# Cambados Albariño bodega tours in Cambados, the Fefiñanes palace, the ruins of Santa Mariña and learning to gather shellfish, half an hour from Pontevedra. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados · Revisado: 2026-11-13 Cambados is a seafaring town in the Salnés, on the south shore of the Arousa estuary, and the capital of albariño from the Rías Baixas Designation of Origin. Its old town is a Site of Cultural Interest, with one of the finest ensembles of pazos (manor houses) and stately homes in Galicia, and around it, among vines trained on pergolas, are the bodegas. You can see it in a day from Pontevedra or Santiago; with a night, you enjoy it without driving after tasting. ## How do I get there from Pontevedra or Santiago? By car. From Pontevedra, along the Salnés road, it is about half an hour. From Santiago it is about 65 km along the AP-9 and the Salnés expressway, with the exit for Cambados. In the centre parking is harder in summer; the seafront promenade and the area around plaza de Fefiñanes are the reference. If you are going to taste wine, arrange for someone who doesn't drink to drive: the bodegas are outside the town. ## Which bodega should I visit? There are two in the town, in very different styles. The bodega of the Palacio de Fefiñanes is in the centre, inside a palace that is a monument, and is one of the historic albariño houses; it opens Monday to Saturday by reservation. Martín Códax, in Vilariño, on the outskirts, is the big bodega, with a tasting terrace over the estuary and tours every day by reservation: from €21 for the Orixe visit, of 75 minutes and two wines, which admits children. Ten or twenty minutes by car, through the interior of the Salnés, there are three more. Granbazán, in Tremoedo, 3 km away, receives visitors in a blue-tiled building, for €25 with tasting and half price for under-12s. Paco & Lola, in Meaño, is a cooperative of more than 430 winegrowers, with a three-wine tour for €15. Pazo Baión, in Vilanova de Arousa, also shows the estate, with the dairy and the dovecote, from €25, and under-18s do not pay. On Sundays, neither Fefiñanes nor Martín Códax runs tours, and Granbazán does not either. The exception is the Gourmet Visit at Paco & Lola, on Saturday and Sunday at 13:00, subject to availability. ## What else is there to see? The walk around the old town starts in the great plaza de Fefiñanes and reaches A Mouta beach, with the remains of the Torre de San Sadurniño. At the top, the ruins of Santa Mariña Dozo, a roofless Gothic church turned into a cemetery, share the site with the Museo Etnográfico y del Vino. To get away from the wine, learning to gather shellfish with the estuary's shellfish gatherers is a three-hour experience that also admits children. And for a morning on foot, the Ruta da Pedra e da Auga descends 6.5 km beside the river Armenteira, past more than thirty mills, from A Armenteira, a quarter of an hour by car. ## Where do I eat and sleep? For a special meal, Yayo Daporta, with one Michelin star, in a former 18th-century hospital: creative Galician cooking with shellfish and seaweed from the estuary; it opens on Sunday lunchtimes and is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. To sleep, the Parador, in the Pazo de Bazán, on the seafront and with a seasonal pool, or the Pazo A Capitana, a 15th-century house among vines on the outskirts. ## When to go From May to October. In September the grape harvest arrives. Around the first Sunday of August the Albariño Festival is held, with the bodegas out on the street; book everything well ahead for those days. In winter it is quiet and you eat just as well, but the bodegas receive visitors by reservation and not all open on Sundays. ## How long do I need? A day is enough for a bodega, a walk around the old town, Santa Mariña and a good meal. With a night you add a second bodega in the interior and the estuary at dusk without watching the clock, or the mill route in the morning. ## Dónde está - Cerca: O Grove, A Toxa and A Lanzada (a 4.7 km), Combarro and Pontevedra (a 12.8 km), Cíes Islands (a 33.3 km), Santiago de Compostela (a 46.3 km) ## Qué hacer - **Visit and tasting at Bodegas Martín Códax** (1 h 15 · Adults; the Orixe visit admits children · Desde 21 € per adult): Cambados' best-known albariño winery is in Vilariño, on the outskirts, with views over the Arousa estuary. It was born in 1985 as a joint project of 50 grape growers and today brings together more than 500 families; its name