Olveira de Arriba is a tiny hamlet backed by pine woods, just inland from the coast on the lovely Barbanza peninsula. There are no amenities here, but at just over a kilometre in Bretal there is a bar/restaurant and there are other restaurants in the vicinity. The nearest shops are about five kilometres away at Artes and Oleiros. The small and pretty, coastal town of Corrubedo, at seven kilometres, has more facilities and the large fishing port of Ribeira, at eleven kilometres, should have all that you need.
On the south side of the Barbanza peninsula are various resorts and ports with good shopping and eating; but this is a busier part of the world. To really “get away from it all” there are the white beaches and the amazing sand dunes of Cabo Corrubedo and its lovely little seaside town, the mixture of sand and low simple buildings giving a feeling of a more southern clime.
To the north along the southern shores of the ria de Muros y Noia are little towns and villages and a good choice of sandy beaches. Further amenities are at hand at picturesque Porto do Son and in Portosin with its tennis court and Club Maritimo. Noia (Noja) at the mouth of the estuary gives you a chance to combine shopping and history, as it has some grand old houses and three beautiful churches.
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