Rías Baixas Tour: Explore Arousa Island, Combarro and Mussel Boat Historical Sites
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8 Ratings
Santiago de Compostela
We delight in the exceptional natural sceneries, breathtaking islands and shorelines, and captivating historic cities in Rías Baixas. Combarro, Cambados, Padrón, the Arousa and Toxa Islands, the mussel boat. An unparalleled and memorable venture, come and experience it!
Duration:
9 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Padron - We visit this important town so closely related to the Camino de Santiago (Portuguese Way) and to the history of the arrival of the Apostle Santiago in Galicia. Here we will visit the church of Santiago with the guide, where the “pedrón” is located, and we will have time to walk through the Alameda and have a coffee.
- Illa de Arousa - We reach the island by crossing one of the longest bridges over the sea in Europe. Once there you can choose between taking a walk through the natural park with our guide, having a drink sitting by the sea or taking a dip in one of the fantastic beaches on the island!
- Cambados - Once in Cambados we see the main square of the town with its impressive Pazo (Fefiñáns). In this town they will have free time to taste local products in one of the many restaurants.
- Illa da Toxa - The island of A Toxa was the first holiday resort in Europe back in the late nineteenth century, also because of the soaps that were made on the island. On the island we will see the historic “Gran Hotel LaToja”, the old soap factory and the curious “Capilla de las Conchas” (completely covered with scallop shells.
- Combarro - We visited this wonderful example of popular architecture. We will walk through its granite alleys between granaries and stone crosses. There is an option to try mussels from Combarro
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Combarro - Optional - Mussel Boat
In the Marina of Combarro we take the boat in which we will cross the Pontevedra estuary; seeing the mussel farms, the towns of Combarro and MarÃn from the sea and the island of Tambo. On board we will have a tasting of mussels and local wine.
What's Included
- Official Tourism Guide
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Gratuities
Location
Rúa dos Bautizados, 12
Rúa dos Bautizados
TOXO TRAVEL office
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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David_a
May 13, 2024
Wonderful Adventure - We really enjoyed this tour. First and foremost, our guide Navarra was fantastic!!! We started with a nice ride out of the city into the beautiful countryside. The little towns we toured were very nice and the boat ride with food/drink was very well done. A perfect way to spend the day.
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Global738134
Apr 13, 2024
Rias Baixas - Bravo Toxo travel. From the booking process in their town centre office to the organisation and punctuality of the tour beginning to end, we had a wonderful day. Our guide, Pablo was excellent, and seeming to enjoy the whole day ensured that we did too. We were a minority English group - most guests were Spanish - but Pablo and Andrea ensured that we were given the information in English, especially if we had any doubts:-) I would happily revisit all the stops on our tour and will not hesitate to book with them again. Ignacio, Andrea and Ruben in the office were very kind and helpful at all times .Thank you. See you soon.
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Richard_s
Oct 6, 2023
Best Mussels ever! - Normally it’s the cultural aspects and views that get our attention on such tours. Trust me, they did but the mussels were out for f this world. Our guide was awesome as well! Even though we were the only English speaking attendees, she made it a point not to leave us out.
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Robert_m
Jul 5, 2023
A perfect day out - This was a great trip to a beautiful part of Galicia. Nogaria was an excellent friendly guide with almost perfect English. We learned a lot about the history and culture of the area and had fun on the wine and mussel cruise. Lunch at O pairoa in Combarro was good.
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F6612hxsilviaa
Oct 17, 2023
Intense excursion to Rías Baixas very well led. Thank you. - It was a very complete day and well spent. Combarro is a beautiful town and we loved it. We really enjoyed our time on the boat, tasting the mussels... and that Albariño was delicious! A pleasure on the boat. I highly recommend it.
Nagore, our guide, a pleasant person and brilliant at his job. I learned many things... I also returned to the island of La Toja, where I had not been since my childhood.
Highly recommended, but take it easy... You don't have to see everything... Enjoy...
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