IMPORTANT NOTICE_ With the aim of promoting its tourism products, Turismo de Galicia carried out an open tender procedure (arm’s length principle) aimed especially at travel agencies. The itineraries included in this brochure are the outcome of the package holiday proposals created by the winning agency. Galicia is water G alicia is the number one hot springs destination in Spain. There are more than 300 hot springs in the region – making it one of the richest in Europe in terms of mineral and hot springs – that were used by the Romans. Our thermal spas have a long tradition as therapeutic, relaxation and leisure centres. Seawater also has many benefits for body and mind and thalassotherapy spas concentrate all these benefits. Besides the water, the algae, mud and sea salt treatments – combined with other products such as wine or chocolate – provide a stimulating experience. In Galicia, the sea offers the world’s finest fish and seafood, guarding treasures deep in its ocean, and its islands innumerable legends. Its water creates beautiful landscapes in which vineyards find the ideal conditions for producing excellent wines. We offer you hot springs and spa tourism so that you can experience Galicia in a totally different way – through its water – combining the best of our land with restful moments in thermal spas and thalassotherapy spas. PUBLISHED BY_ Turgalicia. Estrada Santiago-Noia, km 3. 15896 Santiago de Compostela Tel. 902 200 432 I 981 537 588 I [email protected] COORDINATION_ xxxx DESIGN AND LAYOUT_ Vía Láctea Comunicación, S.L. PHOTOGRAPHY_ Turgalicia Archive PRINTING_ xxxx LEGAL DEPOSIT_ xxxx index 1 Water and nature in Lugo 2 Relaxation at the end 3 Water and adventure in 7 Walk and rest A weekend for getting to of the Way Baixa Limia-Serra do Xurés This is a five-day adventure know the historic city of Lugo We’ll enjoy a day in Santiago Nature Park that links the splendour of and enjoying its hot springs Galicia’s thermal springs with de Compostela, visiting its This experience is aimed at with your family. We’ll walk the beauty of the Way of St stone structures and hot enjoying the mineral waters in 8 Pilgrim - End of the Way spa treatments along its Roman wall, just James. After finishing a day- springs and we’ll discover Lobios, a twenty-first-century Here’s a suggestion for experiencing Santiago in a over two kilometres long. long stretch on the French some of Galicia’s most spa village that shares its space different fashion after finishing the Way: surrounded We’ll also visit the Marcelle Way, our exhaustion will be picturesque fishing villages with Roman-era archaeological by stones, we’ll taste the essence of Galician cuisine, Natureza Zoo, where we’ll see compensated with relaxing on the way to Fisterra. There, sites, all located in a setting of discover the most characteristic corners in the city and kangaroos, reindeer and even spa treatments. we’ll watch the sun sink into spectacular beauty and natural relax body and spirit in an urban spa. giant tortoises. the Atlantic. p. resources which we’ll travel on 46 p. p. p. 56 8 14 foot and horseback. p. 20 4 Water, stone and Cíes 5 Atlanticus 6 Hot springs 9 Family enjoyment 10 An ocean of relaxation 11 Mondariz-Balneario In Oia, we’ll dive into the In Baiona, we’ll call to mind the and O Ribeiro wines in Guitiriz in A Toxa Mondariz – Balneario, a seawater of its thalassotherapy discovery of America. In Oia’s The spa village of Laias and O We’ll enjoy Guitiriz’s waters This island paradise offers flagship hot springs in Europe spa and benefit from thalassotherapy spa, we’ll take Carballiño offer us the healing as a family. We’ll visit its us the sea’s benefits in its since the late nineteenth treatments with algae, mud full advantage of the Atlantic. properties of their micro- beautiful, nature-filled areas, thalassotherapy centres. In century, offers us the ideal and salts. Later, we’ll sail Aboard a sailboat, we’ll ply medicinal mineral waters. full of springs, rivers and O Grove, we’ll sample the plan for diving into its towards the Cíes Islands – a the waters of the Ría de Vigo We’ll combine this experience mills and also benefit from very best seafood and we’ll therapeutic waters. We’ll natural paradise of great to discover the San Simón with the wine-filled richness the properties of its famous embark in its port to ply delight in the rich natural ecological value – where we’ll archipelago, with