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    Seafood festival

    Posted by mofli 17 October 2007

    This is a festival in honour of seafood. It is celebrated in O Grove (Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain) during the first two weeks of October and it is one of the most important festivals of Galicia.

    Here, anyone can taste the different kinds of seafood: from oysters, mussels and cockles to prawns, crabs and barnacles. It is amazing how many different dishes there are for a good price. Moreover, there are also folk performances.

    This year, there were more people than ever. The village was full of people from all parts of Spain, and even from outside. It was very difficult to book a hotel for those people who did it in the last days before the event because the occupancy rate was at the highest level.

    Two of the main important characteristics that make this festival different are the fact that the seafood from this area is among the in the world; and the second fact is that it is awesome to have lunch in front of the estuary Ría de Arousa. It is a perfect location for this festival: you can enjoy this wonderful landscape while you taste the best seafood.

    www.riasbaixas.org
    www.galinor.es/ogrove/

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    Oyster Festival

    Posted by mofli 16 May 2007

    In the Rías Baixas, each season and each month has its own gastronomical festival to honour the different tasty food of this region.

    So, for example, the first two weeks of April, there is an oyster festival. The festival is during this date because the oysters are in the best moment to be tasted. Together with the gastronomic festival, there are other performances for the public.

    You can enjoy non-stop eating from the oyster sample plates.

    www.riasbaixas.org
    www.turismoríasbaixas.com

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