On a vacation schedule with no commitments we slept late. We walked around the area where the hotel is located. It is on a bluff overlooking a bay and there are many large houses. One in particular is amazing. It looks like a half-dome with a terrace protruding towards the coast. It is still under construction.
We then set out for Batanzos, about 10 km from Oleiros. The guide book touted it as a picturesque place. The old medieval town is hilly like San Francisco. It is walled in and surrounded by two rivers, which meet right outside the city walls. There was a farmers market there so we bought some fresh figs, which are really abundant and delicious here, and some tomatoes. We walked around and then found a tapas place for lunch/comida.
After returning to our hotel we first went to a sales office of a new development a couple of blocks away. We wanted to find out what the prices were around here. The sales lady took us on a tour of the apartments. This company built three buildings with six apartments each. Two buildings are sold out, and the one that is left will be ready in March 2011. The apartments are about 85 square meters, but terribly cut up into small spaces. The building quality is quite high but so is the price -- 320,000 euros per apartment. Not for us. Then we went on a long walk to two beaches. The area here is very pretty. The walking and biking trails along the coast that lead from beach to beach are beautiful and we can definitely understand why it would be a very desirable area to live.
In the meantime, Ana from Ourense contacted us about a house that looks really good so we will go and see it tomorrow. We also have another house to see near Pontevedra and potentially another one near Lugo.
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