recalls Martín Códax, a 13th-century Galician troubadour. All visits tour the winery, explain how D.O. Rías Baixas albariño is made and end with a pairing tasting with the estuary as the setting. Which visit to choose Orixe, the entry level: 75 minutes, two wines with two Galician artisan cheeses. It costs €21 per adult and €8 for ages 5 to 17; under-5s go free, with a maximum of two children per adult. Tuesday to Saturday at 11:00. Ondas do mar, for over-18s only: 90 minutes and three wines with seafood bites, for €28. Tuesday to Saturday at 12:00 and 17:00; on Friday, only at 17:00. Creaciones singulares, for those who already know albariño: two hours with limited-edition wines, from centuries-old vineyards and late harvests, for €50. Fridays only at 12:00, over-18s. Mar de Fondo, the most leisurely: an exclusive visit for each group, with the full range and a gastronomic proposal, for €120 per person. Request it five days ahead. Groups are of up to 24 people and visits are in Spanish or Galician; in English, check availability beforehand. The website also lists a Christmas visit, Martín Códax Nadal: 90 minutes and three wines, for €24 per adult and €8 per child. The winery asks you to check the accessibility of its facilities before going. Booking and getting there Book on the winery's wine-tourism website, at enoturismo@martincodax.com or on 986 526 040. The winery is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 19:00; there are no scheduled visits on Sunday or Monday. It is at Burgáns 91, in Vilariño, a few minutes by car from the centre of Cambados. After the visit Stay on the terrace or at the Barra Atlántica, its wine bar, to try by the glass or the bottle what was not in the tasting. On the terrace they also hold the Cantigas, tastings guided by the sommelier around a theme. To step off the classic route, the winery offers learning to gather shellfish with the estuary's shellfish gatherers, which also admits children. If you are driving, share the car and let whoever is not tasting drive. For the afternoon, the tasting at the Palacio de Fefiñanes, in the centre, offers the counterpoint of a historic winery. - **Tasting at the Palacio de Fefiñanes winery** (Adults): The Fefiñanes palace closes one side of the large square of the same name, in the centre of Cambados, and is a Site of Cultural Interest in the monument category. Inside is one of the historic albariño wineries: according to Turismo de Galicia, it has operated since 1904 and is the oldest in the town. The visit shows the palace and the winery and ends with a tasting of its wines. The palace and its wine The 16th-century ensemble around the square brings together the pazo with its round balconies at both ends, the church of San Benito, a keep and a Baroque arch-bridge. In the courtyard you can see the coats of arms of the viscounty of Fefiñanes and the marquisate of Figueroa. The first viscount was born in 1583 and was the one who finished the palace as it is seen today. The winery works with a small vineyard of centuries-old vines, of around a hectare, inside the walls of the estate, trained high on pergolas to protect it from damp, and with grapes from a handful of small growers in Cambados. Its flagship wine is the Albariño de Fefiñanes, whose label was designed in 1928 by the Compostela jeweller and jet craftsman Enrique Mayer and which won a prize at the Barcelona International Fair of 1929-30. It also makes the 1583, fermented in French oak barrels; the III Año, with long ageing on lees, intended for keeping; and the Armas de Lanzós, with oxidative ageing in 500-litre barrels. It also makes orujo. How to book Monday to Saturday, from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 20:00, always with advance booking at visitas@fefinanes.com or on 986 542 204. It is at Plaza de Fefiñanes, no number. The winery does not publish on its website the price of the visit or which wines are in the tasting: ask when you book. Turismo de Galicia reckons an hour or a little more for the visit with guided tasting. It is closed on Sunday, and the town's other big winery, Martín Códax, also schedules no visits that day: if you only have Sunday, see the palace from outside and leave the tasting for another trip. Being right in the centre, it is the winery that combines best without a car: you leave the tasting and start the walk through the old town, which begins in this same square. For a special meal, Yayo Daporta, with a Michelin star, and for sleeping without