Directly connected to the port, the city opens up through its old town with cobbled streets and picturesque squares with beautiful arcades. Puerta del Sol, a pedestrian plaza at the center of the city’s social life, is the entrance to its cultural offering, itsmuseums and modernist architecture; in addition to one of its main shopping areas. From there, the numerous elevators and mechanical ramps that populate the city facilitate the walk to Monte del Castro, with archaeological remains of Celtic origin and crowned by the old fort of the city, with musealized passages and one of the most beautiful viewpoints in the city. Without leaving Vigo, the city itself offers a wide variety of destination alternatives to visitors: the impressive views of the Ría from Monte de la Guía; Castrelos Park, the authentic lung of the city, with its Pazo Quiñones de León that hosts great musical and cultural events, beautiful gardens and an extraordinary museum of Galician Art; or, for the most active, a multitude of options to enjoy nature, hiking routes, on foot or by bicycle, the Camino de Santiago, beautiful beaches of fine sand, an authentic local treasure, or amazing sunsets over the Cíes Islands .
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