Vigo

城市概覽

Vigo is an industrial port with a large fishing fleet. It boomed under the Franco government, which made it a free-trade and development zone. The port and the Citroën car factory are its main industries. This hasn't spoiled the old town, Casco Vello, which climbs steeply from the harbour, while the modern town sprawls east and west. The climate is dominated by the Atlantic, mild and rainy.

如何抵達

By plane 1 Vigo Airport (VGO IATA) (15 km east of city), ☏ +34 902 404704. This has frequent flights from Madrid, as Vigo is otherwise a long way to travel, and daily from Barcelona. Ryanair fly from London Stansted in summer. Bus L9A runs downtown. (updated Mar 2025) You could also fly into Santiago, or to Porto which has a shuttle bus to Vigo.

By train 2 Vigo Urzáiz is the modern main station, and terminus for almost all trains except those from Portugal. Four trains a day are direct from Madrid Chamartin, taking 4 hours via Zamora, Ourense, Vilagarcia de Arousa and Pontevedra; otherwise take a train to Santiago and change. Trains from Santiago de Compostela run every hour or two and take one hour via Padron Barbanza, Vilagarcia de Arousa, Pontevedra, Arcade and Redondela. They mostly start from A Coruña. 3 Vigo Guixar 500 m north of Urzáiz is the terminus for trains from Porto Campanha. These run twice a day, taking 2 hours 20 min via Nine, Viana do Castelo and Valença. They're called camelos as they're brown, with distinctive humps for the air-conditioning. Until April 2027, buses replace camels on the Vigo-Valença section because of track work. Several slow regional trains per day run to Guixar from A Coruña via Santiago. Two trains a day meander to Vigo Guixar from Ponferrada via Ourense, Guillarei (for Tui) and 30 little places no-one's ever heard of. You can walk between the two railway stations in 10 minutes, via the Ascensor Halo and Rúa Serafín Avendaño.

By bus Monbus runs overnight from Madrid Moncloa, taking six hours via Ourense. Flixbus, Alsa and Autna runs from Porto Campanha and airport, taking around 2 hours 15 min, with multiple departures throughout the day. Vigo bus station is Urzáiz, southwest end of the railway station.

By road From Madrid follow A-6 (toll) to Benevente then A-52 via Ourense, 600 km and 6 hr 30 min.

當地交通

Vitrasa buses circulate round town. Mar de Ons ferries sail frequently between Vigo and Cangas across the gulf. The same company sails to the Cies islands.

必看景點

1 Monument to Jules Verne portrays him sitting atop a giant squid on Av da Beiramar on the waterfront. Verne (1828-1905) devoted a chapter of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea to "The Bay of Vigo", where in 1702 a Spanish treasure fleet was sunk in battle, and in the story its gold funded Captain Nemo and the Nautilus. The story was published from 1869. Verne first visited the town in 1878 sheltering his yacht from a storm, and returned in 1884 needing yacht repairs. 2 Vigo Co-Cathedral, Praza Igrexa 10, ☏ +34 986 432260. M-F 09:30-13:00, Sa Su 09:30-13:00, 18:00-20:30. Neoclassical building of 1810. It shares its status with Tui co-cathedral. Free. (updated Mar 2025) 3 Puerta del Sol is reckoned as Kilometre Zero on road distances to Vigo, as this was the heart of the medieval walled town. It's a popular meeting point but narrow and only half pedestrianised, with the other side busy with traffic. It's adorned by the 1991 sculpture El Sireno, "The Merman", who possesses legs as well as a fishy tail. 4 Castillo de San Sebastián, Subida Barranco 16. 24 hours. Built in 1656 along with the city walls to repulse the English and Portuguese, but it was poorly designed and the English overran the city in 1719. Later it was variously a cattle pen, city chambers and barracks, but restored as a fortress from the 1990s. Free. (updated Mar 2025) 5 Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCO), Príncipe 54, ☏ +34 986 113900. Tu-Sa 11:00-14:30, 17:00-21:00, Su 11:00-14:30. This displays changing exhibitions of contemporary art, but has no permanent collection. It was built as a prison in 1861. Free. (updated Mar 2025) 6 Castro de Vigo, Álvarez Blázquez 16, ☏ +34 986 810100. July-Sep Tu-F 11:00-13:00, Sa 17:00-19:00, Oct-Jun Tu 11:00-13:00, F 11:00-13:00, 16:00-18:00, Sa 16:00-18:00. Park and panoramic viewpoint. This hill was the prehistoric Celtic citadel of Vigo, and has 3 reconstructed dwellings. It was reinforced in medieval times but then the population drifted away to lower ground near the

