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The mussel boat on the Arousa estuary, a thermal club on A Toxa, surfing at A Lanzada and seafood at the port of O Grove, 35 minutes from Pontevedra.
What to do
Each plan says how long it takes, who it's for and whether you can book.
Catamaran · 1 hr–1 hr 15 · Stop at a raft and steamed mussels on board · From €20, children €10 · Leaves from O Grove port
Thermal circuit · 90 min–2 hrs · Pools, sauna and steam at the island's two spas · From €40 at the Gran Hotel · All year, by reservation
Visit · 1–2 hrs on foot · San Caralampio chapel covered in scallop shells, former spa and the donkeys of the legend · Free
Itineraries
Days and weekends already planned out, with how to get between each stop and who to book with.
Plan the trip
Each choice narrows the next: the season shapes how best to travel, and how you travel decides where you stay and where you eat.
When to go
From June to October: the sea is good for surfing and swimming, more boats sail and in October the Seafood Festival arrives. Sálvora can only be visited from May to September. In winter there is the A Toxa thermal club, which opens all year, and the Cruceros do Ulla boat, but D'Berto closes from December to mid-February.
How you travel
Choose how you're travelling and we'll tell you where to stay, how to get around, where to eat and which services you'll need. We only show the ways of travelling that make sense here.
You enter O Grove by land only along the A Lanzada isthmus, and inside everything is ten or fifteen minutes away: the port, the A Toxa bridge, the beach, the A Siradella viewpoint and San Vicente. The car is for linking those stops; in the centre and on A Toxa you walk.
Who you're with
A trip with a toddler is not the same as one with a teenager. Pick yours to see what works and what to bear in mind.
O Grove works with children because almost everything is short: an hour's boat trip, a flat walk around A Toxa, a long beach. What they like most is watching the mussels come out of the water at the raft and eating them on board.
Where to stay
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Why we like it: Five-star hotel on A Toxa island, facing the ría, with a thermal-water spa, thermal club and heated outdoor pool. Pets are not allowed.
Why we like it: Four-star hotel on A Toxa with a spa and thermal club of over 4,000 m² and seawater pools. Session for guests, €23.
Services for this trip
Areas, for any way of travelling
| Area | Who it's for | Average night |
|---|---|---|
| O Grove, port and centre | Boats, Praza do Corgo, Beiramar and D'Berto | |
| Isla de A Toxa | Chapel of the Shells, spas and hotels, across the bridge | |
| A Lanzada | 2.5 km Atlantic beach, dunes and surf schools, on the isthmus | |
| San Vicente and Reboredo | A Siradella viewpoint, Pedras Negras path and Culler de Pau |
Where to eat
From set lunch menus to Michelin stars. We mark the price level and what to order at each place.
What to order: the Marexada menu if it is your first time; let them know in advance if you are short of time
What to order: the day's seafood, chosen at the display by the entrance, griddled or steamed
What to order: the fish and seafood that came into the fish market that day; mention allergies when booking
Nearby
The closest places, whichever country they are in.
Tips
The boat's mussels are the aperitif; the thermal club, the close of the day.
Both spas have limited capacity and don't sell the session online.
The street market takes up part of the port car park.
The tourist office, in Praza do Corgo, is closed on Mondays.
O Grove is a peninsula at the mouth of the Arousa estuary, joined to the rest of the Salnés by the A Lanzada isthmus. Its town lives from the sea: the port, the fish market, the mussel rafts in plain view and the boats that set out to show them. Next to it, joined by a bridge, is the island of A Toxa, with its spas and the chapel covered in scallop shells. To the south, A Lanzada beach opens the peninsula to the Atlantic.
By car, along the Salnés road and the A Lanzada isthmus, the only way in by land. From Pontevedra it takes a good half hour; from Santiago, a little over an hour along the AP-9 and the Salnés expressway. At the port there is free parking next to where the boats depart; on Fridays there is a street market and it fills up earlier. Cambados, the albariño town, is about half an hour away along the estuary coast, and combines well over two days.
In the morning, the mussel boat: an hour on the estuary with a stop at a raft and steamed mussels on board, for €20, with Cruceros Rías Baixas or Cruceros do Ulla. Have lunch at the port, at Beiramar or D'Berto. In the afternoon cross the bridge to A Toxa to see the Chapel of the Shells, and finish at the thermal club of one of its two spas, which open to non-guests: from €40 for the two-hour session at the Gran Hotel, by reservation.
With a second day, the peninsula offers open sea. At A Lanzada there are 2.5 km of sand and a wooden walkway through the dunes, and two schools give two-hour surf lessons from €35. From the A Siradella viewpoint, at 166 metres, you see the whole isthmus, and below, at San Vicente do Mar, the Pedras Negras path skirts coves with the Ons islands opposite. From May to September, the excursion to Sálvora takes you to the least-visited island in the Atlantic Islands National Park, with a guide, for €33.
For a special meal, Culler de Pau, in Reboredo, with two Michelin stars, its own vegetable garden and menus from €210; closed Tuesday and Wednesday. In the centre, D'Berto is the seafood restaurant built on produce, and Beiramar the family house at the port. To sleep with the spa on the premises, on A Toxa: the five-star Gran Hotel La Toja, or the four-star Eurostars Isla de La Toja, with a seawater thermal club open until midnight on Friday and Saturday.
From June to October. In summer boats leave every half hour and the beach is at its best. In the first weeks of October the Seafood Festival is held, with stalls in Praza do Corgo; in 2026 it ran from 1 to 12 October. In winter, O Grove is still a good plan for spa and seafood, with fewer boats and some restaurants closed.
Questions
A one-hour catamaran trip on the Arousa estuary, with a stop at a raft and a tasting of steamed mussels with wine or a soft drink. It costs €20 for adults and €10 for ages 3 to 12.
Yes. The Gran Hotel La Toja thermal club costs €40 for the two-hour session for non-guests; the Isla de La Toja one also admits visitors. Book by phone.
At A Lanzada, with Prado Surf or Grove Surf Club, for €35 for a two-hour lesson with equipment.
In the first weeks of October. In 2026 it ran from the 1st to the 12th; the 2027 dates have not yet been announced.
Yes: boat in the morning, lunch at the port and A Toxa in the afternoon.
About half an hour by car along the estuary.
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