driving after tasting, the Parador, on the seafront promenade. - **Santa Mariña Dozo ruins and the Wine Museum** (1 h · All ages · Ruins free): A Gothic church that lost its roof and was left with its arches open to the sky, on the slope of Monte da Pastora. Around it and inside it is Cambados' cemetery, and the pointed arches above the graves make the ruins one of the images of the Rías Baixas. Álvaro Cunqueiro called it "the most melancholy graveyard in the world". Its history The church was built on a 12th-century Romanesque chapel. It was built by Lope Sánchez de Ulloa, and his daughter, María de Ulloa, restored and enlarged it in the late 15th century. It is of the style that in Galicia is called seafaring Gothic, with some Renaissance touches: a single nave divided by four transverse arches, five side chapels, the sacristy and the main chapel. The arches and chapels are decorated with balls, and in the chapels there are reliefs of the Visitation, Christ with the apostles, the expulsion from Paradise and the deadly sins; one of the arches represents sloth. In the 19th century the church was partly destroyed. Turismo de Galicia records two explanations: a fire, accidental or deliberate, or the unrest of the time. It was declared a National Monument in 1943 and is a Site of Cultural Interest. In December 2013, on reaching seventy years as a monument, it joined the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe: it is the first in the province of Pontevedra and the fourth in Galicia, after San Amaro in A Coruña, the English Cemetery in Camariñas and the one in Lugo. How to visit It is in the upper part of Cambados, on the climb up Monte da Pastora. The ruins can be seen free of charge; they have no published hours, and as it is still a working cemetery, you should go respectfully and quietly, especially if there is a burial. The best time, according to Turismo de Galicia, is dusk, when the light comes through the arches. If you climb Monte da Pastora, you have views over the Arousa estuary. The Ethnographic and Wine Museum Next door, at avenida da Pastora 104, is the Museo Etnográfico e do Viño, in the Casa Ricoy, a former 16th-century rectory. It was one of the first museums in Spain devoted to winegrowing and explains the wine of the Salnés and the Rías Baixas: history, grape varieties, production and popular culture. It is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and in the afternoon from 16:30 to 19:30 in winter and from 17:00 to 20:00 in summer, and on Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00. Entry costs €1, and under-11s do not pay. Phone, 986 526 119. It is a good first stop before the wineries: afterwards, the tasting at the Palacio de Fefiñanes or the visit to Martín Códax. And to round off the morning, go down to the old town. - **Learn to gather shellfish, with wine, on the Arousa estuary** (3 h · Families · Desde 45 € per adult): An experience from Bodegas Martín Códax to get to know shellfish gathering, a centuries-old trade on the Arousa estuary, at close quarters, with professional shellfish gatherers. It lasts about three hours, combines the estuary's sandflats with the winery and the tasting terrace, and admits children, with a ticket at €20. What you do The first part is on the sandflats of the Arousa estuary, the cradle of shellfish gathering, with professional shellfish gatherers who teach you their trade and the richness hidden in the sand. Afterwards you tour the Martín Códax winery, in Vilariño, to learn about its origins and how they make their D.O. Rías Baixas wines, all albariño. The winery was born in 1985 from 50 grape growers and today brings together more than 500 families. It ends on the terrace over the Arousa estuary, with a pairing tasting guided by the sommelier: three albariños accompanied by three dishes made with local produce. Price, groups and booking It costs €45 per adult and €20 per child aged 5 to 17. Groups are a minimum of 5 people and a maximum of 24, and the experience is held in Spanish or Galician. It cannot be booked on the spot: you must request it at least five days ahead, using the form on its website, at enoturismo@martincodax.com or on 986 526 040, and the winery confirms. Martín Códax is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 19:00, at Burgáns 91, Vilariño. The winery does not publish on that page the dates when it runs or the meeting point on the beach: ask when you book, together with the footwear to bring. Nor does it