體驗活動

Theatre: Teatro García Barbón is at Rúa Policarpo Sanz 13. Casa de las Artes is an art gallery in the same building as the theatre. Auditorio Municipal is within City Hall, just south of Castelo de San Sebastián. Football: Celta Vigo play soccer in La Liga, Spain's top tier. Their Balaídos stadium (capacity 29,000) is 2 km southwest of city centre. Beaches: Praia de Bouzas and Praia de Santa Baia are the closest to town, east of Museo do Mar and divided by a small promontory. Reconquest Festival celebrates the town's ousting of Napoleonic troops on 28 March 1809. The event is usually a week or two later in April, depending on the date of Easter. El Camino: Vigo is the start point of one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago, the Camino Portuguese da Costa. It's 100 km, the minimum distance required to earn a Compostela pilgrim certificate, and easily done in a week. The commonest route from the French border is 771 km, but it's unwise to be caught gloating over this short-changing of the Almighty.

購物

CC Centro Príncipe is a mall 50 m east of MARCO gallery at Rúa Urzaiz 8, open M-F 10:00-20:00. El Corte Inglés is a large department store 200 m west of Urzáiz station at Av Gran Via 25, open M-Sa 10:00-22:00. CC Praza Elíptica is 500 m south of Centro Principe on Praza Francisco Fernández del Riego, open daily 09:00-22:00.

美食

Budget

City centre Taberna A Pedra, Rúa Cesteiros 2 (50 south of co-cathedral), ☏ +34 986 438692. Buzzing Galician bistro. Tu 08:00-23:30, W-Su 12:00-15:30, 08:00-23:30. (updated Mar 2025) A tapa do barril is a chain with three city outlets: at Porto do Sol 4, 300 m east at Rúa Policarpo Sanz 27, and 2 km south at Rúa López Mora 63. Picadillo, Fermin Penzol 10 (100 m north of Porta do Sol), ☏ +34 986 223729. M-Th 13:30-17:00, F Sa 13:30-17:00, 21:00-23:00. Good meals, tapas and wine. (updated Mar 2025) Bocatería L´squina, Rúa Carral 4 (100 m north of Porta do Sol), ☏ +34 986 227075. M-Sa 12:00-00:00. Sandwiches and pizza, beer on draught, eat in or take away. (updated Mar 2025) Trepia Gastronomia, Rúa Carral 9 (by L´squina), ☏ +34 655 010875. M-Th 13:00-15:45, F Sa 13:00-15:45, 20:00-23:00. Great value for Galician trad fare. (updated Mar 2025) 1 La Malinche, Rúa do Marqués de Valladares 6, ☏ +34 986 443553. Tu-Su 13:45–16:30, 20:30-00:00. Authentic Mexican. (updated Mar 2025) 2 Burguer Chip, Rúa Teófilo Llorente 37, ☏ +34 986 436585. Daily 13:30-16:00, 19:00-01:30. Reliable fast food. (updated Mar 2025) 3 Taberna A Mina, Rúa San Vicente 8, ☏ +34 886 312488. M-W 19:30-01:00, Th-Sa 12:30-16:00, 1