What to see in Autonomous community Galicia

Big sardine festival is held every summer in Ribeira. It is reputed to serve the best (and certainly the most recently caught) sardines in Galicia. Ribeira is known as the best spot in Galicia to get freshly caught and cooked seafood....

The Tower of Hercules is located in city of A Coruna, autonomous community of Galica, north-western Spain. It is an ancient Roman lighthouse on a peninsula about 2.4 kilometers from the centre of A Coruña....

Casco Vello is Vigo`s historic quarter. It is certainly worth exploration with  its labyrinth of steep, winding streets and little shops that sell all manner of local goods. Point of interest there is Puerta del Sol (located in the very center of Vigo) where a very curious sculpture stands a top ...

The monastery of San Estevo de Ribas do Sil is situated near municipality of Carballeda de Avia, province of Ourense, Galicia.The monastery dates, following print sources, from the X century, although it is thought that it was erected in the VI century over a pre-existing temple by Saint Martín ...

Castro de Viladonga is situated 20 minutes, by car, from the city of Lugo (Galicia, Spain). It is a remainder of the celtic past of Galicia. It shows up the close-knit relationship with the other six historic celtic nations.Castro de Viladonga is probbaly one of the best preserved castros of the...

The Castros are old celtic buildings (the celts came to Galicia 2800 years ago and they built their villages in the best naturally defended places). Castro de Santa Tegra is the biggest found. It is situated near town of A Guarda (southwest of Galicia), in a Minos`s riverside mount, near...

The main facade of the Cathedral is called Obradoiro, which means golds mithwork, because it was deeply artistic and witty developed by the stone cutters in the 18th century. The total surface of Santiago de Compostela`s cathedral is nowadays 23000 square meters. The first church`s foundation stone...

The Cliffs of Eume river ( Fragas do Eume) in town of Monfero were declared Natural Park in 1997. It has typical Atlantic Forest and unique ecosystem and biodiversity....

Barrana beach (Playa de Barraña) is the larger of Boiro`s two beaches. It is quite overpopulated in the season and especially in the weekends. It is clean, child friendly, with fine light sand....

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