beach
Playa de las Catedrales
A dramatic Galician beach where erosion has carved massive rock arches and buttresses resembling Gothic cathedral flying buttresses.
8 km · about 15 min drive
Galicia, Spain · Europe
Foz is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Barreiros, 8km from Playa de las Catedrales.
Foz is a town located in Galicia, Spain. With a population of 9,642, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Foz sits in Spain, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Madrid time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Foz to your route.
Foz (Galician pronunciation: [fɔθ]) is a town and municipality in the A Mariña Central comarca in the Galician province of Lugo. It has been historically linked to the Ancient Province of Mondoñedo and also linked to the arrival of Briton immigrants during the 5th and 6th centuries, fleeing by sea from the BritishRead more
Isles (see Bishop Maeloc, Britonia and San Martiño de Mondoñedo). It has 9800 inhabitants. It borders the coastal municipalities of Burela and Barreiros, and the inland municipalities of Lourenzá, Mondoñedo, O Valadouro, Alfoz, and Cervo.
Foz is a coastal town on the shores of the Cantabrian Sea at the mouth of the river Masma, which forms the Foz estuary, with an approximate area of 100 km².
Although Foz was previously a fishing village, most of its economic resources now come from tourism.
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Foz is located in Galicia, Spain, Europe. The coordinates are 43.5692 latitude, -7.2544 longitude.
Foz has a population of approximately 9,642 people, making it a town in Spain.
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beach
A dramatic Galician beach where erosion has carved massive rock arches and buttresses resembling Gothic cathedral flying buttresses.
8 km · about 15 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Towering serpentine sea-cliffs and offshore rock needles where the Cantabrian Sea meets the Atlantic, one of Galicia's most savage viewpoints.
54 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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