detail accessibility: if someone in the group has reduced mobility, ask beforehand, because part of the activity is on sand. With children and what to combine It is one of the few wine activities that makes sense for a family: the children get the beach and the shellfish, and the adults the tasting. If you want something similar with smaller groups, the winery also offers Los tesoros de la ría, three hours, with a visit to a traditional cannery and three wines, for €45 per adult and €18 per child, for eight people; and El mar en libertad, four hours on a traditional boat, for €760 for a group of up to ten. In the afternoon, head to the centre of Cambados for the walk through the old town and the San Sadurniño tower, or go up to the Santa Mariña Dozo ruins. - **Plaza de Fefiñanes, the old town and the San Sadurniño tower** (2 h · All ages · Independent · free): Cambados' old town is a Site of Cultural Interest and one of the finest ensembles of pazos and stately houses in Galicia. The walk begins at Plaza de Fefiñanes, with the palace and its winery, continues along the paseo da Calzada and the seafront promenade and ends at the urban beach of A Mouta, where the remains of the San Sadurniño tower stand, an old fortification that defended the town. The route Plaza de Fefiñanes is the most imposing in Cambados and, for Turismo de Galicia, one of the prettiest in the region. It is the heart of the stately Fefiñáns quarter, and the 16th-century ensemble around it brings together the pazo with its round balconies at both ends, the church of San Benito, a keep and a Baroque arch-bridge. Inside the palace is the winery of the tasting at the Palacio de Fefiñanes. From there you go down to the paseo da Calzada, a poplar-lined promenade that is the setting for the Albariño Festival in August. Next to it is the old 17th-century Pazo de Bazán, built by the ancestors of Emilia Pardo Bazán and today the Parador. The seafront promenade, with palm trees and green areas, looks onto the Arousa estuary: from it you see A Toxa, Arousa island, the O Grove peninsula and the mussel, oyster and scallop rafts. The last stretch crosses the San Tomé quarter, the most seafaring in Cambados, to A Mouta beach and the San Sadurniño tower. Its ruins, from the Early Middle Ages, stand on the islet of da Figueira, and you reach them across an arched bridge, but only when the tide is not high. When and how Mid-morning, before lunch, or at dusk, with the low tide leaving the estuary bare. Check the tide table if you want to cross to San Sadurniño: at high tide the way is cut off. Allow about two hours with stops. It is flat and can be done with a pushchair, and with a dog on a lead. The old town is explored on foot; in summer parking is harder in the centre, and the seafront promenade and the surroundings of Plaza de Fefiñanes are the reference points. The tourist office is on the paseo da Calzada and there they tell you which wineries are open each day. If you have time left, go up to the Santa Mariña Dozo ruins, in the upper part, with the Ethnographic and Wine Museum next door: it is the natural complement to this walk. With children, the walk ends well: on A Mouta beach, with the tower in sight. - **Albariño Festival** (Adults): Cambados' great festival is held every year in the first week of August, with the first Sunday of the month as the big day. The Salnés wineries bring their albariños out onto the street and the town fills with people for several days. Since 2018 it has been a Festival of International Tourist Interest: the Secretary of State for Tourism awarded it the title by a resolution of 31 August that year. What happens at the festival The main stage is the paseo da Calzada, the tree-lined poplar promenade that skirts the old town, next to the Parador. Dozens of stalls from local wineries are set up there selling their albariños at popular prices: it is the easiest way to taste wines from many different houses in one afternoon without going from winery to winery. Around it, the programme adds courses, talks on wine, concerts, parades through the streets, music and folk performances, and open-air dances at night. The festival's peñas fill the town with colour. The specific programme, with the days, concerts and events, is published by Cambados Town Council each summer; we do not copy it here because it changes from one year to the next. Ask for it at the tourist office, on the same paseo da Calzada, at turismo@cambados.es or on 986 520 786. How to plan