Costa da Morte is a beautiful green region with a magnificent coastline and hills. Our place near Ponteceso is ideally situated to explore the region. Besides the great local cuisine, the Celtic roots of the region are visible everywhere.

~ Balares (15 min by car) and more of the many, many stunning beaches around here
~ Go and see Faro do Laxe (20+ min by car), there is a beautiful walk on the cliff, a tiny glass beach ‘praia do cristais’ (see pics above) and a tiny town with nice restaurants, next to the village there is surfbeach Soesto (see pic below)
~ Take a swim in Rio do Anllons between our home and Ponteceso (3 min by car). Go left right before the bridge when you are going downhill from the house

~ Lighthouse route (15 min) right from our doorstep you can follow the yellow arrows that lead you further on the lighthouse route of the Camino de Santiago.

Further away:

~ Walking tour of Noia (70 min)

~ Barbanza Peninsula (1 hour)

~ Ribeira Sacra (2,5hours)

~ Cies islands (2+ hours)

They say Galicia has more parties than Andalucia.. In Spring & Summer there are Foliadas in which young and old come together to dance and sing traditional folklore. Lot’s of women groups, very powerful.

Citytrips:

Santiago de Compostela (1 hour) 

A Coruña (45 min) or Betanzos (smaller, but charming)

Pontevedra (1 hour & 45 min)

Vigo (2 hours)
Over the border: Porto (3 hours & 20 min)