# Cerca de Pontevedra

From Pontevedra routes leave in every direction: the Poio ría and the albariño Salnés half an hour away, Vigo and the Cíes to the south, Santiago to the north, Ourense's hot springs to the east and, beyond the Miño, northern Portugal.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/pontevedra/getaways

## Planes de un día
- [Combarro, Pontevedra and Poio](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/combarro-and-pontevedra/itineraries/combarro-pontevedra-and-poio-monastery.md) (14 min 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.
- [A cooperative and a palace of albariño](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/itineraries/two-wineries-saturday.md) (22 min 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.
- [Cíes: boat, lighthouse and Rodas beach](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cies-islands/itineraries/day-from-vigo-lighthouse-and-rodas.md) (28 min 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) (28 min 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.
- [Winery, Michelin and ruins in Cambados](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/itineraries/winery-star-and-gothic-ruins.md) (29 min 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.
- [Boat, seafood and spa at O Grove](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove/itineraries/mussels-on-board-and-thermal-club.md) (35 min en coche): An hour on a catamaran past the mussel rafts with mussels on board, lunch facing the harbour, a walk round A Toxa to the Chapel of Shells and two hours at a thermal club.
- [Santiago: roofs, cathedral and Alameda](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/santiago-de-compostela/itineraries/cathedral-roofs-and-alameda.md) (1 h 1 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) (1 h 1 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.
- [Sil by catamaran and hot springs](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/itineraries/autumn-in-the-sil-canyon.md) (1 h 15 en coche): A catamaran through the Sil canyon as the terraced vines turn ochre, a roots menu at Nova and, at nightfall, two hours at the Outariz hot springs beside the Miño.
- [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 15 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.
- [Guimarães: castle, square and cable car](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes/itineraries/sunday-in-guimaraes-castle-and-cable-car.md) (1 h 44 en coche): The World Heritage medieval centre, the first king's castle and the dukes' palace in the morning; lunch under the arcades of the Oliveira and a cable car to the Penha. 1 h 45 from Pontevedra.
- [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 48 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.
- [Monforte: Greco, trains and a tasting](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra/itineraries/monforte-with-el-greco-trains-and-wine.md) (1 h 50 en coche): A Sunday without mountain roads: the Railway Museum, the picture gallery of the Antigua college with El Greco, lunch at the Parador and a tasting at the Wine Centre.
- [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 56 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.
- [Porto: tower, boat and port cellar](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/porto-and-douro/itineraries/clerigos-tower-ribeira-and-gaia.md) (1 h 59 en coche): You climb the Clérigos Tower, walk down to the Ribeira, see the six bridges from a rabelo boat and finish with three ports in a Gaia cellar. Two hours from Pontevedra.
- [Ribeira: two wine bars and Gaia](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/porto-and-douro/itineraries/wine-evening-in-the-ribeira.md) (1 h 59 en coche): You start on the terrace of Wine Quay Bar above the Douro, continue at Prova with a sommelier, dine at Cantinho do Avillez and cross the Luís I Bridge to sleep at The Yeatman. Monday to Saturday.
- [Soajo and Lindoso: granaries and biological park](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/peneda-geres/itineraries/granite-granaries-and-lindoso.md) (2 h 5 en coche): The 64 granaries of Lindoso at the foot of its castle, those of Soajo on a slab of granite and, in the afternoon, the Porta do Mezio biological park and tree-climbing course. An hour and a half from Ourense.
- [Gerês: the Roman Geira and the viewpoints](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/peneda-geres/itineraries/roman-road-and-canicada-viewpoints.md) (2 h 5 en coche): You walk down the Roman road of the Geira among centuries-old oaks, eat in Campo do Gerês and in the afternoon look out over the reservoir from Pedra Bela. An hour and a half from Ourense.

## The AP-9, the backbone of almost every route

The AP-9 is the backbone of almost every route. To the north it takes you to [Santiago de Compostela](/en/spain/galicia/santiago-de-compostela) in an hour; to the south, to Vigo in half an hour, where the boat leaves for the [Cíes Islands](/en/spain/galicia/cies-islands). Without leaving the ría, the PO-308 skirts the Poio coast to [Combarro](/en/spain/galicia/combarro-and-pontevedra) and continues towards Sanxenxo, and the Salnés expressway takes you to [Cambados](/en/spain/galicia/cambados) in about half an hour. Inland, the motorway leads to [Ourense](/en/spain/galicia/ourense) in an hour and a quarter, and from there to the [Ribeira Sacra](/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra). To the south, past Tui, the Portuguese motorway heads down towards Braga, [Guimarães](/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes) and [Porto](/en/portugal/porto-and-douro).

