Free tours Noia Sancosmeira -

Danny Daniels

Grandísima visita guiada que, gracias al amor por su trabajo y por su municipio que demuestra Paula, hace que se convierta en una experiencia de las de enmarcar.

Mari Jose C. P.

Fuimos desde Cantabria....y teníamos mucho interés por conocer Noia, ( tuvimos la gran suerte de tener a Paula de guía)... nos enseñó su villa con todo detalle. Preciosa por cierto.

No dejéis de visitarla...y contactar con Paula q es un encanto.

Estela

Muy recomendados los tours con Paula

Gregory Martin

I’ve lived in Galicia for nearly five years and have made a few day trips to the larger cities but I realised that I didn’t really know much about Noia although I go there for market day and shopping. I thought that having a guided tour would be more interesting than wandering aimlessly around the town so I looked on Google and found a tour guide. Our group met beside the Museo do Mar and our guide Paula promised to show us what made Noia a town of such significance during its long history. We discovered the remains of the walls which surrounded Noia in the middle ages and the buildings constructed to cater for the pilgrims who came by sea on their way to the holy city of Santiago. In those days a large part of the town was owned by the rich and powerful bishops of the holy city whose ‘escudos’, or coats of arms, can be seen all over the old town. As we explored the Iglesia de Santa Maria a Nova, history revealed itself as we saw the medieval gravestones carved with designs showing the professions of the buried such as shoemakers and carpenters. Leaving the main streets we came to the extensive water engineering which served the grain mills and we spent a few minutes talking about the business of the millers and the customers. Paula was born in the town and of course speaks Spanish and Galician as well as English and we asked many questions about Galicia and its culture. Probably the most notable of the buildings is the church of San Martino in the centre of the old town and we admired its circular rose window and surrounding stone carvings of medieval musicians. As Paula explained, this church has a spooky story connected to its appearance in the horror film La Campana del Infierno in 1973. After an hour and a half we had packed a lot into the tour and were happy to settle for a coffee in one of the bars beside the palm tree lined Alameda in the centre of town. Although the old town centre is pretty and charming there is more to find out and deciding to take a tour was a great way to start.