Day 11 -- Pontevedra

We left Ourense and had a choice of two routes to Pontevedra. We chose the slower scenic route over the faster freeway. It was a very picturesque over the hills through small villages. Pontevedra is a very picturesque city and our hotel apartment is luxurious. Whenever you are in Pontevedra you should stay at Hotel Dabarca. A few days before, Bo emailed a British guy Colin who lives in Pontevedra and writes a very interesting blog “Thoughts from Galicia” and we arranged to meet him at the steps of the post office at 2 pm. He gave us a very in depth tour of the old city. It is a fairly small old town, but very very picturesque. It was great to have a local take us around and point out the interesting places and details. After about 2 hours of walking, Colin drove us to the house he has for rent/sale. It is 20 minutes outside the city on a hill with a great view of the city and valley. It is accessible by a very narrow road. The area is very beautiful, and the house is located on the edge of a small village with a lovely rustic restaurant. It’s a fairly new house built in the old Galician style. It has 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, a nice terrace and a beautiful garden and lots of hiking trails around. After that, Colin drove us back to the city, to his city house high up on a hill overlooking the downtown area. The views from his house are magnificent. In about 30 minutes we are going to meet with Colin again and he’ll take us to his favorite tapas bars.