Book accommodation well in advance: the Parador, in the Pazo de Bazán, is right next to the promenade, and the Pazo A Capitana is on the outskirts, among vines. Arrive early to park, because the centre gets saturated, and do not drive after tasting: if you sleep elsewhere, arrange the return with someone who is not drinking or by taxi. It is mainly an adult, street festival, with a lot of atmosphere in the afternoon and evening. If you want to see a winery from inside on those days, book in good time the tasting at the Palacio de Fefiñanes, in the centre, or the visit to Martín Códax, in Vilariño: with the festival, places run out sooner. In the morning, when the promenade is still quiet, take the chance to see the old town and the Santa Mariña Dozo ruins, next to the Ethnographic and Wine Museum, which explains the history of albariño before you try it in the street. - **Visit and Tasting at Pazo Baión, Between Vineyard and Manor House** (1 h · Adults; under-18s go in free · Desde 25 € per person): Pazo Baión is the Salnés winery where the house weighs as much as the wine: an estate with a pazo (Galician manor house) in Baión, Vilanova de Arousa, whose history begins in the 16th century with the Casa de Fontán. The visit goes from the vineyard to the winery and takes in the old dairy and the dovecote before sitting down to taste. It is about 20 minutes by car from Cambados, inland. Five tastings, one route The walk around the estate is the same on every visit; what changes is the table at the end. Microuniverso Pazo Baión, one hour, €25: two albariños, Condes de Albarei and Pazo Baión. The one that makes sense if you only want to see the pazo and taste its wine. Gama Pazo Baión, 90 minutes, €40: the estate's three wines, Pazo Baión, Vides de Fontán, with three years of ageing, and Gran a Gran, from grapes raisined by botrytis, with pairing. El Alma de los Albariños, two hours, €50: five Rías Baixas albariños from the house, with pairing. Vinos de Colección, two hours, €60, from four people: limited-production wines. Winemaker's tasting, two hours, €100, from four people and only Monday to Friday: led by the winemakers, with five wines chosen by the group. Booking, times and rules Book on the winery's website for a minimum of two people, and the place stays pending until they confirm it. Pazo Baión does not publish which days or at what times each visit runs, or in which languages: you find out when booking or by calling 636 800 234, from 9:00 to 19:00. Arrive ten minutes early; on rainy days the outdoor route may change. Cancel at least 72 hours ahead: that way they give you a voucher for another visit, valid for a year. With less notice, or if you don't turn up, it is charged in full. Pets are not allowed. Who it is for Under-18s go in free, so a family with teenagers can do the entry-level one without paying for them, and the tour of the dairy and the dovecote gives them something to look at while the adults taste. The two-hour ones are for those who already know albariño and want to compare styles. From Cambados it combines well with Granbazán, in Tremoedo, on the way. If you are staying in the town, the Parador or the Pazo A Capitana save you the drive back after tasting. - **Visit and Tasting at Bodegas Granbazán, in Tremoedo** (1 h 30 · Adults and families · Desde 25 € per adult): Granbazán is the winery you recognise from the road: a neoclassical building with an Indian-inspired look, covered in blue tiles, on the Tremoedo estate, 3 km from Cambados. It was founded by Agro de Bazán in 1981 and makes only Rías Baixas albariño. The visit covers the winery and the vineyard and ends with a guided tasting with a Galician appetiser, in an hour and a half and for €25. What the visit includes A winery guide takes you through the vineyard and the facilities, tells the story of the house and explains how it makes its wines, from grape to bottle. At the end there is a guided tasting of its albariños with a small appetiser of Galician produce; in its gift vouchers, the winery specifies that it is three wines. It costs €25 per person, VAT included, and €12.50 for under-12s. If you want to extend it, the visit with tasting menu continues with lunch at the winery's restaurant, with a menu that changes every season: €55 for adults and €27.50 for under-12s. Only Wednesday to Friday, after the 12:30 visit, for groups of 2 to 20; on Saturdays and public holidays you must ask. Timetables by season April to October: in Spanish, Tuesday to