# Cerca de A Coruña

From A Coruña almost everything lies to the south and west. Westwards, the Costa da Morte, with Muxía and Fisterra; along the AP-9, Santiago and the Rías Baixas, and inland, a little under two hours away, Ourense and the Sil canyon.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/a-coruna/getaways

## Planes de un día
- [Santiago: roofs, cathedral and Alameda](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/santiago-de-compostela/itineraries/cathedral-roofs-and-alameda.md) (59 min en coche): You step into the basilica, climb up to the cathedral's granite roofs, have lunch opposite the Mercado de Abastos and finish at the Alameda with the cathedral lit up. One hour from A Coruña.
- [Santiago: the end of the Camino and the night](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/santiago-de-compostela/itineraries/pilgrim-for-a-day-and-legends.md) (59 min en coche): You walk down with a guide from Monte do Gozo to the Obradoiro, have lunch on Rúa de San Pedro, go into the cathedral, taste Galician wines and close with Compos Tours' night route.
- [Muxía, the Barca and the Vilán lighthouse](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte/itineraries/muxia-camarinas-and-vilan-lighthouse.md) (1 h 14 en coche): The sanctuary of the Virxe da Barca on the rocks of Muxía, fish lunch at the harbour and, in the afternoon, the Vilán lighthouse and the lace of Camariñas. An hour and a quarter from Santiago and A Coruña.
- [O Ézaro, Fisterra and the lighthouse](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte/itineraries/ezaro-fisterra-and-lighthouse-at-sunset.md) (1 h 24 en coche): The Ézaro waterfall tumbling into the sea, Fisterra harbour and its fishing museum, lunch with a view of the ria and the cape lighthouse in the afternoon. An hour and a half from Santiago and A Coruña.
- [A cooperative and a palace of albariño](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/itineraries/two-wineries-saturday.md) (1 h 32 en coche): Two ways of making albariño in one day: the Paco & Lola cooperative in Meaño, lunch in Cambados and the historic winery of the Palacio de Fefiñanes in the afternoon.
- [Winery, Michelin and ruins in Cambados](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/itineraries/winery-star-and-gothic-ruins.md) (1 h 33 en coche): A visit with tasting at Martín Códax with the Arousa estuary in front of you, lunch at Yayo Daporta and the afternoon among the ruins of Santa Mariña and the manor houses of the historic centre.
- [Combarro, Pontevedra and Poio](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/combarro-and-pontevedra/itineraries/combarro-pontevedra-and-poio-monastery.md) (1 h 36 en coche): The Combarro granaries first thing, the free Pontevedra Museum, seafood lunch in the old town and Poio monastery in the afternoon. One hour from Santiago.
- [Cíes: boat, lighthouse and Rodas beach](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cies-islands/itineraries/day-from-vigo-lighthouse-and-rodas.md) (1 h 50 en coche): Permit and boat from Vigo, a climb to the Cíes lighthouse in the morning, lunch at the campsite and the afternoon on Rodas beach before the last boat.
- [Mussel rafts, oysters, Museo do Mar and Baiona](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cies-islands/itineraries/mussel-rafts-oysters-and-museo-do-mar.md) (1 h 50 en coche): A boat past the mussel rafts as far as Rande with mussels, oysters at the Pescadería, the Museo do Mar and, as evening falls, the Monterreal wall and dinner in Baiona.
- [Ourense: Outariz hot springs and a menu at Nova](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/itineraries/ourense-thermal-baths-outariz-and-nova-tasting-menu.md) (1 h 55 en coche): You cross the Roman bridge, soak for two hours at the Outariz hot springs by the Miño and have the eight-course tasting menu at Nova, which holds a Michelin star. An hour from Santiago, Lugo or Pontevedra.
- [Boat, low tide and lobster rice](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ribadeo-and-as-catedrais/itineraries/low-tide-boat-and-seafood-rice.md) (2 h en coche): A boat to As Catedrais from Ribadeo harbour, a stroll through the old town and the Torre dos Moreno, soupy rice in Rinlo, the beach on foot at low tide and sunset at Illa Pancha.

