GALICIA AND CAMINO DE SANTIAGO PORTUGUÉS

This summer I have been enjoying some wonderful days in Galicia where we had a very pleasant weather. We went to some of the fantastic beaches in Galicia, we visited beautiful villages, fantastic National Parks, cities with history and walked along paths and forests really green.

Without any doubt, the most beautiful experience has been The Portuguese Way of Saint James because of the nice people we have met, the contact with nature and the satisfaction of having walked more than 115km without drawbacks.

Below you have the most important places we visited in Galicia:

• Santiago de Compostela
• Costa da Morte (Muros, Finisterre, Muxía, Carnota)
• Baiona
• Islas Cíes National Park (Rodas Beach)
• Tui and Valença do Minho
• Camino de Santiago Portugués (6 stages and 115km)

• Valença do Minho - Tui
• O Porriño - Cesantes 
• Cesantes - Pontevedra
• Pontevedra - Caldas do Reis
• Caldas do Reis - Padrón
• Padrón - Santiago de Compostela

• Santiago de Compostela
• A Coruña

Santiago de Compostela

Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela from La Alameda

Bell Towers of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela from the roof

Costa da Morte

Shell of The Way of Saint James in Ponte Maceira

The nice bridge of Ponte Maceira

Promenade of Muros in Costa da Morte

Promenade in Muros

 

Hórreo de Carnota, the largest one in Galicia

Lighthouse of Finisterre, the endpoint of El Camino de Santiago

Santuario de la Virgen de la Barca in Muxia

Costa da Morte in Muxía

Baiona   

Baiona castle behind the beach

A Ribeira beach in Baiona

Old town of Baiona, a town of Galicia I liked a lot

Ria de Vigo

Ría de Vigo from our hotel in Vigo

Cíes Islands

Walking trails in Cíes Islands National Park

On the right you can see the camping of Cíes Islands National Park

Taking a bath in Rodas beach in Cíes Islands

Clear water in Rodas beach in Cíes Islands, one of the most beautiful beaches I have seen

Valença do Minho

One of the entrance to the fortress of Valença do Minho in Portugal

Tui from the fortress of Valença do Minho in Portugal

International Bridge between Valença do Minho and Tui over the Minho river

Tui

In Tui after crossing the International Bridge from Valença do Minho

Forest near Tui

  

Redondela - Cesantes

Beach of Cesantes in Ria de Vigo near Redondela

Shell of The Way of Saint James somewhere between Cesantes and Pontevedra

Pontevedra

Plaza de la Leña in Pontevedra

Sanctuary of the Pilgrim Virgin in Pontevedra

Another view of the Sanctuary of the Pilgrim Virgin in Pontevedra.

Caldas do Reis

Pilgrims listening to an interesting story of a villager near Caldas do Reis

Padrón

Shell and yellow arrow of the Portuguese Way of Saint James near Padrón

Santiago de Compostela

In Obradoiro after the pilgrim Mass

A Coruña

  

Riazor beach in A Coruña

Tower of Hercules in A Coruña

A closer view of Tower of Hércules under a lovely day

Beautiful landscape with the Tower of Hércules as a reference

Finally, other beautiful places you can visit in Spain are:



- Catalonia

• Costa Brava in Catalonia
• Barcelona
• Girona

- Basque Country

• Bilbo - Bilbao
• Getaria, Zarautz and Hondarribia in San Sebastián

- Cantabria

• Cantabria
• Santander, Comillas and Santillana del Mar in Cantabria

- Granada

• La Alhambra, Albaicín and Sacromonte in Granada

- Sevilla, Córdoba, Cádiz and Costa de la Luz

• Sevilla
• Córdoba
• Cádiz and Costa de la Luz

- Toledo, Madrid, El Escorial and Segovia

• Toledo, Segovia, Monasterio del Escorial near Madrid

- Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera

• Sóller, Port de Sóller, Deià and Valldemossa in Mallorca
• Palma de Mallorca

• Beaches and Las Dalias Market in Ibiza
• Ses Illetes beach in Formentera

- Zaragoza, La Rioja and Navarra

• Monasterio de Piedra near Zaragoza (Tapeo in Zaragoza)
• Haro in La Rioja
• Laguardia in La Rioja Alavesa
• Camino de Santiago Francés
• Estella and Los Arcos in Navarra
• Tarazona, Veruela Monastery and Sanctuary of Borja

- Alicante

• Alicante, Elche and Isla de Tabarca