Camariñas

CENTRO NEURÁLGICO

The port is the nerve centre of Camariñas. Boats that come and go, fishing gear with a salt patina, seamen and seawomen bringing exquisite...

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COASTAL DEFENSIVE BASTION

The Camariñas ria, as well as others all over the Galician coast, was an important strategic location during Europe’s 16th, 17th and 18th...

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BENEDICTINES AND VIKINGS

The place where this church stands today was home to the twice-rebuilt Benedictine monastery –the black monks– of Santa Mariña de Tosto. It is...

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THE TRAGEDY OF THE SERPENT

One of the most deadly places in the Costa da Morte is the area between Boi Point and Cagada Point, that has witnessed eight shipwrecks with 245...

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PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE RIA

This coastal point is called the “Old Castle” on account of the existence of two battery sections dating back to before the...

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MEN´S GUARDIAN

Monte Farelo, where the chapel of the Virxe do Monte (18th century) stands, is a strategic area close to Cape Vilán. From this promontory (about 60...

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THE ORANGES WRECK

The Coenda Longa Beach is a pebbly beach or, as it is called here, a “coido de bolos”, very typical of Camariñas’ granite...

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THE BIGGEST FISH FARM IN THE WORLD

Since its opening in 2005 and until recently, the fish farm belonging to the Stolt Sea Farm company was the world’s largest. It has an area...

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LIGHT OF THE SEA

The sinking of the English battleship HMS Serpent (1890) in Boi Point gave an impulse to the construction of the current lighthouse and its...

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THE GERM OF VILÁN LIGHTHOUSE

You are at the Cape Vilán’s old lighthouse (1854).

Following two fatal wrecks at Boi Point, one of them the Serpent’s (1890),...