Where the river Tambre becomes the Ría de Muros-Noia. The most northern ría of the four large rías in the south of Galicia.
The hotel is situated in the heart of nature, surrounded by natural places like the Sierra de la Barbanza, the Ría de Muros-Noia, the Dehesa de Nimo, very rich in native species of both fauna and flora, the waterfalls of the river San Xusto…
And perfectly connected with the main cities on the Galician Coast, Santiago 36 km away. City of culture and destination for pilgrims, 99 km from A Coruña, 60 km from Pontevedra and 90 Km from Vigo.

Noia

The municipal area of Noia is the background to the Ría de Muros-Noia, the most northern of the four largest rías in the south of Galicia. The river Tambre, in the north of the area, is the border with Outes, a different municipal area. To the south and to the east it borders Lousame, a border which follows a long winding line without natural limitation milestones. Other municipal areas bordering Noia are Brión to the northeast and Porto do Son to the southeast.

The main road link is the road C-543 from Santiago to Noia. It is 34 kilometres from the capital of Galicia and 96 from A Coruña. Also crossing the city is the C-550 from Cee to Tui along the coast. This links with Muros, Cee and Fisterra in the north and Porto do Son and Ribeira in the south. A road crosses the Barbanza peninsula and mountains and links Noia with Boiro (18 kilometres), on the Ría de Arousa.

A very old tradition attributes the legendary origin of Noia to the granddaughter of Japheth, the son of Noah, who landed on these coasts after the flood. Maybe this legend came from the mention by Pliny in his Natural History, when he speaks about the fortress of Noela and describes Celtic settlements of the land. The coat of arms of Noia, already used in the 16th century, has Noah’s Ark floating on the sea and above it a dove with an olive branch in its beak. The only remains of its primitive settlers is the dolmen in Argalo and a few castros. The Argalo dolmen, or Cova da Moura, still has teh original nine pilasters although it lost the cover. The path leading up to the megalith goes around Sobreviñas castro.

Lousame

Viewpoint over the Ría de Muros-Noia. Of importance on the road to Santiago was the Cistercian monastery San Xusto de Toxosoutos, which enjoyed great privileges in the 12th century, situated in a beautiful area with a small waterfall. The parish of Tallara with Romanic remains and a broad view over the R&i?????t???a?¹acute;a de Arousa. The land has some surprising cruceiros like the Desenclavo in Berrimes. It has important romerías or processions like that of Tállara or San Cristovo de Ces, San Lourenzo, on 10th August, where stones are still worshipped.

Porto do Son

At the top of A Barbanza mount Iroite, the Enxa, viewpoints, wild horses celebrated in July with their "rapa das bestas". It would appear that in the old days the road per loca maritima passed through here, judging by the Roman discoveries. An important enclave is the Baroña castro, excavated. Citadel with an intense history of fishing and metal trades in the first years of the era. The church in Son offers interesting baroque sculptures by Gambino. Amazing beaches. Nebra pazo... On the way are picturesque cuceiros picturing the Virgen de Loreto or the Virgen del Nordés.

Portosín

This town has the most important Yacht Club in the ría.

Muros

Mount Louro serves as a guide for the sailors who enter the Ría. Not far are the petrogliphs of Laxe da Roda, which are interpreted as an astral calendar. Below a Franciscan monastery, the beach and Muros, with its old stone houses with traditional porches, narrow lanes bearing names related to life at sea. The marine gothic church, the Colegiata de San Pedro, with a strange holy water font, with the symbol of sin, the submerged snake. The Hospital de Pobres dates from the 14th century, the sanctuary Nosa Señora do Camiño indicates the way to Compostela... The large tide windmill in Serres.

Areas where marine architecture mixes with inland architecture, Bornelle, Esteiro, where in the middle of July the Carreira de Carrilanas is held.

Outes

The pilgrim must stop to visit the church of San Ourente de Entíns, with the relics of San Campio, worshiped since 1794, celebrated every 29th September, and the miraculous fountain in O Rial. The pazo of the Marqueses de Serra, the pazo Ensido in Cando. Land praised by the romantic poet of the Galician Renaissance, Francisco Añón.

The pass over the 14th-century pointed Nafonso bridge, as rooted in the popular lore about its failed constructor

Freixo

Small fishing village at the end of the ría. Visitors can taste local oyster at the very port.