Camariñas

FISHING MODELS, VESSELS AND GEARS NO LONGER IN USE

Between the 16th and the late 18th centuries, before the Catalans introduced both xávega fishing and dry salting in Galicia, including Camariñas,...

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SHELTER AND SAFETY IN THE HEART OF THE COSTA DA MORTE

In recent years, leisure has also taken a prominent role along with business activities. Enjoying the sea in their leisure time is a daily activity...

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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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Natural Heritage

When walking along the Camariñas coast, you will notice that Nature has been particularly generous with our municipality.

Camariñas’ natural...

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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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THE ORIGIN OF OUR PLACE NAME

The municipality of Camariñas is named after a native shrub, the caramiña (Corema album). It was also called the “hunger herb” because...

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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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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 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),...

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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...