Taste Vigo’s authentic farm mussel
The mussel is the king of the Vigo estuary. Cultivated with traditional techniques and kept in the hundreds of farms that dot the coast of Vigo, mussels can be prepared dozens of different ways. The Vigo Mussel Festival, that will be held in Castrelos Park, on the 6th of September, is the best way to discover a typical mexilonada (mussel fest). In the words of one of the most universal Galician writers, Álvaro Cunqueiro...
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,...
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 6th to 9th 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...
The Roman Villa of Toralla, next to Vao Beach, is the only fully excavated Roman villa in Galicia open to visitors. Dating from the 4th–5th centuries AD, the site includes the residence of the owners, their family and servants, as well as salt pans where sea salt was produced for trade.
This is a unique and highly significant archaeological site, located on what was once the private...
