Out on the mussel rafts at dawn

A Illa de Arousa, Pontevedra//Activities/7 min read

Ropes, boats and a ría that sets its own timetable.

Written with by Clara Ibáñez
A Illa de Arousa, Pontevedra.

Draft. This story will go out with Xiana Otero to her rafts on the ría de Arousa.

Galician mussels in escabeche, Bateas da Illa. A Illa de Arousa, Pontevedra.

It will explain how a mussel grows on a rope and how it ends up in a tin.

[The full text of this story is still to be written. Photos will go in as the story needs them.]

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The place

Galicia

The coast of Pontevedra is cut by rías. On the ría de Arousa, hundreds of wooden rafts grow mussels on ropes, and the day starts on the water.

Things to love about Pontevedra

  • Mussel rafts on the ría at dawn
  • A Illa de Arousa, an island joined to the coast by a bridge
  • Harbour taverns on the ría
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Galician mussels in escabeche

Galician mussels in escabeche

A Illa de Arousa, Pontevedra
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