The last ría before the Portuguese border, it is remarkably sheltered and protected by the Islas Cíes. The landscape is at its most beautiful by Domaio, where the steep, wooded banks draw together and the narrow channel is covered in mussel beds. Vig..

With the hill of El Castro, at the top of which stands a fort, the Madroa viewpoint provides the best view of Vigo and the river of the same name, a sea inlet deep inland. From there you can even see, to the south of the town, the beaches of Alcabr..

The archipelago of the Cíes Islands stands guard at the entrance to the Vigo River, which it shelters from winds from the open sea. The islands, blessed with almost flawlessly white sand and crystalline waters, are home to a host of birds. They have ..