Presentation of my city

1. VIGO
THE CITY OF LIGHT
Spain
Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín

2. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín

3. INDEX
1 GENERAL INFORMATION
2 HOW TO GET THERE
WEATHER FORECAST
3
4 HOW TO GET AROUNG VIGO
Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
5
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
PLACES OF INTEREST
6
8
7
VIGO AT CHRISTMAS
QUESTIONS

4. Information
Location:
42º 14’ North, 8º 45’ West
Extension:
110km2
Population:
almost 300.000
Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
1

5. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
People (units)
Source INE, www.epdata.es

6. get there
Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
2

7. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
We head to the stop "Dąbrowa Górnicza Centrum", and take
a bus to "Katowice Dworzec" (half an hour drive)
From “Katowice 5 Sądowa Street” we take another bus that leaves
us about 140 meters from Krakow Airport on foot.
We will take the direct flight to Oporto-Francisco Sá
Carneiro Airport (there are direct flights).
Finally, we take a direct bus from Porto airport to Vigo
bus station.

8. Weather
Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
3

9. PUBLIC TRASPORT
IS THE MOST COMFORTABLE OPTION
TO MOVE AROUND THE CITY
get around
WITHOUT STRESS
Click here
Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
4

10. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
Places
of interest
5

11. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
They were a refuge for pirates in the past, but are currently uninhabited.
They are only open to the public in summer, and the Cíes Islands can only be accessed by
boat. This is how this natural paradise is preserved.
Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín

12. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
Oysters are the
gastronomic pearl of
the Vigo estuary.

13. BALAIDOS STADIUM
Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
It hosts the home games of the first
team of Real Club Celta de Vigo, a
team that plays in the Spanish first
division.

14. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
During the first years of operation the vessel
fished in the fishing grounds of the Gran Sol,
during its last years of service it fished in the
fishing grounds of southern Portugal.
In 1988 it was decommissioned and donated to
the City Council of Vigo. In 2000 the political
groups voted to incorporate the Bernardo
Alfageme to the maritime heritage of the city.

15. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
Viewpoint with the best
views
of the estuary of Vigo.

16. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
First town to know the
Discovery of America, after
the arrival of the Caravel
Pinta to its port.
The cobbled streets of this set
show numerous stately
mansions.
In its structure two periods are
evident: the medieval and the
one that spans from the
Renaissance to the eighteenth
century.

17. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
Medieval castle of the XII century, place of
origin and center of power of one of the
most significant lineages of medieval
Galicia.
The 29-hectare estate includes a botanical
garden where you can find 175 different
tree species, some of them more than
eight hundred years old.

18. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
International
event
6

19. Urban Sporting and cultural evento held every August
since 2001.
Urban sports festival of reference in southern Europe
Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
Modalities of the event:
3x3 basketball.
BMX.
Flatland.
FMB dirt jump.
Motocross.
MTB downtown (mountain bike descent down the slopes of
the city).
Skateboarding.
The star event of the event is the World Skateboarding Cup.

20. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
In winter there are reasons to make a getaway to this city that,
in recent years, has managed to become the ideal destination
to celebrate Christmas, because its Christmas street lighting is
the most profitable investment in the history of any Spanish
city.
7

21. WHY THE CITY OF LIGHT?
Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín

22. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
QUESTIONS
8
• What is the most used transportation in Vigo?
• What international event is held every summer?
• Is it true that winters are sunny and cold?

23. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
https://www.epdata.es/datos/datos-graficos-estadisticas-
municipio/52/vigo/7824
https://hoxe.vigo.org/?lang=cas
https://www.xn--omarisquio-19a.com/pages/informacion-general
https://www.eldiario.es/edcreativo/turismo/necesitas-vigo-
animarte-conocerla-volver-grande_1_8664559.html

24. Akademia WSB Dąbrowa Górnicza - Lucía Cardesín
THANK YOU
DZIĘKUJĘ CI