# Cerca de Santiago de Compostela

From Santiago the routes open on three fronts: to the west, the Costa da Morte of Fisterra and Muxía; to the south, the Rías Baixas, from Cambados to the Cíes; to the east, Ourense with its hot springs, the Ribeira Sacra and the Sil canyon.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/santiago-de-compostela/getaways

## Planes de un día
- [A cooperative and a palace of albariño](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/itineraries/two-wineries-saturday.md) (51 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.
- [Winery, Michelin and ruins in Cambados](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/cambados/itineraries/winery-star-and-gothic-ruins.md) (51 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.
- [Combarro, Pontevedra and Poio](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/combarro-and-pontevedra/itineraries/combarro-pontevedra-and-poio-monastery.md) (54 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.
- [Tower of Hercules, seals and San Pedro](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/a-coruna/itineraries/roman-lighthouse-seals-and-bike.md) (59 min en coche): You climb the Tower of Hercules, watch the seals being fed at the Aquarium, ride the promenade on a public bike and have lunch on Monte de San Pedro looking out at the Atlantic.
- [Boat, seafood and spa at O Grove](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/o-grove/itineraries/mussels-on-board-and-thermal-club.md) (1 h 5 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.
- [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 8 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 8 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.
- [Sil by catamaran and hot springs](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ourense/itineraries/autumn-in-the-sil-canyon.md) (1 h 13 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.
- [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 13 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.
- [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 13 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.
- [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 22 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.
- [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 38 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.
- [Boat on the Miño and a winery at Belesar](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra/itineraries/boat-and-wine-on-the-mino.md) (2 h en coche): The Cistercian monastery of Ferreira de Pantón, a boat trip of almost three hours on the Miño from Belesar with a stop at an old winery, and an afternoon visit and tasting at Vía Romana.
- [Catamaran on the Sil and a tasting in Doade](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra/itineraries/boat-and-wineries-from-lugo.md) (2 h 6 en coche): An hour-and-a-half catamaran through the Sil canyons from A Abeleda, lunch at the Algueira winery among vines and a tasting at Regina Viarum, hanging above the river.
- [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 25 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.

## Almost everything, between one and two hours

Santiago is in the centre of Galicia and almost everything you can see in a day lies between one and two hours away. The AP-9 goes south, to Pontevedra and Vigo, and along the way gives way to the Salnés expressway, which leads to [Cambados](/en/spain/galicia/cambados) in about 65 km. To the west, the Negreira road, or the motorway towards Carballo, reaches the [Costa da Morte](/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte): Muxía an hour and a quarter away, Fisterra a little under an hour and a half. To the south-east, the motorway leads to [Ourense](/en/spain/galicia/ourense) and, past Monforte de Lemos, to the [Ribeira Sacra](/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra).

The train covers two of those directions well. The direct train to Ourense takes about 40 minutes and drops you a kilometre from the first hot springs, with a city bus or the weekend tourist train to Outariz. The Eje Atlántico goes down to Pontevedra, where the scheduled buses to [Combarro](/en/spain/galicia/combarro-and-pontevedra) leave, and to Vigo, port for the boat to the [Cíes Islands](/en/spain/galicia/cies-islands). For the Costa da Morte there is no public transport that works in a day; without a car, the option is the [Finisterre Express group excursion](/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte/things-to-do/fisterra-muxia-day-trip-from-santiago), which leaves Santiago at 9:00.

## Cambados and Combarro, the nearest rías

**Less than an hour** is enough for the nearest Rías Baixas: Cambados and its albariño, 51 minutes away, and the granaries of Combarro with the Poio monastery, 54.

Most Sundays are **between an hour and an hour and a half**: Vigo harbour for the Cíes, 68 minutes; Ourense and its hot springs, 73; Muxía and Camariñas, also 73, and O Ézaro and Fisterra, 82. Any of them can be done with a return in time to have dinner at home.

**Between an hour and a half and two hours** you reach Monforte de Lemos, 98 minutes away, which is the gateway to the Ribeira Sacra; the [Sunday of boat and wineries on the Sil](/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra/itineraries/boat-and-wineries-from-lugo) adds a little more, 126 minutes, because of the winding canyon roads. Here the trip is already better with a night: the [Ribeira Sacra in two nights](/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra/itineraries/ribeira-sacra-weekend-from-lugo), with two boats through the canyon, or the [Costa da Morte sleeping in Fisterra](/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte/itineraries/two-nights-costa-da-morte-fisterra-muxia-vilan).

With a weekend, **from two and a half hours onwards**, there is [the Portuguese Gerês](/en/portugal/northern-portugal/peneda-geres/itineraries/weekend-from-ourense), 155 minutes away; [Las Médulas](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/las-medulas), 157, and [Porto](/en/portugal/porto-and-douro), 160.

## The Costa da Morte is for the afternoon

From May to September, the Costa da Morte is for the afternoon: the [Sunday at O Ézaro and Fisterra](/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte/itineraries/ezaro-fisterra-and-lighthouse-at-sunset) ends with the sun setting late over the Atlantic. In winter the waterfall carries more water, but the wind shortens the walk along the cape. From mid-May to mid-September you can do the [day on the Cíes](/en/spain/galicia/cies-islands/itineraries/day-from-vigo-lighthouse-and-rodas), with authorisation and boat requested in advance.

In October and November, the terraced vineyards of the Sil turn ochre and red: the [autumn Sunday in the canyon](/en/spain/galicia/ourense/itineraries/autumn-in-the-sil-canyon) combines the catamaran with the Outariz hot springs at dusk. From October to June, in cold or rainy weather, Ourense's hot water is the safe plan, in 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); note that from 1 July to 15 September the restaurant in the plan is not open on Sundays. For a grey day [Monforte de Lemos](/en/spain/galicia/ribeira-sacra/itineraries/monforte-with-el-greco-trains-and-wine), with its railway museum and El Greco, also works. In September the Romería de la Barca fills Muxía, and in August the Albariño Festival, Cambados.

## The Vilán lighthouse and the Muxía sanctuary

- **Without a car, in a day:** [Combarro and Pontevedra](/en/spain/galicia/combarro-and-pontevedra/itineraries/combarro-pontevedra-and-poio-monastery). Train to Pontevedra and a bus along the Poio coast to see the granaries above the ría, the Pontevedra Museum in the morning and the Poio monastery in the afternoon.
- **Towards the end of the world:** [Muxía, Camariñas and the Vilán lighthouse](/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte/itineraries/muxia-camarinas-and-vilan-lighthouse). An hour and a quarter to the sanctuary of the Virxe da Barca, fish at the harbour and the Vilán lighthouse in the afternoon.
- **With wine:** [an albariño Sunday in Cambados](/en/spain/galicia/cambados/itineraries/winery-star-and-gothic-ruins). 51 minutes away, a winery with the Arousa ría in front of you and a stroll round the town's pazos; whoever is not tasting should drive.