PROVINCE OF , AS EXPERIENCE ITS MUSEUMS AND DISCOVER ITS CUISINE

ROUTE 06 , AS RÍAS BAIXAS EXPERIENCE ITS MUSEUMS AND DISCOVER ITS CUISINE As Rías Baixas is synonymous with culture and good food. Every town in the province of Pontevedra A SEA OF STORIES has something unique to o er to the visitors. Explore the di erent regions of Pontevedra through these twelve tours and discover its history, culture and gastronomy in its museums. In each itinerary, you will enjoy a great diversity of landscapes fi lled with stories, in which the natural beauty of its beaches, forests or hills is combined with a rich heritage and with museums that unveil the secrets of this land.

01 Wine and lamprey - A Peneda Hill ( and )

02 A land of borders, water and history - NATURAL SPOTS The Atlantic Islands National Park 12 (Vigo, and Vilagarcía de Arousa) 10 11 03 The sacred in nature and the control of the land - O Baixo Miño 7 Cíes Islands (Vigo) The park covers more than 8,840 hectares, over The archipelago of Cíes, at the entrance of the coast- 04 Pure Atlantic Ocean - O Baixo Miño and Vigo 7,285 of them on the sea. It consists of four archipel- 09 al inlet Ría de Vigo, is made up of three islands with agos: Cortegada, Sálvora, Ons and Cíes, which serve an important ecological value: Monteagudo, O Faro 05 Art and city - Vigo as natural barriers to protect the coast and the rías 08 and San Martiño. They serve as observatories of the (coastal inlets) from the Atlantic Ocean, and gather a 06 A sea of stories - Vigo wildlife of the area. rich sea and land biodiversity. PROVINCE OF PONTEVEDRA, AS RÍAS BAIXAS 11 A Peneda Hill-Castle of Castrizán 07 07 Between sea and land - Boat tours of the Ría de Vigo (Vigo) 06 (Redondela and Soutomaior) EXPERIENCE ITS MUSEUMS AND DISCOVER ITS CUISINE 08 An artistic treasure - Pontevedra A Peneda Hill, close to the Verdugo River, o ers pan- Departing from the , there are di erent op- 05 tions: boat tours of the ría, of the Cíes Islands or of the 01 oramic views over the Ría de Vigo, the coast and 04 02 09 Of sea and wine - O Salnés even the Cíes Islands. The megalithic necropolis of seaside towns on the other side of the ría: Moaña and Cangas, in O Morrazo. Come and live new experiences through these twelve itineraries. Cortello dos Mouros and the tumulus Mámoa do Rei Embark on a journey to the essence of the province of Pontevedra: 10 Among rivers and hot springs - were found in the area. In the Iron Age, there was a its history, culture, landscape and gastronomy. 03 castro, and, in 1477, the Bishop of , Alonso 11 A world of richness in the countryside - Tabeirós-Terra de Montes and Pontevedra Fonseca, built a castle there. Later, a chapel conse- https://turismoriasbaixas.com/en/hambre-de-experiencias crated to the Virgin of A Peneda was erected on the 12 Inland – Deza hilltop. More information Cíes Islands (Vigo)

