Porto Novo - Islas Cies - Bayona
Amoret
Mon 22 Sep 2008 15:43
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After Portosin the whole pace has slowed down. On
Friday 19th Sep we fuelled up in the morning twilight (not a great trick as it
is dark until 0800) amd headed off out of Ria de Muros, past Ria de Arosa
(regretfully, but our chart isn't detailed enough for pilotage in that
rock-strewn ria) and into Ria de Pontevedra. We found a good anchorage just on
the corner of a rocky headland adjoining the entrance to Porto Novo and
comfortably far away from the hotel developments overlooking the beach. After a
good night, we made a short passage to the Islas Cies at the entrance to Ria de
Vigo. Vigo itself is a big port city, but the Cies is a pair of lovely islands
with sandy beaches, dunes, lagoons and pine woods. We anchored off the main
beach of the larger island, inhabited by sunbathers and sandcastle-builders who
left on the last ferry in the evening leaving the four remaining boats in
perfect peace. The peace was improved by the wind setting into the SW so that we
had excellent shelter.
On from Cies on Sunday - a lovely motor past the
islands with a couple of porpoises passing close by - to Bayona (locally
spelt Baiona) which turns out to be a charming town with quiet alleyways and the
best paella deals that we have met so far. Local birds in the marina are
sandwich terns - a change from the usual UK sort. A couple of days here seem in
order before heading on to Portugal.
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