San Andres de Teixido
San Andres de Teixido
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AlbertSalichs
Manresa, Spain22,069 contributions
Oct 2021 • Friends
San Andrés de Teixido is a little complex with some houses and a religious building located in a coastal zone in Galicia Region, in the North-West of Spain. It is a wonderful place, so beautiful, where you can see a church, some houses and also souvenir shops, bars and restaurants: it is too turist. Also you can walk and see very nice views of the surroundings: the coast and the sea.
I was in Gran Canària, and really the style of the town, the name and the church seem the typical places in this island. Coincidence ? I do not think so.
Summarizing: wonderful tiny town/monastery.
I was in Gran Canària, and really the style of the town, the name and the church seem the typical places in this island. Coincidence ? I do not think so.
Summarizing: wonderful tiny town/monastery.
Written 26 September 2022
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Alfredo Garcia
Bayamon, Puerto Rico250 contributions
June 2018 • Couples
Beautiful area
Excellent for pictures
Nice restaurant in the área
Visit Meson Eiravella hoy will have a nice experience
Go early before 3-4:00 pm roads are small but good and can get foggy in the afternoon
Excellent for pictures
Nice restaurant in the área
Visit Meson Eiravella hoy will have a nice experience
Go early before 3-4:00 pm roads are small but good and can get foggy in the afternoon
Written 30 June 2018
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TIC
Highlands, NC55 contributions
Jan 2018 • Friends
The ancient church is very intimate, the surrounding views spectacular and a walk in front of the church takes one to an enchanted area where three streams converge. Legend has it the three spouts pour curing waters. The village is small but a wonderful restaurant is about a block into town from the church. Cafe Os de Texixedelo has marvelous seafood and service. It is owner run.
Written 19 January 2018
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fencingdoctor
Rockville Centre, NY18 contributions
Aug 2022
This is a very remote location. Until the 70's there was no access by road. However, it was a place very popular among Galicians. Along the road you will find wild horses roaming around. There will be plenty of ex-votes in the church. Near the church there is a fountain. People used to drink from it but now has a sign stating the water is not potable because it runs exposed to the environment. The few villagers in this location live from agriculture and from selling souvenirs to the tourists. A typical one is composed of several figures made out of bread and painted, representing some religious beliefs. In this place there are many legends that anthropologists would love. It is said that whoever does not visit this place during his lifetime would have to do it after death. Keeping in mind that Celts believed in the transmigration of souls this trip after death could be done as an animal. For that reason, locals do not kill small lizards or step on beetles or other insects that they find on the road. Pilgrims leave a rock in particular places as a witness of their trip during their life time. It is customary to get a flower called Sea Pink. It is supposed to enhance love in a couple.
On 6/1/1943 a Dutch plane where Leslie Howard was returning to England was shot down by German planes. The plane fell into the sea. No survivors. A passenger looked like Churchill and that was the reason for the attack.
On 6/1/1943 a Dutch plane where Leslie Howard was returning to England was shot down by German planes. The plane fell into the sea. No survivors. A passenger looked like Churchill and that was the reason for the attack.
Written 11 December 2022
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alvaroblanquiazul
London, UK3 contributions
Apr 2017 • Couples
Lovely town with amazing views. Great food as well. Must visit! Great to go with your partner. Romantic site
Written 26 April 2017
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Barbara Veiga
136 contributions
Sept 2016 • Friends
As much as we hear all the mystical stories about that place, I love just watching the stones, the church and the beauty of this town. Really interesting and worth to visit.
Written 9 November 2016
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Zelikin
Aarhus, Denmark64 contributions
Mar 2018 • Family
this was an amazing stop (in fact, we stopped twice) - cute houses, plenty of food and drink options, souvenirs, etc... it is a very small place (maybe a dozen houses combined) but heartwarming.
Written 1 April 2018
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CRC233
Spain51 contributions
Dec 2015 • Solo
Enjoy the little church and the views in this beautiful town. Also, you can buy some souvenirs around
Written 8 January 2016
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Luis R
Madrid, Spain35 contributions
Oct 2015
Go there from time to time. A pity that the small pilgrimage town is more and more commercial. Last restoration to the town church was lousy. Nevertheless, a 10m drive to the highest cliffs in Europe (615m) makes the trip worthy... if weather not foggy.
Written 4 October 2015
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FJGonzalezG
Bethesda, MD1,173 contributions
Feb 2020
Halfway between Cedeira and Cariño, San Andrés do Texido (Saint Andrew) is a charming little hamlet with lovely views, a lovely church, restaurants, and souvenir shops selling local handicrafts. This alone makes it a worthwhile destination.
We visited in late February, off season, on a cloudy and foggy day. After parking, this is a pedestrian town, we walked down a gauntlet of souvenir shops offering local arts and crafts, home-made liquors, food, and wax figures for supplicants. We walked the length of the street, which is short, but charming. Here we appreciated the picturesque setting of the hamlet. We turned around toward the church, framed by a valley sloping steeply toward a grumpy Atlantic Ocean.
