Contact Details
Location
Catoira, Spain
Address
Edificio Multiusos Rúa do Concello
s/n 36612
Catoira
Pontevedra
España
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DESTINATION VIKING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & SEMINAR Organized by Council of Catoira with the collaboration of the Tourism Sustainability Plan Mar de Santiago.
11/12 April 2024 – Catoira (Spain) Edificio Multiusos Rúa do Concello, s/n 36612 Catoira (Pontevedra) España
PROGRAMME •
Wednesday 10th - Arrival Arrival day
19:00 Transfer hotels-Catoira
19:30 Reception at Catoira Town Hall and dinner •
Thursday 11th – AGM & Seminars
08:30 Transfer hotels-Catoira
09:00 DVA Board Meeting 09:30 DVA AGM - DVA new members’ presentations
11:30 Coffee-break
12:00 Academic Seminar: «Vikings in Iberia and beyond»
11:30 Diego Piay Augusto, archaeologist and historian, professor at the University of Oviedo. Prehistoric, Roman and Medieval Heritage in Torres do Oeste. The archeology of Catoira.
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Manuel Gago Mariño, PhD in Information Sciences and Professor of Journalism at the University of Santiago de Compostela. The narratives on Vikings in Galicia from Middle Ages to the present day.
15:30 Santiago Paz Noya, Mar de Santiago representative. CEO Dos Espacios Internet Consulting and vicechair of Pymes at Cluster TIC Galicia
The Camino de Santiago and the Spiritual Route Mar de Santiago: how to turn a spiritual path into an economic opportunity
16:00 CACTO and Torres de Oeste (30 min walk)
17:30 Transfer Catoira – Hotels – Free time
20:00 Dinner in Santiago de Compostela and transfer to hotels. •
Friday 12th – Mar de Santiago Tour & Pontevedra
08:30 Transfer hotels – Valga
09:00 Visits to Valga and Pontecesures 11:00 Boat trip along the Ulla River: Pontecesures – Valga – Vilanova Presentation of the geo-destination “Mar de Santiago” on board.
13:30 Lunch and visit to Pazo Gran Bazán (stately home) and vineyards. 16:00 Visit to Pontevedra (25 min bus trip). Guided tour.
19:00 Transfer to hotels. Free time.
Saturday 13th – Tour Ourense
Departure day or:
09:00 Trip to Ribeira Sacra - Ourense (2 h bus trip)
11:00 Boat Trip along the Sil River.
13:00 Lunch in Ourense 16:00 Bathing in the Thermal Areas of Outariz.
18:00 Return to hotels (1,5 h bus trip)
Sunday 14th – Santiago de Compostela
Departure day or:
09:00 Trip to Santiago de Compostela
10:00 Guided tour: Portico da Gloria and Santiago de Compostela’s Cathedral
13:00 Lunch in Santiago de Compostela and free time
17:00 Return to hotels.
AN ONLINE REGISTRATION CAN BE FILLED OUT BELOW BY MEMBERS OF THE DESTINATION VIKING ASSOCIATION
