We rounded off our Galician visit with a day in A Coruna, of Deportivo A Coruna fame (the football team!).
The city is very industrial on the approach from the west and has the most terrifying road system! It took two coffees and a delicious tortilla before we stopped shaking sufficiently to appreciate the modern and scenic harbour and bay area. We walked up to the Torre de Hercules; the oldest lighthouse still functioning in the world. A payment of 2 euro got us a walk around the original foundations and a long ascent to the look-out platform (see picture); oh, and a welcome from old hercules himself.
The promenade along the bay, with yet another blue-flag beach and a view of the Deportiva stadium, which is right on the bay, worked up an appetite for lunch. Seafood (and eat it!) of course, after which we managed to navigate our way safely to the hotel.
Tomorrow we head south, initially Avila, Segovia and Salamanca.
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