Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Galicia
Detourmap lists 180 places in Galicia, Spain, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park. 154 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 180
- Oldest
- Pedrafita do Casal 3499 BC
- Little known
- 154 of 180
- Share of Spain
- 9%
Galicia 180
The 120 best known of 180. The other 60 are on the map and on the Spain pages.
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1.Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park
Nature · 21st century · Notable
National park in Galicia, Spain
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3.Cíes Islands
Nature · 21st century · Notable
Protected archipelago located in Vigo, Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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5.Estaca de Bares
Nature · 21st century · Notable
Cape and special area of conservation in Galicia, Spain
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6.Sil Canyon
Nature · 21st century · Notable
Gorge and special area of conservation in Galicia, Spain
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7.Castro of San Cibrao de Las
Archaeological · 2nd century BC · Notable
Hillfort between San Amaro and Punxín (Spain)
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10.Ruins of San Domingos Convent
Archaeological · Notable
Ruins of a gothic convent in Pontevedra, Spain
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43.Castriño of Conxo
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Conxo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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46.plaza de toros de Pontevedra
Archaeological · 19th century · Hidden gem
Bullring in Pontevedra, Spain
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97.Church of Santalla de Bóveda de Mera
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Cultural property in Lugo, Spain
Elsewhere in Spain
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Galicia?
Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, 21st century. National park in Galicia, Spain. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Galicia?
180: 96 nature & landscapes and 84 archaeological & historic sites. 154 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Galicia?
Pedrafita do Casal, dated to 3499 BC. 16 of the 180 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Galicia here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Galicia if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Galicia is a first-level division of Spain, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.