Car hire in Vigo

Thanks to the archeological remains in the nearby area of the city of Vigo, it is not so strange to claim that the origins of this place date back to the Paleolithic or Stone Age. This can be seen in the different dolmens located in the city. However, its golden era of this city came, in the 2nd century before Christ, with the arrival of the Roman Empire. Named by the Romans as Vicus, you can find some archeological wonders from this era as the Roman Village, the salt mines, the Necropolis or the Roman Bridge, among many other remains. Some centuries after the arrival of the Romans, the Vikings tried to occupy the city, forcing Vigo inhabitants to exile in the Christian monasteries in surrounding areas. 

Precisely, it was in the Middle Ages when Vigo started to extend its famous thanks for the high quality of its olive groves. During the 15th and 18th centuries, the city of Vigo became a process of expansion, above all, thanks to the commerce, the artisan activity and the fishing. The city of Vigo has suffered many different types of war along history. However, if there is something worth mentioning about its people is the resistance and opposition to conquerors. Nowadays, Vigo has become one of the most important locations all over the autonomous community. In fact, in the 20th century, the city has been rewarded because of its neatness, touristic offering, its politics, its promulgation of a high quality education, and its promotion of sports for people at any stage in their life: children, young people, adults, and elder people. 

Gastronomy lovers will be amazed at the astonishing culinary offer of this area. The key and basic products from Vigo are fish, meat, cheese, vegetables, seafood, Padron pepper, pies and wine. Among the wide variety of dishes cooked with fish or seafood, we recommend ordering some caldeiras of fish, baked or fried scallops, some fish a la gallega (traditional Galician way of cooking fish), oysters, mussels, common cockles and barnacles. Also, we recommend that you order some delicious Galician soup, Galician pie, game meat, filloas and fried milk (two of the most typical desserts) or “a feira” octopus. All these dishes accompanied with some coffee liquor, wine from Vigo, or, for those who love strong drinks with alcohol, orujo (liquor distilled from grape remains) and queimada (a traditional drink made with flamed orujo, sugar and lemon. 

Undoubtedly, this beautiful city is one of the most touristic locations in Galicia. Therefore, we recommend that you book a rental car in Vigo to be able to see astonishing places as the Old Town, the oldest part of the city where you will discover the Pedra Market or the Constitution Square. Moreover, you may want to visit the Santa Maria Co-cathedral, the Mar de Vigo Auditorium, or the many wonderful sculptures located all over the city. And, for those who love spending time at the beach, Cies Islands are located truly close to the coast of Vigo. There, you will enjoy a natural landscape to rest and discover one of the most beautiful islands from Spain.