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FERRY OR BRIDGE: Ferry - Transbordador from A Guarda (also called La Guardia, area Camposancos - A Pasaxe) to Caminha (Portugal) to cross Rio Mino at the border of Spain (province Pontevedra in Galicia region) with Portugal. For passengers and cars. Always check tides as low tide may impact/cancel departures due to sand. accumulating off late. The ferry has regular departures 6 (was 7) days a week (in winter/autumn not on Monday) with a travel time of approximately 10-15 minutes and saves time as compared to taking the bridge much further away at Goian (11 kms drive from Caminha to the bridge followed by a 15 minutes drive from Vila Nova de Cerveira to A Guarda. GENERAL: On the A Guarda/Camposancos/A Pasaxe (Spain) side there is a small bar outside at the ferry station, ample parking space plus a small supermarket and a restaurant nearby. A Guarda town is about 2 km away (walk up the only road going North to/from the ferry harbor. If interested to make a detour and see some interesting river, beach, ocean, mountain sights and little old village sights follow instead immediately out of the harbor to your left teh road along the river water. It is partially unpaved but one can drive there until halfway and then it becomes a foot path. A the start of teh foot path where there is a car parking, just after the apartments cars can go right and then immediately left and follow a road that will lead them either to the furthermost point at the ocean or to A Guarda via a back road with beautiful beach views. pedestrians an cars can also just after that parking go up all the way to the main road through the village of Camposancos and visit that. It has a little restaurant and convenience store plus another small convenience store. If one climbs the main small newly paved road into Camposancos village going up the mountain, one will get to the small town hall which to its right side has an unpaved road going straight up to Santa Trega mountain with its Celtic ruins and fantastic views from the hotel and restaurant on top. It is a back door steep road up for locals where one doe snot pay a fee. The official road up at A Guarda has an entry fee during weekends and daytime. An alternative is to follow the foot path from the harbor via Camposancos river fronts all the way till the Ocean, have a coffee and even breakfast or lunch or dinner at the El Molino restaurant with terrace and views and tehn proceed following the ocean path till A Gaurda, about a 6 km walk in total. far more interesting than going straight from the ferry to A Guarda via the normal 2 km walk on a street. CAMINHA: On the Caminha (Portugal) side there is whole quaint old small town with many shops, relatively inexpensive restaurants and supermarkets within walking distance, plus a railway station (15 minute walk from ferry). SHOPS: Shops in Galicia close on holidays, during siesta times and on Sundays except on a very select few pre-holiday days. Shops in Portugal are also often open on Sundays and have very brief lunch time closing hours. Some smaller shops do not open on Sundays. Pastry shops and pastry restaurants in Galicia are open on Sundays. Garages are not open during weekend days. Gas is (often far) more expensive in Portugal than in Galicia. SCHEDULE PUBLICATION: A copy of the latest schedule can be seen on this page. It gets published every week last minute so there is no early information and schedules change frequently. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: BUS A GUARDA: In Galicia there is no connecting public transportation until one reaches A Guarda (about a 2 km walk, just go up the one street leading from/to the harbor) except a couple of months in summer when the bus company ATSA has a special shuttle to A Guarda and surroundings. The bus company to look for in A Guarda is also ATSA. They used to have their “busstation” (a mere bus stop with waiting area) right at the little triangular downtown square (not the big one) across from where Froiz supermarket is located, but due to road construction the stop was temporarily moved to in front of the imposing library building which one cannot miss as it is to the left in the curve next to the entrance road to Santa Trega mountain when following the road from the ferry. From A Guarda one can travel in two directions, to Vigo via the coastal road or to Vigo via Tui. In the summer there is the local area shuttle that visits among other places O Rosal. (AIRPORT) BUS CAMINHA: In Caminha there are several bus connections into Portugal, even as far as Lisbon, since Portuguese has a very competitive bus market. Andrade Express (goes to/from airport) and Avic are just a few of them. (AIRPORT) BUS VILA NOVA DE CERVEIRA: In Vila Nova de Cerveira there is a bus stop on the sole main highway in front of downtown and the crossing with Hospital de La Luz for buses to Vigo, Valenca, Braga, Ponte De Lima, Porto or Porto Airport and beyond. There are two bus companies serving the airport, Autna (the biggest, most frequent, book and pay online and NEVER go without reserving, print reservation) and Andrade Express (call or message and reserve, pay in bus) from that bus stop. Makes ure to stand on the correct side. The bus stop arriving FROM Porto airport going to Vigo or Valenca etc. is on the Hospital side. The bus going to Porto airport, Caminha, Viana etc. is on the downtown side. The airport ride takes about 1 hour to an hour and 10 minutes (this is if via Viana, if via Caminha that would be 1 1/2 hour). Quite often buses are late to arrive at the bus stop but arrive on time at the airport. From the bus stop at the airport (just outside the airport when exiting the entrance to the right) it is only a couple of minutes walking and taking the escalator or elevator to the departure hall upstairs. The arrival hall is downstairs so it is only minutes walking to/from the airport bus stop. Bus rates vary between 6 EURO per leg if a return is bought with Autna to 12 EURO each with Andrade Express. Note that there are even buses going around 3 am but also note that schedules on Saturdays and Sundays to/from Vila Nova or Vigo are minimal and usually of no use for arrivals or departures on these days, so book MO-FR flights where possible. Trains (via Comboios de Portugal) also run quite less on weekend days. The tram from Porto airport to Porto city where the train stations are takes about 40 minutes to an hour. AIRPORT BUSES: There is also an airport bus service by Barquense that goes to Viana do Castelo and one can take a train from there to towns like Caminha, Vila Nova de Cerveira and Valenca. It stops on the street side at the roundabout above the Viana railway station where there is also a small parking. One needs to take stairs or an elevator to get there from/to the station. It is not indicated it is a bus stop. The trip takes about 1 hour and costs EURO 7. TRAINS: Train tickets are very inexpensive in Portugal and schedules run rather frequent during the week. We encountered very friendly train engineers who would stop a departing train if we came running to catch it. Unthinkable in Spain. By the way, the southern part below Vigo in Galicia has no train traffic of any meaning except the train between Vigo and Tui (that once a day goes to Portugal). Trains in Spain are expensive and unreliable in meeting schedules. Booking can be done online or at vending machines in some larger stations (which also have a ticket counter then). Small Spanish stations have no ticket vending, so they are deserted and that means booking online. If you buy a ticket in the train it is more expensive and you need to have the right amount of cash. TAXI: A taxi from/to A Guarda to/from Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal) which has a train station will cost about EURO 18-20 with a Portuguese taxi company. They are the easiest to get. Spanish taxis are much harder to get and often cost more. CAR RENTALS: In Caminha there is a Hertz car rental office. Renting at the airport is more practical though. In Galicia car rental places are few and far between and costly plus often unreliableas they keep deposits for a long time. Do not rent from the major car rental companies there but try locally instead (in Vigo there is a good one a couple of blocks from the main railway station). Less demands are far more friendly plus one can often also use debit cards then. No , there are no car rental offices south of Vigo, so not in A Guarda. LUGGAGE: The Spanish post office has a special service listed on their website for picking up and delivery of luggage and backpacks to destinations along the Camino to Santiago de Compostela. Costs are quite low so it is recommended. Otherwise it will be climbing up and down all through Galicia (nothing is really flat there) when visiting places. DISCLAIMER: The ferry itself has no website. I’m a neighbor of the ferry who published this for English speakers.