Corrubedo Bay

If you drive past "Queiruga", described previously, and then continue to follow the southern coastal road from the Muros bay through the "Porto do Son" collection of towns, you ultimately reach a roundabout. The roundabout actually has a small fishing boat on it, so it is difficult to miss. If you take a right turn at this roundabout, you find two routes that lead to different parts of a beach side National Park called, "Complexo Dunar de Corrubedo e Lagoas de Carregal e Vixan". We will just call it "Corrubedo" from now on.

This park is quite well known and features a massive mobile dune over 1km in length which has a boardwalk (about 3/4 a mile long) leading to one section of a large beach which makes up the primary part of the park.

At the other end of the park (connected by the beach) there is a tourist information centre, a large cafe and a visitor’s exhibition centre. This part of the park connects more directly to the beach and also features 3 different nature walks for those with a flora and fauna inclination. One of the walks skirts the beach.

Below right, the large beach at the "Dune" (Corrubedo) National Park.

The section of beach nearest the parks facilities can get busy at weekends, but has lifeguards and is well patrolled at busy times. This area, in addition to being popular with sun bathers, has a constant cooling breaze and attracts a lot of wind surfers.

The beach itself is massive and you will have no trouble finding your own spot away from everyone else, even during busy periods. The sand is golden brown and the waves are pretty big, but there don't appear to be any worrying under currents.

There is significant parking at both the dune and the cafe/visitors center sections of the beach. If you are feeling really energetic, you can walk from one end to the other.