FOUNDATION
XACOBEA ROUTE FOUNDATION OF THE AROUSA SEA AND ULLA RIVER
THE RIVER MARITIME SANTIAGO ROAD
The Xacobean Route of the sea of Arousa and Ulla recalls the transfer of the remains of the Apostle Santiago, being founded by José Luis Sanchez-Agustino López, after its presentation at the Provincial Assembly of Tourism of A Toxa in 1963 as a tourist route and of economic promotion.
From that germ was born the currently called Fundación Ruta Xacobea do mar de Arousa e Ulla, which is made up of town halls of Boiro, Cambados, Catoira, Dodro, Meaño, Meis, O Grove, Padrón, A Pobra do Caramiñal, Pontecesures, Rianxo, Riveira, Rois, Santiago de Compostela, Sanxenxo, Valga, Vilagarcía de Arousa and Vilanova de Arousa.
AROUSA, A GLOBAL DESTINATION
Traditional cuisine or avant-garde gastronomy? Do you want to do the Camino de Santiago by a maritime-fluvial route? Would you like to have an Albariño, the best white wine in the world? Do you accompany it with some mussels, clams or a lamprey from the Ulla river? Would you like to visit an island in the Illas Atlánticas National Maritime-Terrestrial Park? Do you want to feel like a sailor for a day, take a route through the lighthouses of the coast, visit a fish market or a canning factory? Seafood on foot or fishing aboard a traditional boat? Observe the cultivation of mussels in trays? Do you want to walk through vineyards? Do the wine route, visit its wineries and observe its production process? Have you never been surrounded by Vikings? Have you ever seen a "drakar" with those fierce warriors storming a tower on the coast? Do you like indie, folk, pop or rock music festivals?
A SEA OF ROUTES
Following testimonies and tradition, the XACOBEA DO MAR DE AROUSA E ULLA ROUTE recalls the passage of the ship that carried the remains of the Apostle Santiago from Jaiffa in Palestine to Iria Flavia, in the current town of Padrón.
Unique in the world, today two land routes join both banks of the Ría de Arousa that complete the pilgrimage to Compostela. Thus were born the TRASLATIO NORTE LAND PATH and the TRASLATIO SUR LAND PATH.
A historically fertile land from the literary point of view, has allowed us that through the life and work of renowned authors such as Camilo José Cela, Rosalía de Castro, Ramón Mª del Valle-Inclán, Alfonso D. Rodríguez Castelao and a long etc we have been able to structure a LITERARY ROUTE DO MAR DE AROUSA E ULLA.
A SEA OF RESOURCES
A paradise in the Rías Baixas, in GALICIA. Dream beaches of fine sand, wild and urban with a blue flag. Charming villas turned into marine tourism, a destination for lovers of gastronomy, good seafood and the best wine. The only maritime-fluvial pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. Festivities, many festivals, religious, pagan, gastronomic ... Natural parks and National Parks for nature lovers. Paradise islands and a clean, very clean sea.
The RÍA DE AROUSA, a destination that has it all.
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Fundación Ruta Xacobea do Mar de Arousa e Ulla recognized as the Camino de Santiago according to Law 5/2016, of May 4, on the cultural heritage of Galicia, declared of cultural and Galician interest by the Xunta de Galicia in 1999 (Order 24 -03-1999 DOGA nº 65 of 7-1999 and Order of 04-14-1999 DOGA Nº 80 OF 04-28-99 respectively).