Friday at 12:30 and 16:30, and on Saturday at 11:00. In English, Tuesday to Friday at 10:30. November to March: in Spanish, Tuesday to Saturday at 12:30. In English, Tuesday to Friday at 10:30. There are no visits on Sunday and Monday. Always book beforehand, on 986 555 562, at enoturismo@agrodebazan.com or by WhatsApp on 619 118 381. The website does not detail cancellation or whether a dog is allowed: ask when you book. Getting there and what to combine it with It is at Lugar de Tremoedo, 46, already in the municipality of Vilanova de Arousa, about ten minutes by car from the centre of Cambados. It is the closest of the big inland wineries, so it fits before or after Martín Códax or the tasting at the Palacio de Fefiñanes. Inland, about twenty minutes away, is Pazo Baión, with its estate and dovecote. Since children pay half and on summer Saturdays there is an 11:00 slot, it works for a family morning; to have lunch afterwards without a car, go back to the town. - **Visit and Tasting at Paco & Lola, the Meaño Cooperative** (1 h · Adults; minors with an adult · Desde 15 € per person): Paco & Lola is the polka-dot albariño and, behind the label, a cooperative: the Sociedad Cooperativa Vitivinícola Arousana, with more than 430 members who farm 220 hectares spread over more than 2,000 plots in the Salnés. Its winery is in Xil, in Meaño, ten minutes by car south of Cambados. The entry-level visit costs €15 with three wines, and at weekends there is another, longer one, which also runs on Sunday. Classic on weekdays, Gourmet at the weekend The Classic Visit lasts an hour and ends with a tasting of three of its wines, for €15. It runs Monday to Friday at 11:00, 13:00 and 16:00, and on Saturday at 11:00, in Spanish, Galician or English. The Gourmet Visit is longer, about 90 minutes, and more carefully done at the table: four wines, at least one a special edition, with Galician cheeses (one for every two people). It costs €22 and runs on Saturday and Sunday from 13:00 to 14:30, subject to availability. If Sunday is your only day in the Salnés, it is the way to see a winery from the inside: Martín Códax and the Fefiñanes winery do not receive visitors that day. What you see: the vineyard of many What is interesting about this visit is understanding how the Salnés works: hundreds of families with small plots, vines trained overhead on granite posts to air the grapes in a damp land, and a modern winery that takes in all of it. The cooperative was born in 2005, when a group of growers and winemakers in the valley decided to professionalise what each did on their own, and since 2010 it has taken part in the European project LIFE Viñas Atlánticas. Bookings, groups and minors Book at least 48 hours ahead, using the forms on its website, at enoturismo@pacolola.com or on 986 747 779 or 670 487 777; on Saturday, booking is essential. Each booking admits 1 to 10 people and capacity is 30; if there are more of you, write beforehand. Under-18s must go with an adult and are not served alcohol: up to age 12 they go in free, and from 13 to 17 they pay for the visit without tasting, €9, the same one the driver can choose. Between late August and mid-October, during the harvest, the winery changes its visits: write to them beforehand if you go those weeks. - **Ruta da Pedra e da Auga, from Armenteira to Ribadumia Among the Mills** (2 h 15 · 6.5 km · Walking families · Free): Six and a half kilometres of path beside the Armenteira river, from the hamlet of A Armenteira, in Meis, to Ribadumia, with more than thirty water mills along the way. It is the PR-G 170, one of the four Rutas do Salnés. Turismo de Galicia rates it low difficulty and 2 hrs 15 of walking, and it costs nothing. For a day of wineries, it is the morning without wine: it starts a quarter of an hour by car from Cambados. The route, from top to bottom You set off from A Armenteira, the hamlet of the monastery of Santa María, reached directly from the AG-41 and where there are services. The first stretch is the steepest and has the most mills: many have names, and at O Souto a serradoiro, a water-powered sawmill, is preserved, which is unusual. Further down you pass the Aldea Labrega and reach the Muíños de Meis recreation area, a good spot for a break: from there the slope eases. The last stretch is already in Ribadumia: an easy walk on the riverbank, with the mills of this municipality, to the VG-4.2 roundabout, where the route ends. It is also part of the Ruta do Mar de Arousa e Ulla of the