06_Vigo - UN MAR DE HISTORIAS_ENG_b.indd 1-4 31/5/19 18:33 EXPERIENCE VIGO A working area, a residence and a bathhouse have 06 been discovered. This museum shows how life was 12 The Soutomaior Castle and its gardens ROUTE Vigo in the town and displays the archaeological arte- Built in the 12th century, it was enlarged in the 15th century and turned A SEA OF STORIES facts found. into a residential manor house in the 19th century. It is one of the Barrio Illa de Toralla, Oia, 36208 Vigo best-preserved fortifi cations in . Today, it is a museum where Experience the Ría de Vigo, which smells of sea and A SEA OF STORIES salt, and taste the best products of the sea in the P +34 986 810 260 one can learn about the exciting lives of some of the fi gures that used towns of Soutomaior and Vigo. The exploitation of to live in the castle: Pedro Madruga, the Marqués de la Vega de Arm- sea resources has been a thousand-year-old tradi- ijo or María Vinyals. The building is surrounded by a garden that was 10 12 3 Museo do Mar de Galicia tion in Vigo, based not only on seafood harvesting 11 recognised as International Camellia Garden of Excellence in 2012. Museo do Mar de Galicia A CORUÑA Located in an old canning factory, it has an aquarium and farming and on fi shing, but also on salting and that shows the main local ecosystems and how sea R/ Rial, s/n, 36691 Soutomaior canning activities. Through its landscapes, its herit- and fi shing resources are exploited in the area. In- age and its museums, in this land you will discover P +34 886 209 500 T +34 986 804 100 8 9 side, one can also admire the remains of the pre-Ro- the big secrets of the sea. 1 - Soutomaior 4 W www.castelodesoutomaior.com 7 3 5 6 man hillfort settlement of A Punta do Muíño do Vento. A Peneda Hill (Redondela and Soutomaior) 2 - Vigo The Ría de Vigo boasts an important cultural and 1 2 Avenida Atlántida 160, 36208 Vigo gastronomy heritage: the Museo do Mar de Galicia P +34 986 247 750 OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST (Galician Museum of the Sea) shows us the di er- 1 W www.museodomar.com 4 Old fi shing neighbourhood of O Berbés (Vigo) ent sea ecosystems and bring us closer to the sea PONTEVEDRA culture, the castros (pre-Roman hillfort settlements) 2 6 Visitors centre P. N. Illas Atlánticas A traditional fi shing neighbourhood where there used to be dry docks dating from the Iron Age are evidence of an impor- and warehouses to keep the boats and fi shing tools. Later, the fi sher- tant shellfi sh gathering activity. The salt mines of de Galicia–Edifi cio Cambón men’s houses were built. The activities linked to the sea used to take The Soutomaior Castle and its gardens the Roman period show the ancient tradition of the Located in the old town of Vigo, it shows the cultural salting industries, an important culinary product for and natural resources of the Atlantic Islands, such place at the main squares and arcades. the Romans. During the 19th century, the canning as its ecosystems, biodiversity or traditional fi shing. industry became an important economic activity, as MUSEUMS R/ Palma (edifi cio Cambón), 4, 36202 Vigo can be seen in the many old factories that are still CULINARY MOMENTS 1 Museo ANFACO da Industria Conserveira P +34 886 218 090 preserved or in the interesting ANFACO Canning Some of the main food products you can taste in this route are seafood Industry Museum. This is a project of the National Association of Canned W www.parquenacionalillasatlanticas.com Fish and Seafood Manufacturers aimed at dissem- and fi sh, canned fi sh, salted fi sh and wine. However, the history of the Ría de Vigo has much Visitors centre P. N. Illas Atlánticas de Galicia–Edifi cio Cambón inating the importance and evolution of one of the 5 Vigo’s fi sh market (Vigo) more to o er. It was an important defensive point to most historic business sectors in Galicia: the canning 9 Archaeological centre Salinae (Museo do Mar) avoid invasions by sea into the main land, especially sector, a pioneering industry in which the sardine is This archaeological centre aims to tell the story of Group visits to the Vigo’s fi sh market are organised by appointment. during the Middle Ages. And, the Soutomaior Cas- the main product. the only solar evaporation pond of the entire Ro- There, one can attend one of the exciting fresh fi sh auctions. tle was a strategic point to defend the area. Carretera Colexio Universitario, 16, 36310 Vigo man Empire that has been preserved in Galicia and turned into a museum. It used to be an important salt 8 Oyster tastings (Vigo) P +34 986 469 301 factory, which provided salt to the most important W www.museoconserva.es In the Rúa das Ostras, (Oyster Street) oysters can be tasted raw in fi sh canning factories. Today, it displays objects re- several restaurants. 2 Roman town of Toralla lated to the industry, and explains how salt was ob- tained in the factory. 10 Festa da Ostra de Arcade (Soutomaior) This is the most important Roman coastal town in the R/ Rosalía de Castro, 21-23, 36201 Vigo north-west of the peninsula. It is located on a small Festival of Tourist Interest in Galicia that is celebrated on the fi rst cape facing the island of Toralla. The main activities P +34 986 247 691 weekend of April, in which oysters can be tasted raw, in empanada of this town were the exploitation of sea resources. W www.museodomar.com/salinae (Galician savoury pie stu ed with seasonal fi llings) or marinated.

Archaeological centre Salinae (Museo do Mar) Museo ANFACO da Industria Conserveira Roman town of Toralla Oyster tastings (Vigo and Soutomaior)

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