Dating to the XII century, the church of San Andrés is in the Gothic style with a maritime influence (white-washed). Its current appearance is due in large part to done in the XV and XVIII centuries, which apparently included covering a mural of the martyrdom of San Andrés until its discovery in 1970. Inside the charming church, near the altar supplicants leave wax figures in shapes referencing a particular saint or ailment, a limb or an organ.
A few steps beyond the church there are magnificent views of the Capelada mountain range on one side and on the other the Atlantic Ocean. Together, they shape the region, as well as livelihood and culture.
According to legend, Saint Andrew or San Andrés, overturned in his boat in front of the cliffs, and to save him God turned the boat into a rock that provided sanctuary. After San Andrés complained that very few people made a pilgrimage to Teixido, particularly when compared to Santiago de Compostela, God, says a legend, promised that no one would ever enter the kingdom of heaven without first making the pilgrimage to San Andrés de Teixido. And, those who did not do it while alive would be reincarnated there as frog, snake or lizard. Hence the local saying: “A San Andrés de Teixido vai de morto o que no foi de vivo,” or San Andrés is visited by the dead, if they did not do so when alive. Alternatively, relatives can visit the tomb of a dead person to invite the soul on a pilgrimage to San Andrés, which is done by taking a stone and leaving it in the town.
Local tradition is that one must ass a stone to every “milladoiro,” pile of stones that pilgrims leave near a sanctuary, at crossroads, sacred places, etc., in the region. Locally, you can find “herba de namorar” (Armeria maritima or Sea thrift), a plant with reputed remedial powers for a variety of love issues from heartbreak, to falling in love, fertility, etc. Apparently, there are different rituals for each malady. You can also go to a particular fountain, “a fonte dos tres canos” or fountain of the three pipes, and make a wish to San Andrés. Afterwards, you throw a bit of bread on the fountain, and if it floats your wish will be granted. Anyway, you get the idea.
We visited in late February, off season, on a cloudy and foggy day. After parking, this is a pedestrian town, we walked down a gauntlet of souvenir shops offering local arts and crafts, home-made liquors, food, and wax figures for supplicants. We walked the length of the street, which is short, but charming. Here we appreciated the picturesque setting of the hamlet. We turned around toward the church, framed by a valley sloping steeply toward a grumpy Atlantic Ocean.
Dating to the XII century, the church of San Andrés is in the Gothic style with a maritime influence (white-washed). Its current appearance is due in large part to done in the XV and XVIII centuries, which apparently included covering a mural of the martyrdom of San Andrés until its discovery in 1970. Inside the charming church, near the altar supplicants leave wax figures in shapes referencing a particular saint or ailment, a limb or an organ.
A few steps beyond the church there are magnificent views of the Capelada mountain range on one side and on the other the Atlantic Ocean. Together, they shape the region, as well as livelihood and culture.
According to legend, Saint Andrew or San Andrés, overturned in his boat in front of the cliffs, and to save him God turned the boat into a rock that provided sanctuary. After San Andrés complained that very few people made a pilgrimage to Teixido, particularly when compared to Santiago de Compostela, God, says a legend, promised that no one would ever enter the kingdom of heaven without first making the pilgrimage to San Andrés de Teixido. And, those who did not do it while alive would be reincarnated there as frog, snake or lizard. Hence the local saying: “A San Andrés de Teixido vai de morto o que no foi de vivo,” or San Andrés is visited by the dead, if they did not do so when alive. Alternatively, relatives can visit the tomb of a dead person to invite the soul on a pilgrimage to San Andrés, which is done by taking a stone and leaving it in the town.
Local tradition is that one must ass a stone to every “milladoiro,” pile of stones that pilgrims leave near a sanctuary, at crossroads, sacred places, etc., in the region. Locally, you can find “herba de namorar” (Armeria maritima or Sea thrift), a plant with reputed remedial powers for a variety of love issues from heartbreak, to falling in love, fertility, etc. Apparently, there are different rituals for each malady. You can also go to a particular fountain, “a fonte dos tres canos” or fountain of the three pipes, and make a wish to San Andrés. Afterwards, you throw a bit of bread on the fountain, and if it floats your wish will be granted. Anyway, you get the idea.
Written 16 April 2020
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Written 20 November 2022
Hola en los proximos dias voy a visitar esta bonita aldea segun indicaciones.
Me gustaria saber si hay alguna ruta andado que no sea muy larga (menos de 10km), o como seria posible hacer una pequeña peregrinacion. Agradeceria indicaciones
Una vez alli cuales son las cosas recomendadas que hay que hacer.
Gracias
Written 16 August 2019
Cosas que hacer , las típicas que figuran en internet detalladas . Se denomina costa Artabra y es una autentica preciosidad. Herbeira, Loiba y sus bancos , Ortegal, Cedeira, etc....
Written 17 August 2019
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