Generals of the Vila de Cruces Carnival Curiosity · Vila de Cruces, Deza, Pontevedra Image of Vila de Cruces, not of the place itself. At the municipality's carnival the xenerais still come out, characters in military uniform and feathered hats who challenge one another in atranques of improvised verse as they go round the hamlets of the Ulla valley. Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0) What to see and do in Vila de Cruces