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7 Padrón
A Coruña. * 8,500. £ @ n
Avenida Compostela, 646 59 33 19.
( Sun. _ Santiago (24–25 Jul).
This quiet town on the Río Ulla,
known for its piquant green
peppers, was a major seaport
until it silted up. Leg end has it
the boat carrying the body of
St James to Galicia (see p86)
arrived here. The supposed
mooring stone, or padrón, lies
below the altar of the church The picturesque gardens and lake of Pazo de Oca Serra de
by the bridge. Carnota Outes
The leafy avenue beside the 8 A Toxa 9 Pontevedra Punta dos
Remedios
church features in the poems of Near O Grove, Pontevedra. @ n Praza Pontevedra. * 82,500. £ @ Lira Esteiro AC550
one of Galicia’s greatest writers, do Corgo, O Grove, 986 73 14 15. ( Fri. n Casa da Luz, Praza da Verdura s/n, Muros Noia
Rosalia de Castro (1837–85). 986 09 08 90. ( 1st, 8th, 15th & 23rd Boa
Her home, where she spent A tiny pine-covered island of each month. _ Fiestas de la Punta Ría de Muros e Noia Tállara
Louro
her final years, has been joined to the mainland by a Peregrina (2nd week in Aug). Porto do
converted into a museum. bridge, A Toxa (La Toja) is one ∑ visit-pontevedra.com Son
of the most stylish resorts in Ponte
Environs Galicia. The belle époque palace- Pontevedra lies inland, at the Beluso
The estuary town of Noia (Noya) hotel (see p562) and luxury head of a long ría backed by Mirador da
lies on the coast 20 km (12 villas add to the island’s elegant green hills. The delightful old Xuño Curota Boiro Rianxo
J
miles) west. Its Gothic church atmosphere. A Toxa’s best- town is typically Galician and has AC550 AG11
has a finely carved portal. East known landmark is the small a network of cobbled alleys and Bamio
of Padron is Pazo de Oca, a church covered with scallop tiny squares with granite calvaries, A Pobra Ría de Arousa Vilagarcía
de Arousa
manor house, with a crenellated shells. Across the bridge is flower-filled balconies and excel- Corrubedo Caramiñal
tower, idyllic gardens and a lake. O Grove (El Grove), a thriving lent tapas bars. On the south Arousa Vilanova de AP9
family resort and fish ing port side of the Old Town are the Ribeira Ill de Arousa
E Museo Rosalia de Castro on a peninsula, with holiday Gothic Ruinas de San Domingos, Punta de Arousa Umia
A Matanza. Tel 981 81 12 04. hotels and flats along side now part of the Museo de Couzo Cambados O Mosteiro
Open Tue–Sun. & 7 glorious beaches. Pontevedra, with Roman steles O Grove
Illa de
and Galician coats of arms and Sálvora PO550
tombs. To the west, the 16th- San Vicente AG41
century Iglesia de Santa María la do Grove Vilalonga Poio
Mayor contains a magnificent A Lanzada Pontevedra
Plateresque (see p29) façade. Combarro
On the Praza de la Leña, Sanxenxo
two 18th-century mansions, Marín
along with two other build ings Illa de Ría de Pontevedra
Ons
in the adjacent streets, form the Mirador da
Museo de Pontevedra, one of Cabo de J Cotorredondo
the best museums in Galicia. Udra Bueu AP9
The Bronze Age treasures are
superb. Among the paintings Hio Moaña
are 15th-century Spanish Cabo de
primitives, canvases by Zurbarán Home Cangas Teis Mirador da
and Goya, and on the top floor a Ría d e Vi go Vigo J Madroa
collection by Alfonso Castelao, Illas
a Galician artist and Nationalist Cies Coia AP9
who forcefully depicted the
misery endured by his people
during the Spanish Civil War. Panxón AG57
Nigrán
E Museo de Pontevedra Baiona
Calle Pasanteria 2–12. Tel 986 80 41 Cabo
00. Open 10am–9pm Tue–Sat, Silleiro
11am–2pm Sun. Ruinas de San
Domingos summer: 10am–2pm
Tue–Sat; call the museum for winter
Scallop-covered roof of the church on A Toxa island hours. ∑ museo.depo.es
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p562 and pp582–3
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