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Route two lighthouses, the marine life of Galicia

route two lighthouses

Galician sailors "will bring their culture and gastronomy to the world through a new way of seeing the sea." The Route two Lighthouses de Galicia. This is how he presented the route this Thursday in Madrid the president of the National Federation of Fishermen's Guilds, Basilio Otero.

The soul of the route, explained its technical coordinator, Sebastian Valverde, are the activities of fishing tourism. As well as visits to ports, fish markets, getting on a fishing boat or accompanying the shellfish women on a day at work. Also learn to weave nets with the nets and see how a riverside carpentry works.

This is the Dos Faros Route

This new common thread is a journey through the Two Lighthouse Route, which runs for 1.175 kilometers. Since Ribadeo, on the border with Asturias, to The guard, on the border with Portugal. Joining the Rias Altas and Rías Baixas, the Cantabrian coast and the Atlantic.

This itinerary can be traveled in car, motorcycle, motorhome or even bicycle. There are a total of 44 lighthouses, 98 fishing ports, 60 fish markets and 114 beaches. The route proposes eight itineraries as well as the 50 best walks through the Galician coast, between 15 minutes and two hours.

Everything to know the headlights, simple or great, and always mythical too ports and fishing boats. Likewise, the areas commercial, viewpoints, beaches deserted flanked by dunes and marshes or the fishing villages. In this way it is possible to approach the headlights through a nautical crossing.

De lighthouse in lighthouse, in addition to enjoying the landscapes, the best Galician fish fresh from local fish markets. The Two Lighthouses Route has awarded the seal to 120 restaurants, whose products have been unloaded at ports and fish markets. With a maximum limit of 100 kilometers, it also recommends accommodations with personality, all of them close to the sea.

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