Once upon a time ...
there is a magical place where, at Christmastime, the trees, the snowmen and the story books are lit up and grow giant-sized so that everybody starts to smile when they see them.
The children can slide ice skating, take a ride on the Big Wheel and they can also call at Santa’s house to tell him in person...
No plans to go anywhere at this time of year? Pack your bags and come to Vigo!
Autumn is here and with it come some of the best times of the year for enjoying Vigo’s parks and woodlands. The light is softer and the leaves are falling from the trees to create a beautiful multicolour carpet that is irresistible to photography lovers.
If sport is your thing, then the city is surrounded by a green belt of woodland parks that make it the perfect place for...
You have come to work and we know that you have little time for fun but:
Enjoy the oysters:
So that you can try the taste of the sea in Vigo, just right and at a reasonable price you must taste the famous oysters from Vigo, which are served on the street by ostreiras who open them for you, on the spot and with great skill, within a typical environment and in perfect harmony with wines such as Albariño Rías Baixas, a young Ribeiro or...
Vigo’s most traditional urban religious celebration
During the San Roque festivities, every 16th of August, the milagreiro(miracle maker) saint turns the neighbourhood surrounding the San Roque pazo (where they keep its statue) into the largest urban pilgrimage in Vigo. The celebration maintains all the customs of traditional celebrations in the countryside, a romería (religious celebration in honour of a saint)
Every year, thousands of...