## Every route starts heading south

The city is on a peninsula and every route starts heading south. The AP-9, a toll road, is the main axis: in an hour it takes you to [Santiago de Compostela](/en/spain/galicia/santiago-de-compostela) and continues to Pontevedra and Vigo, with a detour along the Salnés expressway to [Cambados](/en/spain/galicia/cambados) and along the coast road to [Combarro](/en/spain/galicia/combarro-and-pontevedra). From Santiago, the AP-53 leads to [Ourense](/en/spain/galicia/ourense). To the west, the AG-55 heads for Carballo and is the way to the [Costa da Morte](/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte). To the east, the A-6 goes to Lugo and El Bierzo and, at Baamonde, links with the A-8 towards the Cantabrian coast and Asturias.

Without a car, the real option is the Eje Atlántico train: Santiago is about 30 minutes away, and the same line continues to Pontevedra and Vigo, where the boats leave for the [Cíes Islands](/en/spain/galicia/cies-islands). For the Costa da Morte, the Ribeira Sacra or the Gerês you need a car.

## Santiago, Muxía and Fisterra fit without sleeping away

**Less than an hour and a half away** are the Sunday plans without a night. Santiago, 59 minutes, to climb up onto the cathedral roofs; Muxía and Camariñas, 74, and the O Ézaro waterfall and Cape Fisterra, 84. It is the band in which the return does not weigh on you, even after watching the sunset at the lighthouse.

**Between an hour and a half and two hours** you reach the Rías Baixas and the interior. Cambados and its albariño wineries are 93 minutes away; Combarro and the Poio monastery, 96, and the trip to the Cíes, 110 counting the road to the Vigo boat. Ourense and the Ribeira Sacra are 115, already at the limit of what is worth doing there and back in a day.

Beyond **two and a half hours**, the trip calls for a night: Las Médulas are about two and a half hours away, Cudillero a little over two and a half hours, and Guimarães, the Gerês and Porto, already in Portugal, more than three hours.

## In winter, the interior is better than the coast

In winter, the interior holds up better than the coast. Ourense's paid hot springs are open all year and fit into the [thermal weekend](/en/spain/galicia/ourense/itineraries/thermal-baths-weekend-ourense) or the [Sunday with a bath at Outariz and a set menu at Nova](/en/spain/galicia/ourense/itineraries/ourense-thermal-baths-outariz-and-nova-tasting-menu); the free outdoor public pools stay closed until spring 2027. Santiago has no low season: the Sunday at the cathedral is recommended from September to June.

From May to July and in September and October, the albariño of [Cambados](/en/spain/galicia/cambados/itineraries/winery-star-and-gothic-ruins) works well and, in May, September and October, the Ribeira Sacra by boat on the Sil.

In summer the coast rules. The [Cíes, with the climb to the lighthouse and an afternoon at Rodas](/en/spain/galicia/cies-islands/itineraries/day-from-vigo-lighthouse-and-rodas), can only be visited from May to September, with Xunta authorisation and a booked boat. It is also the best time for the lighthouses: the [Sunday at Muxía and the Vilán lighthouse](/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte/itineraries/muxia-camarinas-and-vilan-lighthouse) and the one at [O Ézaro and Fisterra at sunset](/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte/itineraries/ezaro-fisterra-and-lighthouse-at-sunset). Santiago, on the other hand, is less recommended in July and August.

## First, the roofs of Santiago cathedral

- **Without a car, in a day:** [Santiago from the cathedral roofs](/en/spain/galicia/santiago-de-compostela/itineraries/cathedral-roofs-and-alameda). Half an hour by train, the Portico of Glory, the climb to the granite rooftops, lunch opposite the Mercado de Abastos and the Alameda at sunset.
- **By car, in a day:** [Combarro, the Pontevedra Museum and Poio](/en/spain/galicia/combarro-and-pontevedra/itineraries/combarro-pontevedra-and-poio-monastery). An hour and a half along the AP-9 to see the granaries above the ría first thing and the monastery in the afternoon.
- **With two nights:** [the Costa da Morte from Fisterra](/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte/itineraries/two-nights-costa-da-morte-fisterra-muxia-vilan), an hour and a half away, or [the Ribeira Sacra](/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra/itineraries/ribeira-sacra-weekend-from-lugo), less than two hours away, with two boats through the Sil canyon and wineries at Doade.