Discovering Pontevedra: monuments, museums, parks, trails and nearby
Taking a walk in Pontevedra
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Built with patience through centuries, this “boa vila”, with its delicious streets and squares named after the typical guilds, full of cult and popular architecture buildings, possesses one of the most beautiful and best preserved historical collections of Galicia.
Besides, in recent years Pontevedra has become almost completely a pedestrian city, where you can take long walks, rest in the parks and squares, or enjoy a snack, a coffee or a drink in any of the crowded bars.
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Besides, in recent years Pontevedra has become almost completely a pedestrian city, where you can take long walks, rest in the parks and squares, or enjoy a snack, a coffee or a drink in any of the crowded bars.
Download Tourist MapNaval rooms in the Pontevedra museum.
In the García Flórez building you can see the different rooms the museum devotes to the nautical science, this will remember you that Pontevedra is a city opened to the sea, and that the sea is etched in its history.
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Monastery of San Xoán de Poio.
We leave Pontevedra a couple of hours to visit one of the most emblematic monuments of the Pontevedra coast, situated in a beautiful hillock with view to the ría.
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The Isla de las Esculturas.
Walking through the banks of the Lérez, you can get to this sheltered natural space where the art considers the relation of the man and the environment. The Isla de las Esculturas houses 12 works with a common element: the granite.
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Essential resources
Streets and squares
Museums, libraries and files
Ancestral homes and singular buildings
Churches and convents
Routes
