Vigo highlights private walking tour

Casco Vello is Vigo’s old town, filled with Renaissance-era architecture and centered on fresco-filled, 19th-century Concatedral de Santa María church. Stone steps lead up Rua Baixada O Forte to a hilltop garden and lookout over the harbor, and cobbled lanes open onto Plaza de la Constitución, framed by grand arcades lined with artisan stores. Open-air tavernas serve Galician dishes such as octopus in paprika.

The Fortress of O Castro is a hilltop fortress in Vigo, Spain built in 1665 during the Portuguese Restoration War in order to protect the city from the continuous raids by the British Royal Navy, allies of Portugal. Built on the hill of the same name, the defensive system of the city consisted of the fortresses of O Castro and San Sebastián and the now disappeared city wall. The city wall had an irregular shape due to the orography of the city, it was constructed by the Engineer Colonel Fernando de Gourannanbergue and maestre de campo Diego Arias Taboada to link the two fortresses. Despite this effort to provide security to the city, documents from that time say that this defensive system was ineffective as it could not impede landings further along the coast. After several attempts to improve the defenses of the city, Vigo was looted again by British navy on the 23-24 October 1702 during Battle of Vigo Bay at the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1809, the fortress was occupied by the French army during Peninsular War; on 28 March that year the fortress was reconquered following an uprising by people of Vigo, because of the city was given the honorific title of "the faithful, loyal and courageous city of Vigo" the following year. Nowadays the fortress is one of the preferred sites for people to take a walk in Vigo, because his beautiful gardens, open spaces, fonts and also the privileged views.

In the Plaza de Pedra stands Vigo’s oldest church, the Santa Maria Collegiate Church. It was originally constructed during the Middle Ages, but was completely rebuilt in 1836. This neoclassical building that now dominates the square is dedicated to Christ of Victory, the savior who protected locals from Napoleonic domination in 1809. The church is open Monday to Sunday 9:30 AM to 1 PM and from 6 PM to 8:30 PM. Admission is free.

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.