A Coruña
The city where no one's a stranger
What to see, where to eat and which beach to go to, told by someone who lives here
Where to start
Four doors into the city
What almost everyone who arrives is looking for, in the order they usually look for it.
What to See
The Tower, the old town and the seafront promenade. What you can't miss, and how long each one takes.
Where to Eat
From the taverns on Calle de la Franja to the long Sunday table. With prices, and no lists of a hundred places.
Beaches
Riazor and Orzán right in the city centre, and the ones on the estuary half an hour away. Which has a lifeguard and which has waves.
What to Do
Museums, concerts, and what people here do on rainy Sundays, which are quite a few.
Photos
Where to stand and at what time, for the four views everyone comes looking for.
Getting Around
Most of it on foot. For the rest, which bus to take and where you can park without circling three times.
Don't miss it
Three reasons people come here
Roman lighthouse · World Heritage Site
Tower of Hercules
The only Roman lighthouse still working, and the oldest in the world. 234 steps and the whole coastline from up top.
María Pita · Santiago · Santa María
Old town
The square, the town hall and three Romanesque churches in four streets. No map needed.
13 km · the longest in Europe
Seafront promenade
Thirteen kilometres hugging the sea, with a tram running along it. Join it anywhere, leave it wherever you fancy.
In an afternoon
What you can fit in without taking the car
All of this is within the city, on foot or by bus.
Swim at Riazor
Climb the Tower
Tapas on La Franja
The tram ride
Monte de San Pedro
Watching the sea at the Orzán
The city
This is the view from here
Agenda
What's on right now
Things to do, festivals and useful notices. We write it ourselves, so nothing here is sponsored.
What to do on a rainy Sunday
It rains twelve days out of thirty, so it's worth having a list ready before it does.
The city's beaches, one by one
Riazor and Orzán are a ten-minute walk from Plaza de María Pita. What to expect from each.
Climbing the Tower without the queue
The oldest working Roman lighthouse in the world has 234 steps and takes a good two hours to climb.
Coming this weekend?
Check what's on before making plans: there's almost always something, and it's rarely advertised where you'd expect.
See what's on