A Pobra do Caramiñal

A Pobra do Caramiñal is a town and municipality at the entrance of one of the lower bays of the Galician coastline known as the Ria de Arousa in the province of A Coruña, Spain. It is located in the autonomous community of Galicia. A Pobra do Caramiñal belongs to the comarca of A Barbanza. It is the next stop out of the ria (bay or more apropos fjord) after Boiro and is famous for its unusual festival procession in September. A Pobra do Caramiñal features a large harbor with docks for commercial and leisure craft, the Alameda, the Old Town, and a popular beach.

A harbour in A Pobra do Caramiñal

Demographics

from INE Archiv[1]

A Pobra do Caramiñal’s harbour

The harbour in A Pobra do Caramiñal is a tourist destination. The port is open to the public; fishing boats on display range from dinghy-sized dornas to industrial-sized fishing boats moored up at a quay that extends into the bay.

A footpath runs the length of the harbor and parallel to the beach, leading to the second section of the port which contains yachts, speedboats, and other non-commercial craft. Two beaches in A Pobra flew the Blue Flag of the EU until their withdrawal in 2015 because of the lack of lifeguards.[2]

References

"INEbase. Alteraciones de los municipios". www.ine.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-08-29.
"La bandera azul no volverá a izarse este verano en las playas de Cabío y A Illa". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2017-08-29.

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[1] "INEbase. Alteraciones de los municipios". www.ine.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-08-29.

[2] "La bandera azul no volverá a izarse este verano en las playas de Cabío y A Illa". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2017-08-29.