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Vigo and Baiona Tour

Vigo
Book online or call: +44 0800 015 4961
Duration: 4 h
Activity Level: Easy
Experience: Adventure, Family, Historical, Nature
Language: English
Photo permit included
Tour by public transport
Canal Boat tour included
Train tickets included
Suitable for little children
Wheelchair accessible tour
Museum ticket included
Light snack included
Lunch included
Transportation included
Walking Tour

Overview

Baiona was the first European Port to be told that America has been discovered. On March 1st, 1493, the Pinta, one of the ships from Columbus’s voyage to discover ‘The New World’, returned to Europe and arrived in Bayona. A replica of the ship is still present in the Port of Bayona today. The old, historic city center of Bayona boasts narrow stone streets, the Convent of the Dominicans, the Chapel of Misericordia, and the Lorenzo Correa House.

What's included

  • ​Air-conditioned transportation
  • English speaking professional tour guide

Highlights

Baiona
Baiona is a town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, an autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It's a tourist town with a medieval historical center situated by the outlet of the Vigo Bay. Its population of just over 11,000 rises to around 45,000 in the summer if one includes tourists. Since it is on the Portuguese Way path of the Camino de Santiago 30,000 hikers also visit every year. Other than tourism the major economic activities revolve around fishing. It was founded in 140 BC by Diomedes of Aetolia. Throughout its history, it has had several names including Stuciana, Abóriga, Balcagia, and Erizana. On March 1, 1493, the Pinta, one of the ships from Columbus' voyage to the New World returned to Europe and arrived in Baiona, making the town's port the first to receive news of the discovery of America.
Vigo
Vigo is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra (Spain), part of the autonomous community of Galicia. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the Ria de Vigo, the southernmost of the so-called Rías Baixas. Vigo is the most populated municipality of Galicia and the most populated city with a population of 350,000 inhabitants. The municipality has an area of 109.06 km2 (42.11 sq mi) and has a population of 295,364 in 2019. Vigo is one of the region's primary economic agents, owing in part to the French Citroën automotive factory and to the Port of Vigo. Close to Portugal–Spain border, Vigo is part of the Galicia–North Portugal Euroregion. The European Fisheries Control Agency is headquartered in Vigo.

Itinerary

10:00

​Leave Vigo port
Explore Baiona
Visit the old fortress
Enjoy the Parador Conde de Gondomar
Travel along the road that separates Vigo and Bayona
Admire the view from Monte Santa Tecla
Return to Vigo port

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