Leisure Activities:
Beach
Health & Beauty
Eco tourism
Horse riding
Equestrian events
Bird watching
Walking
Restaurants, bars & Disco clubs

Sports & Adventure Activities:
Cycling
Mountain biking
Hiking
Mountaineering
Fishing
Deepsea fishing
Paragliding
Seaways
Jet skiing
Snorkelling
Sailing
Diving
Surfing
Swimming
Tennis
Water skiing
Wind-surfing
Kayaking
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Tourist Attractions
Natural wealth
Churches and monuments
Archaeological sites
Marina
Museums
Caves

Discover this beautiful place, belonging to Natura 2000 network, with any of the 4 routes offered by the tourist office: Beaches, Ouro river, Frouxeira or Corneria.

Basilica of San Martiño (3,5Km), the Spain’s oldest cathedral and the first that was built in southern Europe, dating from the 6^th century and transformed between the 10^th and 13^th centuries.

Visits the unique Maritime Castro (Celtic village), from 1^st century B.C to 2^nd century A.D., near the beach of Arealonga, of Fazouro, 4 km.

And enjoy the many and varied local festivities and traditions throughout the year: the patron saint feasts of San Lorenzo, Obispo Santo, O’Carmen, Festa Normanda, etc.

Thanks to its privileged location, Foz is the perfect place from that know and enjoy the scenic and cultural richness of the Mariña Lucense and the Rías Altas as a whole:

Praia das Catedrais (22 km): arguably the most striking beach in Galicia, near Ribadeo is blessed with unique natural architecture, arc-shaped cliffs over 30m high that recall the flying buttresses of a cathedral, grottos and secret passages, only accessible at low tide.

Mondoñedo, on the Northern Way of St. James, one of the seven ancient capitals of the Kingdom of Galicia, declared historical artistic with the Cathedral (XII century) as most emblematic monument, the Os Muiños town, with number of important archaeological sites such as the Cova do Rei Cintolo.

The route of the Marshal Pardo de Cela. Places such as the O Pasatempo Bridge in Mondoñedo, or the Castle of A Frouxeira or the Fortress do Ouro in Alfoz are part of the route we would travel in search of traces of this figure, who came to us in a way that is almost legendary.

Sargadelos Historic and Artistic Complex, in Cervo, which include the remains of the old foundry and pottery factory of the most emblematic ceramics of Galicia, 17km.

Serra do Xistral, Lugo Coast mountainous area of ​​great natural wealth, whose highest point is in O Cadramón, 1.062 m, with scattered villages. Roaming wild horses are a frequent sight in this mountain range, (20 km).

Other points of interest: Monastery of San Salvador or Museo de Arte Sacra in Lourenzà. The Torre de Os Moreno in Ribadeo and the Puerta de Carlos V (1548), in Viveiro are very significant local monuments along with valuable ethnographic elements that have been preserved such as the O Bogo ironworks in A Pontenova. Historical remains such as the dolmen of Santo Tome in O Valadouro or the Celtic castro settlements of Illade, Sumoas and Coto de Vela in Xove, make up a wide range of attractions. Barco Museo Boniteiro “Reina del Carmen” in Burela, 8km; the Museum of Sacred Art in Lourenzà.

In the Mariña Lucense there are more than a dozen festivals declared as Galician Tourist Festivals: besides the Foz local ones, the oldest include the festival of San Lucas de Mondoñedo and the Xira de Santa Cruz de Ribadeo. Holy Week in Viveiro has been declared as a National Tourist Event. The Rapa das Bestas (Alfoz and Valadouro), the Feira do Bonito de Burela, the Festa da Troita da Pontenova, the Festa da Faba de Lourenzá, the Queimada Popular and the Festa do Ourizo de Cervo, the Maruxaina de San Cibrao and the Festival Internacional do Emigrante in Barreiros.

The star product of the cuisine of the Mariña in Lugo – composed principally of the marine species in the Bay of Biscay – is the Faba de Lourenzá, which has a Protected Geographical Indication.