Get to know the character, history and architecture of fishing villages and neighbourhoods

The province of Pontevedra is closely linked to the sea and its extensive coastline serves as a refuge for a good number of towns, villages and neighbourhoods that have managed to preserve their essence intact and keep alive their traditions linked to fishing and salting. Their typical seafaring constructions, the character of their neighbours and an exquisite gastronomy based on products from our estuaries are their unbeatable letter of introduction.

A Guarda, Baiona, Bouzas, Combarro or A Illa de Arousa are just some of the beautiful places where you can get to know the many names that their inhabitants use to refer to the traditional boats with which they go out to sea. traditional boats with which they go out to fish, get to know the hustle and bustle of their marketplaces and markets and even share a day's work with the shellfish gatherers who extract the excellent shellfish from the coasts of As Rías Baixas.

These seafaring enclaves were the driving force behind the economic and social development of the province and were home to a flourishing canning and saltingindustry, the remains of which you can discover on an exciting tour of the coastline of Pontevedra while tasting some of the excellent delicacies from the fertile waters of As Rías Baixas.