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- 21 maj 2024
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Wysokość: 44 m
- HiszpaniaGaliciaVigoPlaza Elíptica42°14’7” N 8°43’12” W
Day 4 Cycling Coastal Camino Oia to Vigo
21 maja, Hiszpania ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Today we ride 40+ km from Oia to Vigo. We had rainshowers during breakfast and were treated to some local fisherman out on the rocks fishing for mussels according to our host. One of them fell in then they get right back up on the rocks. Tough work.
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Your journey continues along the coast,cycling past small fields and villages before reaching the pretty resort town of Baiona following the coastal road to its marina. We are following an alternative route to the official Camino from Baiona to Vigo here, which is closer to the coast. The official Camino involves several complicated
forest sections which we don't recommend for bikes. The historical centre of Baiona
is worth exploring, with many medieval buildings and several religious monuments. The view towards the ocean is dominated by the Monterreal Fortress, and you can also go onboard a replica of La Pinta Caravel, one of the ships used by Christopher Columbus. As you leave Baiona behind, you'll continue to follow the coast to the city of Vigo.
We took our starting group photo after our hearty breakfast and headed out. We got right back onto the bike path by our hotel then followed the trail through some of the village and kept either on the bike path or little detours here and there past horses and houses but staying along the coast. We came across one of the largest stone piles from various locals and pilgrims and had fun looking at the painted rocks. In one part of the mountain we saw the old cannons fortifications built into the rock. It was a really rocky shoreline until we got to Baiona which had beautiful sand beaches. Coming into Baiona, we had a nice descent into the town. There was a large statue overlooking the town and the Monterreal fortress. This is definitely a fishing and tourist town based on the seafarer statues and symbols and the beautiful beaches. We stopped for a coffee and pharmacy break, then got going out of town. We came across a really nice red and white tiled area, waved to a school group on a field trip and made our way to a beach to eat our lunch. We stopped at Praia (beach) America. A lovely man stopped and asked if he could take a photo for us. After, Joanne discovered he took a selfie photo of himself as well🤣🤣We had a very friendly dog stop and hang about because he could smell our food. His owner came over and we tried a bit of a conversation then eventually he got his dog to go!! We enjoyed the beautiful scenery while eating. We had a couple of steep hills and meandered until we got to a nice gravel path along a little river. With 7km to go we had an older man who heard our bike bell but panicked and didn't know which way to go to get out of our path. I braked and the gravel grabbed my tire and down I went. My knee and hands took the brunt. I had to sit for a moment and get cleaned up with bandaids on my one hand but just left my knee until I could clean it up at the hotel. Just another part of the adventure😬🤭
We found the last 4 km the worst trying to navigate up hills, along busy roads, through forested paths in parks, up steep hills and just when we thought we arrived our own gps said we were still 10 min. away. This is the part of their navigation app that needs work. This happened 2 days in a row, where we still had km to go to get to the actual hotel even though it shows we have arrived🤪😝 I cleaned up my scrapes and Anthony got some ice for my knee and then he and Joanne ran out to check on some changes to our train ticket from Santiago de Compostella back to Porto. A really great ride today with fantastic scenery. An okay meal in the hotel, then more icing and off to bed. We done a total of 178 km in 3 hrs 42 min. Czytaj więcej
Podróżnik Oh no!! So sorry that this happened. Especially on your hand, that will be tender while riding.
Podróżnik Ouch. Good you can walk but painful I’m sure. Hope the swelling goes down quickly.
Podróżnik Surprisingly no pain, just swollen and bruised