Museo do Pobo Galego at Santo Domingo de Bonaval, with a Guide

The Museo do Pobo Galego (Museum of the Galician People) tells how people lived in the Galicia of the sea and the countryside, and occupies the former convent of Santo Domingo de Bonaval, next to the Porta do Camiño. Its most famous feature is the Baroque triple-helix staircase. Galicia Experience tours it with a guide in two hours, Tuesday to Sunday at 11:00, from March to October, for €15.

What you see on the visit

The convent was abandoned after the disentailment and was recovered in the 1970s as a museum and as the Pantheon of Illustrious Galicians. The visit goes through the sea room, with traditional boats; the countryside room and its crops; the trades room, with milkmaids, itinerant trades and the zoqueiros who made clogs; and the basketry and textiles room, with the lace of the palilleiras of Camariñas. It takes in the triple staircase and the rooms on traditional music and folklore and ends in the church of the former convent.

Price, times and meeting point

The visit costs €15; €12 for students with a university card and retirees, and free for under-6s. You meet at the museum entrance, with the guide with the white umbrella, at 11:00, Tuesday to Sunday between March and October. It lasts two hours, is held in Spanish or English and is wheelchair accessible. The listing does not make clear whether museum admission is included in the price: ask when booking. Book on the Galicia Experience website or on 981 11 48 73. There are no visits on 25 July, 24, 25 and 31 December or 1, 5 and 6 January. From November to February the company publishes no slots: if you go in winter, go on your own and check the museum's hours beforehand at its office or at the tourist office.

To round off the morning

Next door is Bonaval park, the last stop of Optimus Tours' free tour of mysteries and legends. From here, the Mercado de Abastos is a few minutes' walk, going down towards the old town, and is open until 14:00 Monday to Saturday.