Pontevedra

Pontevedra needs 1 day: walking the historic center -one of the least car-trafficked city centers in Europe-, with the Basílica de Santa María la Mayor and Plaza de la Ferrería, is the main reason to visit. May-September brings the mildest weather. It's inexpensive by Galician standards. Since 1999 it applied a pioneering model of nearly total pedestrianization of the center, which cut vehicle traffic by over 90% and became an international urban planning reference, cited by cities worldwide seeking to reduce private car use.