Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0Provincial capital
Pontevedra is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the Comarca and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is also the capital of its own municipality which is often considered an extension of the actual city.
The city is best known for its urban planning, pedestrianisation and the charm of its old town. Between 2013 and 2020, the city received numerous awards for its urban planning, like the international European Intermodes Urban Mobility Award in 2013, the 2014 Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development awarded by UN-Habitat in partnership with Dubai Municipality and the Excellence Award of the center for Active Design in New York City in 2015, among others. The city also won the European Commission's first prize for urban safety in 2020.
Surrounded by hills, the city is located on the edge of a ria at the mouth of the Lérez river by the sea, at the end of the Ria de Pontevedra, in the heart of the Rías Baixas. An economic centre and tourist destination, with a population of 83,260 in 2020, it is at the head of a metropolitan area around its ria of more than 200,000 inhabitants comprising the municipalities of Poio, Marín, Sanxenxo, Bueu, Vilaboa, Cerdedo-Cotobade, Ponte Caldelas, Barro and Soutomaior.
Pontevedra has the second most important historic center in Galicia, after Santiago de Compostela. A city of art and history, the city is known as The Good City (name attributed by the French author Jean Froissart in his Chronicles in the 14th century) or The City of the Lérez.
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Where to eat
We don't have verified restaurants here yet, but the larder of Galicia already says a lot.
See the restaurants on the mapWe haven't verified any table with its owner in Pontevedra yet. In the meantime, these are the restaurants mapped in the surrounding area.
Up to 30 km around, according to OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps. No ratings or prices: call before you go.
120 restaurants
120 restaurants
Pontevedra · in the village+34 623 181 814View on the mapWebsite
Pontevedra · in the village+34 986 860 939View on the mapWebsite
Terrace
Pontevedra · in the village+34 613 035 375View on the map
Pontevedra · in the village+34 986 854 359View on the mapWebsite
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Pontevedra · in the village+34 629 097 566View on the mapWebsite
Pontevedra · in the village+34 986 85 12 34View on the mapWebsite
Pontevedra · in the village+34 986 859 374View on the mapWebsite
Vegetarian options
Pontevedra · in the village+34 660 298 757View on the mapWebsite
Pontevedra · in the village+34 886310573View on the mapWebsite
Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) and Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): what has been mapped with its name. If your restaurant is missing or you want to manage it, sign up as a professional.
The 30 closest to the centre, out of 185 in the municipality.
Data from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). No opening hours: call before you go.
What people eat in Galicia when they eat well.
Boiled in a copper pot, with paprika, coarse salt and oil; best on fair day.
Atlantic white from the Rías Baixas: fresh, saline and made for seafood.
Filled with marinated pork, cod or sardines; thin pastry, generous filling, and good cold too.
Mild, creamy and unmistakably shaped; for dessert with quince paste.
Almost every village has its market day and its producers: the cheesemaker, the baker, the vegetable garden next door. Ask at the tourist office or the bar on the square; they'll tell you where to buy straight from the maker.
We haven't confirmed Pontevedra's market day. Every village has its own: better to ask than to make it up.
The 12 closest to the centre, out of 29 in the municipality.
Data from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). No opening hours: call before you go.
