Tourist attractions Baiona

The last ría before the Portuguese border, it is remarkably sheltered and protected by the Islas Cíes. The landscape is at its most beautiful by Domaio, where the steep, wooded banks draw together and the narrow channel is covered in mussel beds. Vig..

Stocky, lined with crenels and flanked by large towers, this looks more like a fortress and for a long time, it was. Consecrated in 1232, the cathedral is partly Romanesque-Gothic. The western portal contains many sculptures.

Each powerful square, in the state it was in the 17C is in the shape of an irregular polygon comprising six bastions with advance fortifications in front and two monumental gates, north and south, emblazoned with the Royal coats of arms and of the go..

The Catholic monarchs had the walls of the almost-island of Monterreal burnt down at the start of the 16C. In the middle of a pleasant pine forest, the fort, where the town governor used to live, has been converted into a Parador. You are recommended..

The archipelago of the Cíes Islands stands guard at the entrance to the Vigo River, which it shelters from winds from the open sea. The islands, blessed with almost flawlessly white sand and crystalline waters, are home to a host of birds. They have ..

In Ría de Pontevedra in Galicia, at the end of the Morrazo peninsula, this village has a generously sculpted calvary .

The Dominican Saint Pedro González Telmo lived in Tui and dided here in 1240. On the site of his house, by the cathedral, a Portuguese-style chapel contains his relics.