9 Photos – 9 reasons to fall in love with Costa da Morte, Spain
30 March, 2015
Far from the sun and the beach-style idea of Spain, there’s a place where the world ends and legends and myths are still alive. Welcome to #slowtravel, these are 9 reasons why I’ve fallen in love with Costa da Morte.
Praia do Rostro opens to the ocean. There are beaches like this all through the coast line, brave and virgin. But here, when the storm is strong, there’s a ship that arises from under the sand.Cows pose for the picture at Cabo Touriñan, Muxia. They might not now how to use Twitter, though. In Winter, these might be your only companion on the road.There’s a food culture all around Galicia that talks about fresh product and powerful taste. Conger eels sun dry at the coast of Muxia, but they are made for export to the inner regions of SpainFishing men come to the end of the world, at Mar de Fora beach, when the sun is down. They are looking for Seabass when the tide is high and the ocean wild on the rocks.2 strange stones stack at Dumbria’s Pedra Cabalgada in front of Monte Pindo. Who put one of top of the other? It remains a mistery but there is magic in the air.Where the Romans believed the world ended, there’s an ocean crushing with the cliffs all the time. A battle of stones and water, but also of gods and men.At night, lighthouses guide the ships safe home, making them aware of the deadly coast that surrounds them.Inner seas near the ocean, the dams built to create the energy that moves the area.Xallas river crushes in the ocean. But not through a Ria, this is Ezaro’s waterfall. A 100 meters fall who’s beauty is still intact despite the fires that burn the area a couple of years ago.
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Following my staycation in Pontevedra a couple of weeks ago, I decided to keep exploring the beauties of Galicia, and headed for a weekend in Lalín. Lalín isn’t really far from Pontevedra or Vigo (actually, it isn’t far from any other spot in Galicia as it’s located right in the middle of it) and I hadn’t been there before, so it was a great point for a start. And here’s the top things to do on your visit to Lalín (and what you shouldn’t miss on your next trip to Galicia): 1. Visit a real “fraga” or Galician forest at Fraga de Catasós When people talk about Fraga in Galicia, most times they refer to the surname of the politician who ruled the region since the Franco time. But here in Lalín fraga (an Atlantic kind of forest with different types of deciduous trees, which used to cover Galicia before eucalyptus and pine…
When I was a kid, I used to love the Indiana Jones movies. Of course, the movie series does not portray archaeologists right and I kind of agree with Amy from BigBangTheory. But I still have a thing for discovery and learning, so every once in a while I try to visit a museum (the British Museum is in my top ten). So, when RockArtRoll invited us to visit one of the biggest collections on Rock Art in all Europe, I had to be in. The route would take us to Ponte Caldelas and Cotobade, near the city of Pontevedra (a must visit in the area). The theme: the prehistoric hunt of the deer. Touron Rock Art Site We started the route at Touron, a small village with an open air (and free access) 150.000 square meters area that includes many petroglyphs, a small forest and some amazing views of the region. The site has…
This weekend, there is a major party in Celanova: it’s A Ramallosa! Almost 15.000 handmade paper lanterns will light the village as a previous pilgrimmage of the Virgen de la Encarnación (Virgin of the Incarnation), which will happen this first sunday of August. While this is a great excuse to visit Celanova on itself, there is much more to see and do in Celanova, near Ourense. Here you have my must-sees in Celanova, to get you inspired for the weekend (or any other time of the year). The “Praza Maior” Celanova’s main square or plaza mayor is the first thing tourists see in Celanova. It is not a “plaza mayor” like the ones in Madrid or Salamanca. Here the rain and the winter cold (or the summer heat) have made people much more pragmatic, so you won’t see arched paths or terraces. On the one hand, the Monastery of Saint…
Today’s plan was to go stargazing from a ship and learning more about Salvora Island at the Rias Baixas region in Galicia. But we woke up and it was cloudy and it seemed that the sun hadn’t showed up in Cambados for a week, so we weren’t expecting any stars. We were expecting the sea to shine the way I see it now, with a blue light that makes the ship glow underneath as we sail through the Ria de Arousa at night, just as if a thousand led lights were highlighting our way. Undoubtedly one of the most surreal experiences I’ve lived lately (and there’s been a few.) But let’s go step by step, this trip was full of experiences and secrets. Sail with me on our trip through the Ria: Traveling to Salvora: As I was telling you, our departure point was Cambados harbour. This village, full of…
When you say Galicia, first things that come to my mind are green mountains, amazing food, welcoming people, #TheWay, and the wild sea. But that is just a little portion of what you can find in this land of legends and mysticism in the northwest of Spain. So here is my list of 15 things to do in Galicia at least once in a lifetime. 1.- Imagine that the world ends on an precipice in front of you at Costa da Morte They used to say that each night the sun would fade, sparkling like a hot coal, and that beyond this place there was only a region of monsters and darkness. Nowadays, many pilgrims continue their way from Santiago to this point only to witness one of the most beautiful sunsets in the world. Fisterra or Finisterre, was known since the Roman Empire as the most western point of the European continent. Although it is not,…
I had been thinking about doing a staycation in the Pontevedra area to enjoy it calmly like any other traveler. But it wasn’t until past October when I had the chance to do it and reconnect with some of the most beautiful places in the city and the surrounding area of Terras de Pontevedra. If you think you already know the area from your last trip to Rias Baixas and Galicia, think better. 1. Walk about one of the best places to live in the World Pontevedra has been awarded with many international prizes for its urban development. But here urban development doesn’t mean just architecture or city design, we are talking about one of the most accessible, walkable and human-centered cities in the world. The paved streets have been mostly pedestrianized and the buildings of the historic centre are not only beautiful, but full of life every day of…
A couple of weeks ago I visited the Muxía, Fisterra and Dumbria area, the south and less known area of Costa da Morte in Spain. One of those amazing places in Galicia where your only option is to go there by car or hiking through Camino de Santiago (the extension way from Santiago de Compostela just covers this area on an almost round route.) The area is full of great places where to enjoy the rich Galician gastronomy and enjoy the slow living of its inhabitants. We were on a route (#acostadamorteenamora) that would take us through the most beautiful places on the area, and these are the places we visited (for food and sleep). Sleeping at Lires We set our base at Lires, a small town well-known for an amazing sunset (known as the Lires sunset). We couldn’t see this beautiful sunset at Costa da Morte, the weather was awful…
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