All Sightseeing Posts
As we knew today was probably going to be our last in the Picos de Europa we were enthusiastic to make the most of the limited time available and the best of the weather.
On our way into Potes yesterday, we had passed by an impressive building, named the Centro de visitants Sotama, so we headed back to investigate.
Continue reading Picos de Europa National Park in the Cantabrian Mountains
Barreiros, our current base, is in the region of A Mariña Oriental on the northern Galician coast and along its 8 kms of coastline are several beautiful and often deserted beaches, as well as the very popular Praia das Catedrais. Continue reading Praia das Catedrais or Cathedrals Beach
Today we headed east to visit the Cathedral at Santiago de Compestela. We were aware that many thousands of pilgrims and hikers make the pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago, along various routes to visit the remains of St. James believed to be buried here. The BBC recently highlighted the Camino in the series Pilgrimage: The Road To Santiago.
Continue reading Santiago de Compestela Cathedral
Apart from the many ports and towns lining this area of Galicia’s coastline which we passed on our way to our destination, we have been blessed with two beaches adjacent to our campsite and we were keen to check them out.
Just a short walk from the campsite was the delightful fine white sandy beach of Lariño which stretches 2 kms towards the lighthouse, El Faro, at Punta Ínsua.
We had promised ourselves an afternoon/evening visit into Porto to the historical centre of Ribeira.
Having re-loaded our metro card with 2 titles for the return trip we headed back to Trindade.
We knew our time would be too short to take in everything Porto has to offer but as always that’s a good excuse to return in the future.