The Islands You back water form an archipelago located in the mouth of Ri'a of Vigo,
pertaining to Ri'as Baixas, in the Province of Pontevedra. They
were declared natural park in 1980, and are including in the National
Park Mari'timo-Terrestre of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia created in
2002. In the 2007 British newspaper The Guardian chose the beach
of Stems, in the island of Monteagudo, like "prettier beach of the
world".
This archipelago is formed by three islands, the one of Monteagudo or North Illa, the Do
Faro or Illa do Average and the one of San South Martiño or Illa.
The island of Monteagudo is separated of the coast of Home end, in the peninsula of
the Morrazo, by the North channel, and the island of San Martiño is
separated of the coast of Santoulo end (it mounts Ferro) by a known Straits as Freu gives Porthole. While, the
island do Light has finished together with the North island by a sand
accumulation in the inner part of the archipelago, in the face this of
the islands, that forms the beach of Stems, of 1,200 meters.
When raising the tide, the water happens between the two islands
through the expensive west and, plugged by the beach, it fills to the lagoon formed between the sandy
ground and rocks. The highest tip is in the North zone of the
island of Monteagudo, in the High DAS You back water, of 197 meters of
altitude and has a surface emerged from 434 hectares.
The three islands are mountainous with the expensive steep
west, almost vertical cliffs of more than 100 meters and numerous
caves (furnas) formed by the
erosion del sea and the wind. The face this has slopes something
smoother covers by forests and scrub and is prote'ge'e of Atlantic
winds, which allows to the formation of beaches and dunes.
BOAT And LODGINGS
In order to take the boat that goes to the Cies
islands you must go to Vigo, Cangas or Baiona (approximately 45
minutes of trip). I recommend to you that you reserve ticket for
the day in advance that you go since the island has a limit of
acceptance of 2200 people of personas/día and can quedaros without
passage. You must also say to the date and hour of return as
well as to justify that you have reserve in the camping
existente(Barco: www.mardeons.com)(teléfono shipping Sea
of Ons: 986225272).
Also you reserve in the camping in advance (986 438358).
Account with 800 seats, showers, bar-restaurant, small grocer's
and all the comforts in a perfectly integrated camping with the
nature. In the island they do not exist average of transport and
the wharf where it leaves you the boat is approximately to 2 km of the
camping. If you arrive loaded, is recommendable to look for some
of the prepared wheelbarrows the effect.
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