Camino de Santiago, and links with two other Salnés routes, the San Martiño river and the Chanca river ones. What to know beforehand It is linear: it starts and ends in different places. If you are going in two cars, leave one in Ribadumia; otherwise, go back the same way, doubling the distance, or do only the upper stretch from A Armenteira to the recreation area and return. The path is narrow in places and has a few difficult passages, so wear shoes with a grippy sole, especially after rain, when the stone is slippery. It isn't practical with a pushchair; with children who can walk, it is, and the official sheet suggests it as a family outing and as a plan for cloudy days. Bikes can only manage part of it. It runs over public land and with no published rules against dogs: keep yours on a lead, especially near the mills and on the narrow stretches. Fitting it into a day around Cambados In the morning, the walk; at midday, back in the town, the tasting at the Palacio de Fefiñanes or the visit to Paco & Lola, in Meaño, which is close by. In the afternoon, the walk around the old town. If you walk on a Sunday, when Martín Códax and Fefiñanes don't receive visitors, the Gourmet at Paco & Lola at 13:00 fits right afterwards. ## Dónde comer - **Yayo Daporta** (Restaurant, Cambados, €€€€). Qué pedir: the tasting menu; the roast sea bass with sea spaghetti and the dessert that pays homage to albariño ## By car: Wineries on the outskirts, the town on foot Cambados is explored on foot, but the Salnés wineries are outside, among the vines: Martín Códax, in Vilariño, and dozens more around. The car is for getting there and for going from winery to winery; if you taste, someone else drives. Presupuesto orientativo: 80–150 € por persona y día. ### Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Parador de Cambados** (Hotel): The Pazo de Bazán, facing the estuary The Parador de Cambados occupies the former Pazo de Bazán, a manor house on the paseo de la Calzada, the town's seafront promenade, facing the Arousa estuary. It opened as a parador in 1966 and was renovated in 2002. It keeps the pazo's inner courtyard and gallery, and is surrounded by a garden. It is a four-star, and Turismo de Galicia recognises it with the Tourist Quality seal. From the door, Cambados' old town begins a few steps away: the walk through the pazos and San Sadurniño can be done entirely on foot, and the Fefiñanes Palace, with its winery and albariño tasting, is a few minutes along the promenade. The rooms and what the house has The rooms are bright, with air conditioning, minibar, television, telephone, safe and hairdryer, and wifi throughout. There is a lift. In the garden, the pool opens in season and there is a tennis court. Parking is outdoors and free. There is a laundry service, and English, French and German are spoken at reception. The parador also has four function rooms (Bazán, Barlovento, Lameira and a boardroom), for meetings and celebrations. Eating in the pazo The restaurant cooks fish and shellfish from the estuaries, empanadas, pulpo á feira and caldo gallego, with albariño from the area. There is also a café-bar and a terrace in the garden. If you are looking for a special meal elsewhere, Yayo Daporta, with a Michelin star, is a few minutes' walk through the centre. By the Salnés expressway Cambados is about 65 km from Santiago and 55 from Vigo. From the AP-9, you arrive by the Salnés expressway. Mind the dates: Paradores announces the closure of the parador from 1 November 2027 to 31 March 2028. August and albariño On the first Sunday in August the Albariño Festival is held, with winery stalls in the streets: if you go those days, book well ahead. Outside summer, bear in mind that the pool is seasonal. - **Pazo A Capitana** (Country house): A pazo among the vines A Capitana is a manor house from the early 15th century surrounded by vineyard, in the Sabugueiro quarter of Cambados. Its name recalls Sofía Pérez Charlín, the last descendant of Captain Severo Pérez Cardecid, born in the pazo in 1808. Behind a sober façade it keeps the air of old Galicia, with garden and vines around the house, in the heart of the Salnés valley, the land of albariño. It is not a chain hotel or a typical country house. It is a pazo with family history that today works as accommodation and remains tied to the wine and shellfish of the area, and you notice it during your stay. Rooms It has eleven rooms, and each is named after a Galician grape: Mencía, Espadeiro, Albariño, Godello, Treixadura, Brancello, Caíño Branco, Caíño Tinto, Loureira Branca, Loureira Tinta and Brancellao. All have a full bathroom, telephone, air conditioning, television and wifi, and one is adapted for people with reduced mobility. The website does not publish rates or the size or beds of each room: if you are travelling with children or need separate beds, ask when you book. Outside the rooms are the garden and the pool, which in summer come in handy after a day at the wineries or the beach. The website also does not detail breakfast, check-in and check-out times or whether pets are accepted, so it is worth confirming by phone or email. House wine and shellfish The pazo makes its own albariño, which carries the house name, A Capitana, and its vineyard grows espadeiro, a red grape that had almost disappeared from the area; the website itself presents the pazo as one of the few places to find this local red. Guests can try the wine and shellfish during their stay. The shellfish comes from Herederos José María Daporta, which sells oysters, mussels, cockles and clams from its purification plant, and also sells at its premises in Tragobe. In one of the pazo's gardens the Yayo Daporta restaurant, in the centre of Cambados, grows its vegetables. Who it is for It is a good place for couples and for those who come to the Salnés to drink albariño and eat shellfish at leisure. It also suits small groups of friends who want to sleep in a house with history, with a pool and away from the noise of the centre, but a few minutes from it. Getting there and booking You arrive by car, along the Sabugueiro road, on the outskirts of Cambados and near the Santa Mariña ruins. The centre of Cambados is a few minutes away. The address is Rúa Sabugueiro 46. The office is open Monday to Friday, from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00, on 986 520 513 or at pazoacapitana@pazoacapitana.com. ## As a family: Shellfish gathering, strolling the estuary and a winery with children Cambados is not only wine: with children, learning to gather shellfish, strolling along the estuary and a winery visit that admits them all work well. ### What works best Learning to gather shellfish with Martín Códax: 3 h, children €20 The Martín Códax Orixe visit, with children at €8 Granbazán, half price for under-12s, and Pazo Baión, free for under-18s The Ruta da Pedra e da Auga, 6.5 km among mills, for children who already walk The walk from Fefiñanes to the San Sadurniño tower, flat and pushchair-friendly The Santa Mariña ruins, with the Wine Museum next door ### Sleep Parador de Cambados, with garden and seasonal pool ### Eat Ask at the tourist office about restaurants with a children's menu ### Worth knowing Fefiñanes is closed on Sundays In August, the Albariño Festival fills the town ### Qué hacer as a family - Visit and tasting at Bodegas Martín Códax - Santa Mariña Dozo ruins and the Wine Museum - Learn to gather shellfish, with wine, on the Arousa estuary - Plaza de Fefiñanes, the old town and the San Sadurniño tower - Visit and Tasting at Pazo Baión, Between Vineyard and Manor House - Visit and Tasting at Bodegas Granbazán, in Tremoedo - Ruta da Pedra e da Auga, from Armenteira to Ribadumia Among the Mills ## Consejos ### Book the bodegas All receive visitors by reservation only; Paco & Lola asks for 48 hours. ### What about Sunday? Neither Fefiñanes nor Martín Códax runs tours on Sundays. Paco & Lola has its Gourmet Visit at 13:00. ### Let whoever isn't tasting drive The bodegas are outside the town. ### August, well in advance The Albariño Festival fills Cambados. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How much does it cost to visit a bodega in Cambados? From €15 at Paco & Lola, €21 at Martín Códax and €25 at Granbazán or Pazo Baión. Fefiñanes does not publish a price on its website. ### Can you take children to a bodega? Yes. Martín Códax has the Orixe visit and the shellfish-gathering experience; Granbazán charges half price for under-12s; at Pazo Baión under-18s do not pay, and at Paco & Lola children up to 12 go in free. ### Which bodega is open on Sunday? Near Cambados, Paco & Lola, with its Gourmet Visit at 13:00, subject to availability. ### When is the Albariño Festival? Around the first Sunday of August. ### Where can you eat well on a Sunday? Yayo Daporta opens on Sunday lunchtimes; book in good time. ### Can you see it in a day from Santiago? Yes: it is 65 km. A bodega in the morning, lunch and the old town in the afternoon.