probably run by a brotherhood. Originally the church had one nave, but later another was added on the side of the epistle. The facade of the church is made of exposed brick and is topped with an artistic tower with a tiled facade. Inside the church, the ceilings are made of wooden beams, with a gable roof in the main naves and simple chapel floors in the side aisles. The entrance to the church is in a typical Mudéjar style, with an oculus formed by bricks surrounded by blue, white and honey-coloured tiles. The tower has a semicircular arch with alfiz and is topped with a mixtilinear pediment and a cast iron weathercock. The church houses an 18th century altarpiece, on which there is an image of the Holy Jesus of the School of Seville, together with a painting of the Virgin of Mercy. Another special feature of the church is the simpecado of the Virgin of Belén, a precious plate with an embroidery of silver on red velvet. The church is also the seat of the brotherhood of San Benito Abad of Cantillana, and from the last weekend of August a pilgrimage to the hermitage of the Saint in Castilblanco de los Arroyos starts from this church.

The Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción in Villaverde del Río is located on the Plaza Blas Infante and is a popular place for both locals and visitors. The church is of Baroque style and consists of a single, spacious nave closed by a beautiful plaster cross vault. The façade of the church is adintel and is flanked by pilasters that crown a pediment with a pinnacle. Inside the church is a neoclassical altarpiece in which the Purísima Concepción is venerated, along with portal altarpieces of Santa Rita and San Sebastián.

Building rebuilt in 1755, after the Lisbon earthquake and reformed at the beginning of the 19th century. The main altarpiece is an anonymous work from the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century. In one of the chapels is the image of the Holy Virgin of Aguas Santas, patron saint of the town. It is a small terracotta molded image that measures only 11 centimeters.

The road is beautiful but there are sections with a lot of erosion. They are easy with BTT when they are dry.

The dirt track is damaged in some sections as a result of erosion and floods caused by heavy rains. However, the views you get once you get to the top of the hill are worth the effort.