Galicia - The land of a thousand rivers!
Often described as green Spain, this temperate north western corner of the country is rich and fertile with an abundance of beaches and spectacular mountainous views. It also has historic cities, a culture descended from the Celts and a warm welcome for foreign visitors.
There are actually three Galicia's, one in Poland and another in Turkey, but the one that we are interested in is in the north of Spain and shares its southern border with Portugal. Spain's Galicia faces the Atlantic Ocean to the west and is bordered by another Spanish region, Asturias, to the east. To the north lies the infamous bay of Biscay.
Galicia is known in Spain as the "land of the 1000 rivers". Those rivers cross all the region from the mountainous inland to the coast, where they form the characteristical "Rias". The coast itself offers great contrasts, from the smooth beaches of As Marinas to the dangerous cliffs of Costa de la Muerte, the "coast of death".