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A Coruña - Paseo Marátimo - Torre de Hércules

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A Coruña - Paseo Marátimo - Torre de Hércules

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A Coruña - Paseo Marátimo - Torre de Hércules

02:19

8.84km

70m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 6, 2024

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1.02 km

San Carlos Garden

Highlight • Historical Site

The garden is one of the most unique green spaces in the city, in the Old City. It is a "hortus conclusus" created around the tomb of General Sir John Moore, hero of the battle of Elviña against the French and who died in 1809.

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1.23 km

Ruins of the Convent of San Francisco

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The Convent of San Francisco is located in the city of A Coruña and its ruins have been declared a National Monument since 1939. The church is still standing, located after being moved stone by stone to Paseo das Pontes, but from the original convent only its ruins remain after its destruction in the 16th century.

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3.67 km

Monument to the Victims of the Spanish Civil War (Campo da Rata)

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The strange name of Campo da Rata, where the monument is located, seems the most appropriate to designate the space where many citizens were retaliated with death during the Franco dictatorship. It is a tribute to the victims of the civil war and is linked to the old Provincial Prison, which is also located in the Torre field.

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4.19 km

Hercules on the Argonauts' Ship

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Hercules was on the ship with Jason and the Argonauts but never reached Colchis, since he landed together with Polyphemus on the island of Mysia in search of his friend Hylas kidnapped by the nymphs and, according to legend, none of the three returned To the ship

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5.38 km

Tower of Hercules

Highlight • Monument

The Tower of Hercules is the oldest Roman lighthouse in the world and the only one still in use. Built in all probability in the second half of the 1st century by an architect from Coimbra named Gaio Sevio Lupo, its light has always been a point of reference for sailors.
The current exterior covering is from the 18th century, the work of Eustaquio Giannini.

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6.03 km

Lapas Beach

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Small but nice beach next to the Tower of Hercules area

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7.83 km

Surfers' Fountain – Orzán Beach

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The surfers' fountain is located between Matadero beach and Orzán beach, in front of the Meliá María Pita Hotel and together with the Cuatro Caminos fountain, it is one of the best known in the city.

In it there are two sculptures of two bronze men surfing, made by José Castiñeiras, which pays tribute to the surfers who surf in this area.

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8.84 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.33 km

2.28 km

163 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.22 km

3.04 km

1.61 km

669 m

273 m

< 100 m

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Thursday 9 July

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August 31, 2025,Visitando A Coruña ❤️🇪🇸👣

A beautiful training walk before setting off on the English Way to Santiago de Compostela 👣👣.
The seaside paths leading to the watery Tower of Hercules are very beautiful.
One of the oldest functioning Roman lighthouses in the world.

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April 9, 2022,Wanderung 09.04.2023 Torre de Hércules – Torre Runde von Pescaría 🙋‍♂️🥾😎🌞

Today we were out and about in A Coruna with wonderful weather and pleasant temperatures. Tomorrow we have a day at sea and the day after tomorrow we are in Dover. LG and have a nice weekend 🙋‍♂️😎🍺

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September 16, 2021,Spanien, Galicien, A Coruña

The symbol of the city is the Hercules Tower. He has shown seafarers the way since the time of the Roman Emperor Trajan (around the year 110). The lighthouse is an active shipping sign and is therefore also the oldest active sight for shipping.

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January 4, 2026,A Coruña

The city in Galicia, in the far northwest of Spain, has over 250,000 inhabitants.

Its naturally sheltered harbor was used by the Phoenicians, Celts, and Romans. The latter built a lighthouse, the so-called Tower of Hercules, in the north of the city around 110 AD. The current 55-meter-high lighthouse is the oldest working lighthouse in the world; it is the …

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A Coruña - Paseo Marátimo - Torre de Hércules

San Carlos Garden

Ruins of the Convent of San Francisco

Monument to the Victims of the Spanish Civil War (Campo da Rata)

Hercules on the Argonauts' Ship

Tower of Hercules

Lapas Beach

Surfers' Fountain – Orzán Beach

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