Without a car, the Eje Atlántico train links Pontevedra with Santiago and A Coruña to the north and with Vigo to the south, and scheduled buses leave the city along the Poio coast. For the Cíes, the boat leaves from Vigo's Estación Marítima. For the rest, the Costa da Morte, the Sil canyon or the Gerês, you need a car.

## The whole ría, less than half an hour away

**Less than half an hour away** is what fits into a morning: the granaries of Combarro and the Poio monastery, 14 minutes; Vigo harbour for the Cíes, 28, and Cambados, 29. It is the strip of the ría, with fish lunches without needing to get up early.

**Around an hour** are Santiago, 61 minutes, with a direct train, and Ourense, 75, with its hot springs beside the Miño.

**Between an hour and a half and two hours** the day lengthens and crosses borders: Guimarães, 104 minutes; Muxía and Camariñas, 108; Monforte de Lemos and the Ribeira Sacra, 110; O Ézaro and Fisterra, on the [Costa da Morte](/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte), 116, and Porto, 119. From here several destinations call for a night: [the Ribeira Sacra in two nights](/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra/itineraries/ribeira-sacra-weekend-from-lugo), [the Costa da Morte sleeping in Fisterra](/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte/itineraries/two-nights-costa-da-morte-fisterra-muxia-vilan) or [the Gerês](/en/portugal/northern-portugal/peneda-geres/itineraries/weekend-from-ourense), 125 minutes away via Braga.

**More than two and a half hours away**, [Lake Sanabria](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake/itineraries/sanabria-lake-weekend-from-zamora), 160 minutes, is already a weekend trip.

## Xunta authorisation and a booked boat for the Cíes

From mid-May to mid-September the [day on the Cíes Islands](/en/spain/galicia/cies-islands/itineraries/day-from-vigo-lighthouse-and-rodas) rules, with Xunta authorisation and boat booked beforehand; June and September are the months with fewer people. In summer it is best to reach Combarro before ten, and in August the Albariño Festival fills Cambados.

In September comes the Salnés grape harvest and, from mid-September to mid-October, the [deer rut in Sanabria and the Sierra de la Culebra](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake/itineraries/sanabria-culebra-red-deer-rut-weekend). In October and November the terraced vineyards of the Sil turn yellow: the [autumn Sunday in the Sil canyon](/en/spain/galicia/ourense/itineraries/autumn-in-the-sil-canyon) combines the catamaran with two hours at the Outariz hot springs.

From October to June, Ourense's hot water shines more in the cold air: the [thermal Sunday](/en/spain/galicia/ourense/itineraries/ourense-thermal-baths-outariz-and-nova-tasting-menu) or the [bathing weekend](/en/spain/galicia/ourense/itineraries/thermal-baths-weekend-ourense), which do not depend on the weather. For rainy days, [Monforte de Lemos, with El Greco and trains](/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra/itineraries/monforte-with-el-greco-trains-and-wine), and [Santiago, with the cathedral roofs](/en/spain/galicia/santiago-de-compostela/itineraries/cathedral-roofs-and-alameda) also work.

## The granaries of Combarro first thing

- **Without leaving the ría:** [Combarro and Pontevedra](/en/spain/galicia/combarro-and-pontevedra/itineraries/combarro-pontevedra-and-poio-monastery). The granaries of Combarro first thing, the Pontevedra Museum, free on Sunday morning, lunch in the old town and the Poio monastery in the afternoon.
- **With wine and no hurry:** [albariño in Cambados](/en/spain/galicia/cambados/itineraries/winery-star-and-gothic-ruins). Half an hour by car, a winery with the Arousa ría in front of you and the afternoon among the ruins of Santa Mariña and the pazos; better for someone who is not tasting to drive.
- **Across the Miño:** [Porto on a Sunday](/en/portugal/porto-and-douro/itineraries/clerigos-tower-ribeira-and-gaia). Two hours of motorway to climb the Clérigos Tower, go down to the Ribeira, see the six bridges from the river and taste port in Gaia. Closer, 104 minutes away, is [Guimarães with its castle and the Penha cable car](/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes/itineraries/sunday-in-guimaraes-castle-and-cable-car).