its history full of of the lands of O Ribeiro, micro-medicinal waters while the Ría de Arousa. Here, and historical heritage enjoy swimming at one of the glorious – and dark – episodes. where we’ll tour a winery and the children enjoy the spa’s we’ll get to see the work surrounding it, which will best beaches in the world. sample its excellent wines. leisure area. done in the shellfish rafts, also take us to Ponteareas, p. 32 where the best seafood in Soutomaior and Tui. p. 26 p. 40 p. 62 the world is farmed. p. 74 p. 68 4 Galician springs Galician springs 5 Galician springs experiences EXPERIENCE1 Water and nature in Lugo EXPERIENCE6 Hot springs and O Ribeiro wines day 1I Lugo day 1I Cenlle day 2I Outeiro de Rei – Lugo day 2I O Carballiño – Leiro 9 day 3I Lugo day 3I Cenlle – Punxín and San Amaro 9 1 9 2 1 EXPERIENCE2 Relaxation at the end of the Way EXPERIENCE7 Walk and rest 2 7 day 1 Santiago de Compostela day 1 Palas de Rei 7 I I 2 8 7 day 2I Noia – Muros – Carnota – Dumbría – Corcubión – Fisterra day 2I Palas de Rei – Melide – Arzúa – Palas de Rei 7 2 7 7 day 3I Arzúa – O Pino – Brión 2 day 4I O Pino – Santiago de Compostela – Brión 2 2 day 5I Santiago de Compostela EXPERIENCE Water and adventure in 3 Baixa Limia-Serra do Xurés Nature Park EXPERIENCE Pilgrim - End of the Way spa treatments day 1I Bande – Lobios 8 day 2I Lobios day 1I Santiago de Compostela day 3 Lobios I day 2 Santiago de Compostela 10 10 I 6 6 6 6 11 6 EXPERIENCE4 Water, stone and Cíes EXPERIENCE9 Family enjoyment in Guitiriz 5 day 1I Baiona – Oia day 1I Guitiriz 5 4 11 day 2I Vigo – Islas Cíes – Vigo day 2I Outeiro de Rei – Friol day 3 Oia 4 11 I day 3I Guitiriz 4 5 11 3 EXPERIENCE Atlanticus EXPERIENCE An ocean of relaxation in A Toxa 4 5 5 10 day 1I Baiona – Oia day 1I A Toxa Island 3 day 2I Vigo – Ría de Vigo – Archipelago of San Simón – Vigo – Oia day 2I O Grove – A Toxa Island day 3I Oia day 3I A Toxa Island TOLL MOTORWAY EXPERIENCE Mondariz-Balneario MOTORWAY REGIONAL ROAD NETWORK 11 HIGH-CAPACITY NETWORK BROAD-GAUGE TRACK day 1I Mondariz-Balneario NATIONAL ROAD NETWORK NARROW-GAUGE TRACK day 2I Mondariz-Balneario – Ponteareas – Soutomaior – Mondariz-Balneario BASIC AND COMPLEMENTARY REGIONAL NETWORK NATIONAL/NATURE PARKS day 3I Mondariz-Balneario – Tui 6 Galician springs Galician springs 7 LU-115 Water and nature in Lugo D.P.1611 N-VI Río Ladra EXPERIENCE Outeiro Bonxe 1 de Rei day 1I Vilar Lugo LU-P-3907 1_ Lugo Río Miño 2_ Old Town A-6 Guillar day 2I 3 Outeiro de Rei 3_ Marcelle Natureza Zoo e propose a weekend family getaway to W Río Narla Lugo explore Lugo, a city with an ancient history 4_ Wall and whose setting revolves around the River N-640 5_ Cathedral LU-234 6_ Centro de Interpretación da Muralla Miño. It is possible to stroll its Roman wall (Wall Interpretation Centre) – more than two kilometres long –, admire Río Miño day 3I its buildings from an almost bird’s-eye view Cancelas LU-021 Lugo and relax in the spa’s leisure areas in their N-640 7_ Museo Provincial de Lugo (Lugo Provincial Museum) hotels. To complete the experience, we’ll LUGO C-630 1-2 4-8 8_ Praza Maior square pay a visit to Marcelle Natureza, where we’ll LU-232 N-540 get to observe animal life in a nature-filled environment of great beauty. LU-P-2923 LU-P-2903 N-VI START_ Lugo MORE INFORMATION_ END_ Lugo > Balneario de Lugo – Termas Romanas_ > Centro de Interpretación de la Muralla. DAYS_ 3 www.balneariodelugo.com Tel_ 982 251 658 / 982 297 347 > Marcelle Natureza_ www.marcellenatureza.com > Museo Provincial de Lugo_ www.museolugo.org I day 1 I Relaxation among hot springs We’ll arrive in Lugo around noon. After dropping our bags at the hotel in the Old Town, we’ll eat in any of the restaurants dotting its streets. Another option is to go for tapas, a deeply rooted custom in the city. No wonder its culinary motto is: “And to eat, Lugo”. We’ll head back to the hotel to enjoy its Hot Springs Club, where parents can relax peacefully while the children have fun in the area designed for them adjacent to the swimming pool, in complete safety. You can access both facilities during your three-day stay. I> Lugo Spa – Roman Hot Springs Water and nature in Lugo Galician springs 9 I day 2 I The Wall of Lugo and its cathedral Back in Lugo, we can take a walk along its Roman wall, Visit a nature reserve and take a journey to Roman times a World Heritage Site, and even stroll its full length, which extends just over two kilometres.