Valladolid is a friendly, well-connected city characterised by its wealth of monuments and entertainment and its cultural, linguistic and food-related heritage. It boasts a number of museums, including the National Sculpture Museum, churches such as that of San Pablo, convents, delicious cuisine and excellent wines from vineyards and wineries found throughout the province. The city of Valladolid is the gateway to the municipalities that make up the Cigales Wine Route, an area that preserves countless traces of a glorious past. Numerous castles can be found in the towns along the route, and beside them, at times of peace, the vineyards began to flourish.