Do you usually take your skate or bike everywhere? Are you a break dance machine? Then you cannot miss going to the biggest urban sport festival in northern Spain. “The marisquiño”.
Come to Vigo from the 10th to 13th August and enjoy an incredible time with your friends, learn new techniques from your urban sport idols and find out the best spots to slide, practise and test your limits. At Monte de O Castro or in Navia...
Bouzas festivities are probably the most famous celebrations of all the neighbourhoods in Vigo due to the spectacular fireworks. They are held from the 18th to the 23rd of July. For five long days, they fill the neighbourhood with food stalls, street bars, children's attractions (and for the not so young) as well as traditional dances.
The festival is in honour of the Christ of the Afflicted and there is a...
Seaside Vigo:
Would you like to see how a small fishing town has become the largest and most cosmopolitan city in Galicia? We invite you to learn about our history through the rooms and display stands of the Museum of the Sea and the Museum of the Canning Industry. They will show you all the secrets of a Vigo born and transformed thanks to its water.
If you prefer to delve into the essence of a genuine fishing quarter, take a trip to ...
The Entroido or Carnival in Vigo is one of Galicia’s favourite traditions, an event associated with fertility and crop protection rites. It was later converted into a Christian rite to celebrate abundance and to say goodbye to good food and good wine for a while.
In Galicia, there are as many carnivals as towns, and in Vigo it’s celebrated by enthroning the Meco or the Entroido God. During the reign of this permissive God, everything is possible and fun: parades ...
