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Monteferro and América beach

Nigrán, Vigo, Pontevedra

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Monteferro and América beach

Nature · Nigrán, Vigo, Pontevedra

Monteferro is a rocky, pine-covered peninsula that separates the beaches of Panxón and América, with open views to the Cíes Islands. América beach, whose original name was Lourido beach or Area Loura beach, after the colour of its sand, took its current name in the 1930s with the building of the Hotel América and the area's first development; at 1,700 metres long, it is one of the longest and most sheltered beaches of the Vigo estuary, and it borders Panxón beach, from which it is separated by the Muíños river.

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