Albariño Festivity (Cambados)
From its origins, in the 1950s, as a meeting of friends who competed to know which of their wines was the best one, the Albariño Festivity of Cambados has become one the most eagerly awaited gastronomic appointments of the year in Galicia, been declared Festivity of National Tourist Interest. As well, it has named all the Rías Baixas Denomination of Origin and has got that Cambados be declared as Historic Artistic Site and City of Wine.
There are hundreds of people who arrive every year to the locality of Pontevedra for enjoy this wine festivity, the oldest of the Galician Community.
The Calzada Avenue hosts the stands where the winemakers offer their best wines at a popular prices; besides, the gastronomic tents where the visits can taste the exquisiteness of the typical Galician meal, accompanying its albariño wines by so popular dishes as the Galician pie or seafood with extraordinary quality. As well as the tastings, a wide program of sporting, infant, cultural and musical activities, complete this festive journals.
Another element that gain special prominence are the Peñas del Albariño, who with their original and showy t-shirts, fill of colour and happiness the celebration that every year gain more followers.
Travel in a comfortable way with Monbus and avoid your travel to be a worry. Check the schedules of the regular line to travel from O Grove, Padrón, Santiago, Sanxenxo, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Vilanova de Arousa and all the available connections to arrive to Cambados by Monbus. Maybe you prefer to rent a bus or rent a car in order to go with who you want, when you want and on the way you want.