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...
Do you usually take your skate or bike everywhere? Are you a break dance machine? Then you cannot miss going to the biggest urban sport festival in northern Spain: “The marisquiño”.
Come to Vigo from the 8th to 11th August and enjoy an incredible time with your friends, learn new techniques from your urban sport idols and find out the best spots to slide, practise and test your limits. At Monte de O Castro or in Navia...
Bouzas festivities are probably the most famous celebrations of all the neighbourhoods in Vigo due to the spectacular fireworks. They are held from the 18th to the 23rd of July. For five long days, they fill the neighbourhood with food stalls, street bars, children's attractions (and for the not so young) as well as traditional dances.
The festival is in honour of the Christ of the Afflicted and there is a...
