We
are again in Celanova. We visit the parish of Freixo in which the Roman Bridge
over the River Arnoia is located.
Coordinates
to find the location of Celanova in Galicia. Extend the map and reach the Roman
Bridge in Freixo: 42.200484, -7.970246
Our
previous visits to Celanova:
Tower
of Vilanova dos Infantes. Click Here.
The Alcázar de Milmanda. Church of San
Salvador and Sanctuary of A Armada
in O Rabal. Click Here.
We
are in the municipality of Oia. It has about 3000 inhabitants and is situated
to the south of the province of Pontevedra. We will visit the parish of
Viladesuso. Sobreiras do Faro is
located here.
This
is a natural area of 9 hectares formed by cork oaks (Sobreiras in Galician language) that is unique in Galicia there are
also oak and chestnut trees. We will also see in Viladesuso the parish church
of San Miguel and the place called O Sobral.
A
few kilometres away in the neighbouring parish of Mougás the Pozas de Mougás are situated which are
natural pools that are formed in the river of its same name.
As
we have mentioned before the division of municipalities into parishes remains
in Galicia. They are civil parishes and are of ecclesiastical origin.
But
before all that we will go for a walk along the coast of this part of Oia.
Coordinates
to find the location of Oia in Galicia. Extend the map and reach the parish of
Viladesuso: 42.041032, -8.881235
Our
previous visit to Oia: Loureza in Oia, Province of Pontevedra. Pools (Pozas) and ducks in River Tamuxe.
Today
we return to Arcade, in the municipality of Soutomaior, province of Pontevedra.
We will take a walk of just over 1 kilometer by a pedestrian path from the Beach
O Peirao (also called Muxeira Beach) beside
the port and reaches the medieval bridge in Ponte Sampaio. We will go along the
Ría de Vigo and then the River Verdugo at its mouth, passing by Matilde Beach
and underneath the three bridges that cross the river.
Our
previous visit to the port of Arcade: Click Here.
Coordinates
to find the location of Soutomaior in Galicia. Extend the map and reach Arcade: 42.342759, -8.613688
Today
we visit the municipality of Noia in the province of A Coruña, it also gives
name to the Ría de Muros y Noia. We
will see the Tambre Hydroelectric Power Plant, the imposing building designed
by the architect Antonio Palacios and built in 1932. Also we will walk along
the pedestrian walkway beside the River Tambre, the suspension bridge and the
old medieval pesqueiras for lamprey
fishing.
Coordinates
to find the location of Noia in Galicia. Extend the map and reach Tambre
Hydroelectric Power Plant: 42.836400, -8.849661
We
are in Domaio which is one of the parishes of the municipality of Moaña, in the
province of Pontevedra, in the Ría de
Vigo. We will visit the place known as Poza
da Moura.
Coordinates
to find the location of Moaña in the Ría
de Vigo. Extend the map and reach a Poza
da Moura: 42.298163, -8.683482
Today
we visit the seafront of Rianxo.
The
seafront is almost 2 kilometers long. It connects the urban center of Rianxo
from the Port of Setefogas to A Torre
beach in the neighboring parish of Taragoña. The walk offers views of the Ensenada de Rianxo in the Ria de Arousa and the Sierra del Barbanza. Before reaching A Torre Beach we will see O Pazo beach, the Castelo da Lúa (“Castle of the Moon”) and the mouth of the River
Te.
Coordinates
to find the location of Rianxo in Galicia. Extend the map and reach Setefogas: 42.653630, -8.818107
Baños de Molgas is at the center of the province of Ourense, 35
kilometers from its provincial capital, has just over than 2,000 inhabitants.
The municipality is crossed by three rivers Tioira, Sor and above all the
Arnoia.
The
hot springs are the most important economic resource of Baños de Molgas, with the Spa Hotel built in the late nineteenth
century, in 1873.
There
are also other attractions: the surroundings of the Spa with the Roman Bridge
and Park Ansuíña (which we will visit today), the pre-Romanesque ninth century
church of Santa Eufemia de Ambia and
the Sanctuary of la Virgen de los
Milagros, among others.
Coordinates
to find the location of Baños de Molgas
in Galicia: 42.242783, -7.670986
Today
we visit the parish of Amorín in Tomiño. We will see the river Furnia and its Aula Abierta de la Naturaleza (´Open
Classroom of Nature´), the river dock located in a former sand extraction area in
the river Miño and the Parish Church of San
Juan/Xoán.
Amorín
is one of the 15 parishes in the Municipality of Tomiño. It is located to the
south of the Province of Pontevedra, on the River Miño near the mouth.
Coordinates to find the location of Tomiño in
Galicia. Extend the map and reach the parish of Amorín in Tomiño: 41.999819, -8.683520
There
are two interesting hiking routes in Poio, based on water mills:
Route
of the Mills in A Freixa: The route runs through the environment of the River
Cancela. These are old mills that used the force of the water. There are 9
mills, 7 of which have been restored.
Route
of the Mills in Samieira: There are 23 mills their state of conservation is
different, along the River Freiría.
Here
we start the route of The Portuguese Way in Galicia. From Tui in the Miño to Santiago
de Compostela.
Today
we will pay attention to the arrival of pilgrims to Tui, in Galicia, in Spain.
We will walk some first steps of The Way and also we will see the riverside promenade
of Tui.
Pilgrims
enter Galicia/Spain through the International Bridge that links Tui with
Portuguese town of Valença do Minho. It was the only way for road traffic until
a few years ago. The River Miño was crossed by barge before the construction of
the International Bridge.
The
bridge deserves that we stop to pay it a visit.
The
bridge is seen from the Spanish side of the river. We can see behind the bridge
a part of the fortress of Valença do Minho and the two towers of the church.
42.037610, -8.648137
Loureza
is one of the six parishes belonging to the Municipality of Oia. It is to the
south of the Province of Pontevedra. The River Tamuxe crosses Loureza. We will
see how the river forms waterfalls and natural pools and it flows placidly only
two kilometres downstream.
41.983778, -8.817844
Portomarín
is a small town located in the Province of Lugo. It is of about 1600
inhabitants and it is a major staging post of The Way of St. James. Its history
has been linked to The Way but also to the Miño River and to the Roman Bridge
that crosses the river.
Life
in Portomarín changed when the Belesar Reservoir was built in 1963, with its
hydroelectric plant about 30 kilometres downstream. The village in its entirety
was flooded and a new village was built in Monte
do Cristo. The Romanesque church of San
Xoán (San Juan, Saint John), also
called church of San Nicolás, was
moved to the new village and rebuilt stone by stone the same as the church of
San Pedro which was built in the tenth century. An arch of the Roman Bridge
also was moved and today it is located at the entrance of Portomarín.
