Orzán and Riazor beaches
You will get a taste of the city’s life with a wealth of detail. Aerial view of the city
The city
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Population/ 246,028 inhabitants (2011) Area/ 37,83km2
Euro (€) Coins/ 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents, 1 and 2 euros. Notes/ 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euros, The most used notes are from 5 to 50 euros. Currency exchange/ Novagalicia Banco, c/Rúa Nueva. Remittances/ Western Union, in Correos (Post Office).
Coffee/ €1.10 Beer/ €1.70 Wine/ €2.00 Tapa/ €1.50 Three course lunch/ €10-15 Bus ticket/ €1.20 Newspaper/ €1.20
A Coruña is in the GMT+1 (+2 in the summer) time zone
An outdoor shopping centre where you can combine shopping with a visit to the most interesting places in the city and tasting our gastronomy in restaurants, wine bars, tapas bars or cafés.
María Pita Square
The lively shopping streets are the shop windows of famous Galician fashion and the leading national and international brands. Accessory, handicrafts, jewellery, souvenir, antiques, perfume or decoration shops.
Language/ There are 2 official languages: Spanish and Galician.
We welcome you inviting you to take a walk around the heart of the city: the Obelisco Area, the Picasso District and the Historic Quarter. Opening Hours
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Shop opening hours/ Shopping centres and fashion chains are open all day from 10:00 h. to 20:30 h. Small shops usually shut from 14:00 h, to 17:00 h. Retaurants/ Lunch is from 13:30 h. to 16:00 h. and dinner from 21:00 to 23:00 h. Banks/ from 8:30 h. to 14:00 h. Some open from 17:00 h. to 20:00 h on Thursday afternoons.
Hello/ Hola Goodbye/ Adiós Good morning/ Buenos días Good afternoon/ Buenas tardes Please/ Por favor Tranks/ Gracias You’re welcome/ De nada Where is ...?/ ¿Dónde está ...? How much is it?/ ¿Cuánto cuesta? Could you please help me?/ ¿Me podría ayudar? Can you tell how to go to ... / Me puede indicar como ir a…. Can you bring me the bill, please?/ ¿Me puede traer la cuenta por favor? Can I have a wine, please?/ Un vino, por favor Can I have a beer please/ Una cerveza, por favor Can I have the menu, please?/ ¿Me trae la carta, por favor?
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Tomb of General Sir John Moore and the San Carlos Gardens
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La Marina Dock
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The city is the perfect size to move around walking. If you prefer you can use public transport (buses and taxis) with many stops in the areas near to the port. You can also hire a bike for hours or for the full day.
All information on the city in your mobile phone: http://www.turismocoruna.com/mobile/
Police
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TAXIS/ Nearest stops: Puerta Real, Obelisco. Teletaxi/ 981 287 777 Radiotaxi/ 981 243 333
BUS/ Price/ Price €1.20. You buy the tickets directly on the bus.
Smoking is not allowed in any establishment or closed public space. Many bars and restaurants have made an outdoor seating area where smoking is allowed.
Line 1A/ Bus station Line 3/ Tower of Hercules and Promenade Line 3A/ Return to the Cruise Terminal Line 4/ Bus station Line 5/ Tower of Hercules, Train Station
Turismo de A Coruña/
More information: http://www.coruna.es/guiaLocal/ autobuses.jsp
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Corunna Cruise Plan/
BICYCLE HIRE/ ECO-LÓGICA www.ecologicagalicia.com Calle del Cantábrico, 2 T. 981 90 40 40
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Giving a tip is not compulsory as it is included in the price. Nevertheless, people usually give 5% if the service has been good (in cafés and restaurants).
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The María Pita Square and the La Marina Avenue have many cafés and outdoor seating areas where you can peacefully enjoy a nice cup of coffee or a beer from the well-known local brand: Estrella Galicia.
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In these areas, tapas will be a good advance of what you can find later in the city’s restaurants, and as variety is the spice of life, you can taste all the styles with the guarantee of our raw materials: fresh and top quality fish, meat, fruit and vegetables.
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The most recent offer of wine and tapas bars is assembled around the Vigo Square and the Lugo Square, in Pardo Bazán, Padre Feijoo or Payo Gómez streets.
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All the corners of the city have places to enjoy our gastronomy, and if you want go to them all follow the routes marked by the streets with wine bars. In the traditional streets, San Juan, Franja, Galera, Olmos or Barrera, in the Obelisco Area, you will find bars to try the most traditional tapas and wines (Ribeiro or Albariño). The Estrella and Troncoso streets combine these tastes with glimmers of new cuisine in modern wine bars with a choice of wine lists.
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The entire centre is the shopping area in the city, but Calle Real and its surroundings (Obelisco Area) and the Lugo Square and its surroundings (Picasso District) are the shopping areas par excellence.
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Around María Pita you will find small souvenir and handicrafts shops and a little further away, the Historic Quarter offers you the opportunity to buy articles that you can only find in its antique shops.
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You can find the top name brands in fashion and accessories in the streets around Lugo Square: Juan Flórez, Payo Gómez, Padre Feijoo, Teresa Herrera... amid a big variety of exclusive shops. If what you are looking for is jewellery we recommend Calle Real and the surrounding streets where the city’s oldest jewellers and shops coexist with the trendiest fashion and bar and restaurant chains and franchises. You can also buy tasty products from our gastronomy in this area in shops that conserve the charm and taste of the city’s yesteryears.
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Leaving the Tower behind you, you will go past the Aquarium 8, the Domus 9 and will reach the Orzán 10 and Riazor 11 beaches on the way to the San Pedro Mount 12 and the panoramic lift from where you can enjoy some spectacular views of the city and the bay. The centre also has some interesting places, like the house where Picasso 13 lived when he started to paint or the striking buildings built at the beginning of the 20th century under the influence of modernism 14.
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From there you can walk along the Promenade to the Tower of Hercules 7, a lighthouse from Roman times, recently named a World Heritage Site that is at the top of the list of places of interest in the city.
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The La Marina galleries 1 (typical glazed houses in the city) will welcome when you arrive. You can start to walk around the Historic Quarter very near to them: the City Council Square 2, devoted to the heroine María Pita, the Santiago Church 3 or Santa María Collegiate Church 4 are musts to visit: walking through stone paved squares and streets will take you to the San Carlos Gardens 5 where the Tomb of General Sir John Moore is and from where you will be able to see the San Antón Castle 6.
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