Baiona: Fortress, Coast and Holiday Apartments

Baiona has six beaches integrated into the town centre, with a total of 3,860 linear metres of beach frontage.

Culture

The Fortress of Monterreal is located on the Monte Boi peninsula and preserves the Torre del Reloj, the Torre de la Tenaza and the Torre del Príncipe.

The Monte Boi peninsula has been known as a fortified site for more than 2,000 years.

The Fortress of Monterreal offers views across the Ría, the Cíes Islands and the coastline along which Baiona stretches.

If you include the Paseo de Monte Boi in your plans, the almost 2-kilometre-long path circles a large part of the foot of the fortress.

Outeiro dos Lameiros comprises more than 20 rocks with engravings created by humans.

These engravings are approximately 4,000 years old.

The collegiate church of Santa María dates from the 13th century and combines Romanesque elements with a Gothic structure.

The Virgen de la Roca has a spiral staircase leading to the boat held by the statue.

As a viewpoint over the Atlantic Ocean, this boat has room for five people.

The fortress thus combines the three named towers, its location on the historically fortified Monte Boi peninsula and views of the Ría, the Cíes Islands and the coastline.

The Paseo de Monte Boi is an almost 2-kilometre-long route around a large part of the foot of the fortress.

Nature

Ladeira is the longest beach in the municipality of Baiona.

The beach has regenerating dunes and the large sandbar of Punta da Foz; Ladeira is also part of the estuary protected by the Natura 2000 network.

The Esteiro da Foz wetland provides a habitat for otters, reptiles, amphibians and more than 100 bird species.

The Serra da Groba lies in the south of the municipality of Baiona.

At Alto da Gabiñeira, the Serra da Groba reaches an elevation of more than 630 metres.

The Serra da Groba is suitable for hiking, sports and other leisure activities.

In the landscape around Ladeira, the municipality’s longest beach, regenerating dunes, the Punta da Foz sandbar and the protected estuary lie alongside one another.

The Esteiro da Foz complements this coastal landscape with a wetland whose habitat explicitly includes otters, reptiles, amphibians and more than 100 bird species.

The Serra da Groba also adds an area in the south that reaches an elevation of more than 630 metres at Alto da Gabiñeira.

Other places

Other places in the same destination area include Cores, Nigoi, Virxe Das Mareas, Costoia, Agolada, Vinseiro, Santiso and Soutelo.

Festivals

During the Festa da Arribada, the port and old town of Baiona become an open-air market with stalls selling food and craft products.

The squares host live demonstrations of traditional crafts and live medieval music.

The performances there include appearances by troubadours, falconers, comedians and jugglers.

The Festa da Arribada is classified as a festival of international tourist interest.

The Festa da Arribada combines the open-air market in the port and old town with the demonstrations in the squares.

To the overarching travel overview: Pontevedra.