Baiona

Baiona (or Bayona in Spanish) is a town 20 km south of Vigo in Galicia, Spain. It's a tourist town with a medieval historical centre by the outlet of the Vigo Bay. Its population of just over 12,000 (2018) rises to around 45,000 in the summer with tourists. Since it is on the Portuguese Way path of the Camino de Santiago, 30,000 hikers also visit every year.

Understand
Baiona is a small town in the south part of Vigo Ría. Other than tourism the major economic activities revolve around fishing.

History
Baiona has had many names in its history: Stuciana, Abóriga, Balcagia, and Erizana.

Baiona was the first place in Europe to hear the news about the discovery of America. On March 1, 1493, Caravel La Pinta arrived in Baiona commanded by Martín Alonso Pinzón. This caravel was part of first Columbus' voyage to America.

By plane
The closest airport is Vigo airport (30 km). Other options are Santiago de Compostela (129 km) or Porto in Portugal (160 km).

By train
The closest train station is in Vigo. Then you will need a bus to get Baiona.

By bus
There are buses every 30 minutes from Vigo on weekdays. On Saturdays and Sundays there are buses every hour. The company providing this service is called ATSA and the buses are red.

By car
AP-57 motorway ends in Baiona. It is connected to AP-9 from A Coruña and A-52 from Ourense.

Get around
You can go for a walk along the seafront promenade (paseo marítimo) that will take you less than 1 hour from Paseo Pinzón (on west) to Ladeira beach (on east).

There is a taxi stand at the port (5 minutes walking from town hall).

Beaches
There are six beaches in Baiona: