This tour will depart from the Port or Hotel, discovering Vigo with a drive up to the Mount of El Castro to enjoy a view of the city, the bay and the ship. There will be a photo stop.
From here, we will depart to the Region of O Salnés, between the rias of Arousa and Pontevedra. Covers the municipalities of Cambados, O Grove, A Ría de Arousa, Meaño, Sanxenxo and Ribadumia.
On the old maps, O Grove was an island. It was joined up to the peninsula of O Salnés not by man-built bridges such as the A Toxa and Arousa Islands (this is a different story), but by sea-engineering works and the south-western winds. Little by little, the isthmus of the A Lanzada beach has been created, which reaches up to two kilometres in width and four kilometres in length. Beyond the sand expanse and the rich dune system, there is a large extension of mud, sandy beds and meadows of marine vegetation, such as a salad which is the best fertilizer for vineyards. This is the salt marsh of O Vao, submitted to the tidal rhythm, where half a dozen islands emerge, the largest one being A Toxa (1.5 km 2 ). Besides the intertidal system diversity, we must mention the outlet of the Umia and the southernmost end of the Ría de Arousa with all its islets and reefs. This variety of habitats attracts many hibernating water birds, which turn this natural space into one of the best places in Spain to watch them. There are several beaches, about one hundred if you use the popular enumeration to count them. From the old times, the Galician toponym has given a name to every single thing, as witnessed by the archaeological remains (Adro Vello necropolis, San Vicente do Grove) or the pagan tradition when women took nine-wave baths at night to fight sterility and the evil eye, near the Christian hermitage of A Lanzada. The best panoramic view of this natural site, among the most diverse and complex in Galicia, can be enjoyed from A Siradella (159 m), one of the highest spots in O Grove. We will visit all this Region with some spare time for having lunch.
Return to the Port or Hotel.