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GALICIA Information - GALICIA LEISURE AND SPORT

The Galician people are famed as hard workers, but it is also true that they enjoy themselves as no one else does. Galicia, thanks to its geographical features and the work of countless sports clubs, offers all kinds of entertainment and the possibility to enjoy almost every sport.
The winding, ragged coastline, measuring over 1,220 km, with its 750 beaches and 23 marinas, gives one plenty of opportunities to do any kind of water sport. Sailing, rowing and speedboat racing, either at local, national or international level, give the rias a merry atmosphere during the summer. And the windsurf sails skirt around the beaches all year long. Surfing is also practised by amateurs throughout the year and so is underwater fishing. Since 1988, international contests have attracted the best surfers who enter for European championships.
Other water sports may be practised, like canoeing, taking advantage of the inter
national descent of the Mino, and rafting in the rapids of the River Deza and in the course of the River Mino through the Condado. These bring together the enjoyment of the sport and the wonder of marvellous scenery. Others enjoy the landscape by para gliding, trekking and mountain-bike or horse touring. There are marked routes for trekking, combining nature with a visit to historical-artistic monuments, while some routes can comfortably be followed in organized groups.

During the winter, skiers can go to the Cabeza de Manzaneda resort. For brevity, we will only point aut that there are 51 sports federations registered in the Secretaria General para el Deporte. The first one to be registered was the Golf Federation, which owns several courses in Galicia, like "La Zapateira" in A Cormia, the "Real Aero Club" in Vigo, and the courses in Santiago de Compostela and in the Isle of A Toxa. Brand new Golf courses have recently been opened in Domaio (Pontevedra) and Montealegre (Ourense). Finally, we will mention fishing, for anglers find Galicia a paradise which spreads along the thousand five hundred Kilometres of salmon and trout rivers. In the field of spectator sports, football has to be mentioned in the first place, with tournaments as important as the one held in A Coruna, the Teresa Herrera Trophy, the oldest of this kind of tournaments in Spain. On the cultural scene, musical events range from select musical concerts in Compostela or the Galician Orchestra, to big shows are held at A Coruna Coliseum or Castrelos Park in Vigo. The seven main cities have modem facilities for meetings, exhibitions and concerts. Among them, the Galicia Auditorium in Santiago and the conference centres in A Coruna, Santiago and Pontevedra. Accommodation is wide and varied, from the big 5-star hotels and the paradores, situated in historical buildings, to the smaller, modem hostels, pazos and farm houses of rural tourism. They are well distributed, similarly to the Galician population, with a higher concentration along the coastal areas.

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