Ribeira

Ribeira - Overview:

The port town of Ribeira is positioned at the very end of the Barbanza peninsula on the northern lip of the ria de Arousa (bay of Arousa) and is regarded as one of Galicia's oldest and most important seaport towns.

Approaching Ribeira from any direction takes you down from the hills that surround the town to a bay which is almost crescent shaped and features a large port. If you enter Ribeira by car there is plenty of parking available to the right of, and beyond, its large commercial dock. There is also a tourist office quite close to the dock from which you can get a town map and other visitor information leaflets.

Ribeira has much to offer the visitor. You can soak up the atmosphere of a traditional Galician fishing town and visit one of the most active fish markets in the whole of Spain. Even in the late morning crates of fish and buckets of crustaceans still arrive from the latest catch.

Ribeira - Gastronomy:

If you like sardines, then this is the place to eat them. Ribeira has a reputation for sardines and a festival that celebrates them. Even as you walk along the streets that line the harbour you are constantly aware of the smell of cooking sardines as it wafts around in the air, as there is no shortage of small bars constantly grilling them.

Ribeira - Sight-seeing:

The greater part of Ribeira towns sea front is dominated by its large port, but as you step back in to the town itself, you will find a busy and bustling hive of activity with plenty of shops and the occasional interesting building. Ribeira does have some Galician mansion houses and some old churches, but it is more the atmosphere of the place that will determine whether you like it or not.

One other thing that is worth doing at Ribeira is going to the top of mount Castro. It is more a hill than a mountain, but affords spectacular views in every direction of the bay's mouth and Galicia's Atlantic coastline.

Ribadeo is an attractive town with a castle and many colonial style buildings. It is also an early stop on one of the Caminos, or pilgrim routes. It is over 100km from the city of Lugo.

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