{"id":13849,"date":"2024-09-14T17:30:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T16:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=13849"},"modified":"2024-09-07T21:05:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T20:05:19","slug":"incursion-en-galice-et-retour-en-asturies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/incursion-en-galice-et-retour-en-asturies\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Incursion into Galicia and return to Asturias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIt was one of the spots I wanted to discover for a long time: Praia de Catedrais or \u00ab\u00a0Beach of the Cathedrals\u00a0\u00bb, in Galicia, about ten kilometers from the border with Asturias. A spot that has become extremely touristy since it was published hundreds of times on Instagram, so much that you now have to register on Internet to be allowed to access it via a QR code. As some arches are only accessible at low tide, this further concentrates the crowd at certain times of the day.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFirst there around 3pm, I gave up as there were so many people. Thus, we discovered it the next day around 8am and if there were still a lot of people, it was probably 5 or 10 times less than the day before.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n1. The site consists of a cliff whose bottom is at sea level and \u00ab\u00a0sanded\u00a0\u00bb on a beach.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4249b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4249b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4249b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4249b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n2. The most famous arches, in a row with each other.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4224_sf1b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4224_sf1b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4224_sf1b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4224_sf1b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n3. What a perspective!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4235_SF1b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4235_SF1b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4235_SF1b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4235_SF1b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n4. Another arch on the way back to the access to the foot of the cliff.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4230b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4230b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4230b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4230b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n5. Heading back west, we follow the coast on small roads and come across a pretty lighthouse: Faro de Ribadeo.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4256b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4256b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4256b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4256b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n6. A little further East, a pretty wild cove. We discover that it is currently reserved for nudists.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4258b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4258b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4258b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4258b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n7. New stop a few miles further to discover another natural arch, at the Mirador de Atalaya.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4264b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4264b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4264b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4264b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n8. We continue to follow the coast, sometimes on trails, discovering pretty coves like this one.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4267b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4267b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4267b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4267b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n9. Here a pretty little harbor, in Viavel\u00e8z.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4271b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4271b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4271b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4271b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n10. It&rsquo;s time to look for a place to camp and after three unsuccessful attempts, we find a spot above a beautiful cliff that turns orange at sunset.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4292b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4292b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4292b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4292b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n11. The next morning, discovery of a pebble beach after a short offroad session on an abandoned path.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4295b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4295b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4295b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A1_4295b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThen we leave the coast to reach the mountains of the Somedio National Park. To be discovered in the next update. \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It was one of the spots I wanted to discover for a long time: Praia de Catedrais or \u00ab\u00a0Beach of the Cathedrals\u00a0\u00bb, in Galicia, about ten kilometers from the border with Asturias. A spot that has become extremely touristy since it was published hundreds of times on Instagram, so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/incursion-en-galice-et-retour-en-asturies\/?lang=en\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1504,1511],"tags":[106,1742,1750,136,1751,1756,1155,1757,1238,134,1754,1755,1512,47],"class_list":["post-13849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-espagne-en","category-spain","tag-arch","tag-asturias","tag-asturies-en","tag-beach","tag-catedrais-en","tag-cove","tag-emile-en","tag-galicia","tag-lighthouse","tag-ocean-en","tag-praia-en","tag-ribadeo-en","tag-spain","tag-sunset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13850,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13849\/revisions\/13850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}