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Hurtigruten Group

Gardens at a Traditional Galician Estate

Excursion

Price from

$105

Duration
4 hrs 30 min
Season
Available all year
Min. number
0 travellers
Booking code
E-LCG11

Visit gardens at two of Galicia’s most remarkable estates.
  • Discover stone Galician estate houses.

  • Stroll through a French garden.

  • Stroll through an English garden.

  • Learn about different botanical species at the gardens.


Visit Pazo de Oca, a gorgeous building from the 17th century. The facade of the pazo (Galician estate house), along with the chapel and the separate small houses around, form a splendid and stately visit. This beautiful pazo has a nice galleria and an aqueduct that diverts water from the local brook to the stately mansion. In the gardens, stroll by the pools, laundry area, and mill, where we can find swans, ducks and geese. These gardens also contain boxwood, a shrub whose wood produces the best Galician smoking pipes. They feature magnolias, disks, a giant cryptomeria japonica, and camelias. We will also stroll along 330 yards of linden trees.

At Pazo de Ribadulla, these gardens are completely different, as Pazo de Oca was built in French style and Pazo de Ribadulla in English style. There is a small pond at the entrance, with a Virginia tulip tree and a nice waterfall in the middle of the forest.

Return to Coruna.

Practical information

  • Language: English, French, Italian, German, Russian, and Spanish

  • Remarks/requirements: Appropriate clothing and comfortable walking shoes

  • Walking information: 1.2 miles

  • Wheelchair accessible: No

Penguins perched on the ice of Cuverville Island, Antarctica. Credit: Espen Mills / HX Hurtigruten Expeditions

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