Heritage towns in Pontevedra

A Galician coastal town with deep roots — Phoenician traders, Arab raids, medieval lords, and a ruined church that became one of Pontevedra's most striking monuments — Cambados wears its long history openly in stone.

A cathedral built like a fortress rises above the River Miño on the Portuguese border in Pontevedra, where the Camino de Santiago crosses into Spain over a century-old international bridge.