Isla de Creba to Portosin
09/May/2007 16:23 Filed in: Ria de Muros
There is a large marina at Portosin across the Ria where I want to stay for a day or two to visit Noia further upstream where the Ria is too shallow to navigate.
It is not far and at 0.81 miles must be our shortest day's run ever.
Portosin is a very modern and up to date with very northern prices. At €18.80 per day it is one of the most expensive we have visited on the trip (UK excluded). At checkin the staff were telling me how good the facilities were but they forgot to tell me that the hot water system was awaiting repair.
We were efficiently allocated a berth and were all fast by 10:40.
In the afternoon I caught a bus to Noia. This is another old trading town where the port has silted up.
There are two training walls to divert water towards Noia but one would need a very shallow draught even at high tide. Even if a small shallow draught vessel managed to reach Noia there appears to be nowhere to get ashore.
Noia has an attractive central plaza and an interesting old quarter again featuring a labyrinthe of stone paved narrow streets. I suspect it would be quite lively in the evenings given the number of bars and restaurants.
Town hall on the main plaza in Noia.
The further south we go the bigger the palms. Central plaza Noia.
In many of the smaller Galician towns we have visited there have been buildings awaiting restoration.
A challenging example in the old quarter of Noia.
It is not far and at 0.81 miles must be our shortest day's run ever.
Portosin is a very modern and up to date with very northern prices. At €18.80 per day it is one of the most expensive we have visited on the trip (UK excluded). At checkin the staff were telling me how good the facilities were but they forgot to tell me that the hot water system was awaiting repair.
We were efficiently allocated a berth and were all fast by 10:40.
In the afternoon I caught a bus to Noia. This is another old trading town where the port has silted up.
There are two training walls to divert water towards Noia but one would need a very shallow draught even at high tide. Even if a small shallow draught vessel managed to reach Noia there appears to be nowhere to get ashore.
Noia has an attractive central plaza and an interesting old quarter again featuring a labyrinthe of stone paved narrow streets. I suspect it would be quite lively in the evenings given the number of bars and restaurants.
Town hall on the main plaza in Noia.
The further south we go the bigger the palms. Central plaza Noia.
In many of the smaller Galician towns we have visited there have been buildings awaiting restoration.
A challenging example in the old quarter of Noia.