Galicia Road Trip
Thanks to the direct flight from UK to this province and also locality with other northern spain airport , this area could be easily reachable and you could have you wonderful driving in spain holidays here .
world-class wineries , traditional spanish cuisine and dramatic coastline with fishing village are the best example of this area natural point of interest .The famous Santiago de Compostela , One of Europe’s most important pilgrim destinations would be explored in this Galicia tour and and other cities like A Coruña, Ferrol, Lugo, Orense, Pontevedra and Vigo would be in you Galicia road trip .
In the Galicia road trip you can pass famous cities and beaches as well as several UNESCO World Heritage sites , in Galicia and you would have the chance to explore the unique nature of this place by your car and do not forget that Galicia has variety of typical produce and dishes like shellfish , veal, octopus and gammon and you can drink two of its most famous wines, Ribeiro and Albariño and the popular “queimada” .
• Spain Self-Drive tour in Northern Spain with one of Our Cars Stay in selected historic hotels with facilities
• Stay in selected sea side hotels with facilities
• visiting markets and vineyard tasting sessions
• taste world famous wine Albariño
• Visit Santiago de Compostela
• Break the journey with seaside strolls
• Beautiful mountain roads & passes
• Breath-taking scenery of Northern of Spain
• Drive national parks
• Drive via amazing ocean coastline
• Discover coastal villages
In the first day of Galicia tour and your northern spain road trip, you will stay in Santiago , capital of the autonomous community of Galicia , which for a centuries was Europe’s most important pilgrim destination .
Santiago de Compostela is one of the World heritage city centered around the Cathedral, as a house of bones of St James . the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela is final destination of all pilgrims and is a place where St. James is buried .
You can take a guided tour to visit the city and discover more and do not forget to taste a great tapas as well as young Ribeiro wine .
Accommodation would be in selected hotel in city and based on availability your preference you can accommodate in the hotel near city old town .
In the third day of Galicia road trip or your northern spain road trip , you will head to Rias Bajas , passing through delightfully rural fishing villages to reach to the Cambados which is the city of the Albariño wine and a noble selected, by the European Network of Wine Cities, as its Spanish destination in 2017 .
Rias Baixas is famous throughout Spain for its wild islands, vast, sheltered beaches . Ría de Vigo is a place that you can get the panoramic view of open Atlantic Ocean, Vigo as very beautiful city has incredible old town and in summer the great beaches with a lot to offer in summer .
In this region , you can be active and have a lots of water sport activities or take a tip to the island of Cies & Ons .
Accommodation would be in selected hotel in sea side and depend to the availability and your preference you can accommodate in the hotel with swimming pool facilities and near the beach or close to city center .
In the fifth day of Galicia tour and your road trip in Galicia , you will head to Ourense , passing through historic Ribadavia which is located on the banks of the river Avia with its most significant Jewish quarter in Galicia .
Then you will head to Ourense which is famous for it’s hot spring and it’s fountain with thermal water . in Ourense you can walk a side of Miño River that passing through city and making a city to the section of north and south and don’t be surprised to het the free tapas wherever you order a drink .
In this area you can try Ribero wines from the vertiginous banks of the Sil and take a road trip to Los Ancares Nature Park to explore wonderful nature of central Galicia .
Accommodation would be in selected hotel and depend on the availability we will do our best to select the hotel location near to Ourense point of interest .
In the seventh day of Galicia tour and road trip in Galicia , you will head to Costa Lucense, passing through Playa de los Catedrales which there are plenty of places to visit beside this beach and it has fine white sand and usually moderate waves .
One of the main attraction of this beach is a collection of rocks arches with a size of 30 meters height that has been shaped by force of Cantabrian Sea in many years .
This beach also has been recognized as a fourth best beaches in the Europe by the users of trip advisor and its fine white sand is clean as like as first days and specially in summer would be the best place for sunbathing .
You can put Viveiro as a base and visit most of the beautiful beaches in northen spain like Covas beach or Rías Altas and you can stick to the Viveiro bay .
Accommodation would be in selected hotel in sea side and depend to the availability and your preference you can accommodate in the hotel with swimming pool facilities and near the beach or close to city center
In the seventh day of Galicia tour and road trip in Galicia , you will head to Rias Altas, passing through La Coruña with its working Roman lighthouse . in Coruña , the Tower of Hercules is one of the UNESCO World Heritage site and city top attraction . the city is full of surprising from old center to modern centry building .
In Coruña you have option to visit marine life in Aquarium Finisterre , Castillo de San Antón that in the past was a guard to any naval attacks and Domus museum which is dedicated to the human species . María Píta Square is the largest and most important city’s plazas which also could be considered as a hearth of modern Coruña .
Accommodation would be in selected hotel and depend on the availability we will do our best to select the hotel location near to Coruña point of interest .
In the last day , based on your departure airport in Northern Spain or your schedule you will drop of the car at airport and the you will depart back to your home .