Friday morning (late) we caught the ferry over to Vigo. They leave every 30 mins (on the hour and half hour) and cost 4 Euros return. After a 20 minute trip we arrived at the ferry terminal which is right next to the RCN Vigo marina and a very short walk to the old town.
We had equipped ourselves with a map of the town - begged from the Tourist dis-information office (it was this time!) in Cangas. The girl explained they could only give out maps of the Cangas district and were not allowed to give out the any of the huge pack of Vigo maps! I wonder what they were for then?
I had done a bit of research on the internet on what to do in Vigo and it had come up with sights to see in the old town. The info basically said Vigo is underrated as a tourist venue but we found the old town really nice to walk around.
It was another hot day so strolling round the narrow shaded streets was very relaxing. One of the popular places was the "street of Oysters". Here there are many restaurants with Oyster sellers lining the middle of the street.
Given Pam's need to eat another dozen, the outcome was very predictable.
There was an interesting display of shells on the wall behind the table. If they had given me some super glue I could have put a few more on! The menu looked so good that we decide to stay and share a large plate of paella which was excellent.
Carrying on walking round the old town after lunch we came across another restaurant specialising in Pulpo (that's octopus for the linguistically challenged). Pam had been trying to find out the best way to cook pulpo - as she actually likes the stuff. This was the way the locals do it.
...with a big tub of boiling water. That's now put me off even more.
Later in the afternoon we found the contemporary art museum - half way up the main shopping street. We had a good hour looking around (free). Some of it was great with other parts not so good. Overall though well worth a visit.
We had a look in the RCN marina on the way back to the ferry and I am glad we chose Cangas to stop. It was very busy, hardly any room to turn a boat and although very near town, did not seem as welcoming as Cangas. We caught the ferry back over and prepared for a night on the town (again).
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