Day and night, the atmosphere is always at the rendezvous. This city is made for walking and entertaining, with beaches in the center, the tower of Hercules, which watches, and a large waterfront that runs along almost all of its perimeter.
Moreover, A Coruña has excellent museums such as that of Bellas Artes for art, the Casa de las Ciencias for science, the Domus dedicated to the human being, or the Arqueológico, for the archeology that is in the castle of San Antón. At dusk, nothing is as romantic and warm as the San Carlos Garden. If calm is not you’re thing, you can go to the gardens of Méndez Núñez, in the center. You will find the Kiosko Alfonso, now transformed into an exhibition hall. It was once a cinema consisting of two rooms separated by a central screen, so it was possible to pay a less expensive entry … since you saw the film from behind …
One of the most unforgettable experiences that the visitor will keep of Corunna and Galicia is the twilight which is offered at the top of the tower of Hercules.
The sun sinks gradually into the Atlantic Finisterrae and its dream landscape. Opposite is the only Roman lighthouse in the world still in operation, accompanied by a sculpture park Artabres, Arturo Andrade; Breogán, of Xosé Cid; Charon, of Ramón Conde; Hercules and Géryon, Tim Behrens and José Espora; as well as the menhirs forest of Manolo Paz.
In the old town …
you will first visit the plaza del Obelisco, in the city center, where you will be able to live the glittering life of A Coruña by browsing the very commercial Calles Real and Rego de Auga. These lead to the majestic Plaza de María Pita, where you can admire the beautiful Casa Consistorial of Modernist style. From here, you will be able to reach the heart of the old town where you can immerse yourself in the most singular history of A Coruña. Then we will visit the Romanesque church of Santiago, the twelfth century, which has ogival elements of the fourteenth and fifteenth century. ; then, the evocative plaza of Azcárraga; the Santa María collegiate church, built between the 12th and 15th centuries, very close to the sacred art museum, the Museo de Arte Sacro; or the plaza and convent of Santa Bárbara, which form a rare beauty.
On the seafront …
you will leave the old area of A Coruña to reach the Gardens of Real Maestranza, place where there are canons that defended the city. The view of the barrier Barrié de la Maza, on the exceptional contemporary architecture of the maritime control tower and on the castle of San Antón is magnificent. You can then descend on the waterfront to join the tower of Hercules. It is a path of great beauty offering panoramas on the steep coast that opens on the Atlantic.
In the center…
Arriving at this point, you will take the direction of the starting point by Avenida Rubine, Praza de Pontevedra and Calle Juan Flórez, in which it will be possible to see buildings of modernist style and enjoy a commercial offer varied to buy a souvenir of the city.