Route in which you can see how it works in the Ría de Arousa, the largest estuary in Galicia. We will leave from the port and start a route in which at all time we will be surrounded by mussel rafts and we will meet on our journey with the boats that operate in this estuary. According to the time and the bans we will find its people working in some Fishing Arts or others. We will see the shellfish gatherers as the clams and also the shellfish working on the beaches. We will also see how the best mussels in the world are cultivated, how they are raised and how they are extracted.

We will be able to see purse seiners in full slaughter as well as the collectors of the knives and seaweed of this estuary. We will know how the shrimp arrives at our tables watching the sea equilibrists, the Trueleiros, the people who are dedicated to catching the shrimp in the rafts.

Ons Island is located at the entrance to the Pontevedra estuary and is the only one belonging to the Parque de Illas Atlánticas that is still inhabited by about 80 people. In it we can find several beaches and spectacular cliffs. Unique flora and fauna on an island full of life in the summer months and almost solitary in winter. An island to spend an unforgettable day enjoying the sea and nature. Surprise yourself with its wonderful beaches, hiking trails and exquisite cuisine. Enjoy the sea, the greenery and Galicia.

Cortegada is the smallest island belonging to the National Park of Atlantic Islands and the one that is closer to land. Not that it doesn’t have charm, but it is the island with the greatest diversity of flora and the largest laurel forest in Europe. An island located just 200 meters from the port of Carril, the population with more clam parks throughout Europe and famous for its clams and the party that extols them. We will be surrounded by clam growing parks and the people who work them to grow this precious seafood. We will see its old village, in ruins, but with some of its houses already remodeled and the rest in phase of remodeling. We will be visiting an island where we will find ourselves at the mouth of the river Ulla, a navigable river up to the town of Pontecesures in A Coruña and where the Xacobea River Maritime Route begins. We will also see the group of islets that surround it, such as the Malveiras and the Briñas. A few islets that although they are very small harbor in epoch of migration great groups of marine birds.

We will sail from the waters of the Ría de Arousa to the port of Pontecesures, located in the town that gives it its name. Only 2 kilometres away is the village of Padrón, land of great writers and poets, and only 25 km from Santiago de Compostela. We will sail through the waters of the Island of Cortegada, which belongs to the National Park of Atlantics Islands, and we will also see its smaller islands such as Malveiras and Briñas. Surrounded by clam and mussel cultivation parks, we will leave behind the salty waters to go into the fresh waters of the Ulla River, river because the one that sailed the remains of the Apostle Santiago to Compostela. Bamio, Catoira, Valga and Dodro will be some of the localities that we will be observing from the river and that together with their bridges, towers vikingas and cruceiros will be accompanying us until our destiny. In this route we will be able to make the maritime fluvial section of the Xacobea Route also known as the Translatio Route.