Welcome to the Cruise port guide of A Coruña. This city of about 250.000 inhabitants is the Galicia’s wealthiest city and until recently the largest city and capital of the region. A Coruna still holds a certain statues in Galicia and many would still call this the best city to visit in the area. It has a certain charm to it that in unequaled by any city. It’s promenade, lighthouse and cuisine make it something unique that hopefully every body will get to experience while here. Galicia is completely different than the rest of Spain. Galicia is located above Portugal on the Atlantic ocean and because of its geographical position you could imagine the climate is much different. Therefore Galicia is often described as green Spain. Even culturally things are different here compared to the rest of Spain. Santiago de Compostella is religious site known throughout the world for its importance as pilgrim site. Easy days in town roaming around the town, on your way to the religious sights or enjoying the beautiful landscapes, it is up to you.

This will be your view from the ship. The building in the left hand lower corner is the cruise terminal.

When your ship is docked you have a beautiful view over the marina and the city centre of A Coruna. Be sure to go outside and get your first impression of this mighty city this way.

This is the cruise terminal of A Coruna. Find tourist information and souvenir shop inside.

Souvenir shop in the cruise terminal

Tourist information in cruise terminal A Coruna

The friendly tourist information is ready inside the terminal for any questions.

About Spain

Inhabitants – 46 million
Official language – Spanish
Capital city – Madrid

Kingdom of Spain
Government – Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Spanish language

Good day – buen dia
How are you? – ¿como estas?
Thank you – gracias
Cruise ship – crucero
Port – puerto

Travel information Spain

Official currency – Euro
Accepts Us dollars – generally not
Creditcards – are often accepted

Drives on the – right
Timezone – UTC +1

Cruise Port Guide A Coruña – Spain: docked

Cruise ships in A Coruna dock at the Muelle Trasatlanticos. The cruise terminal at A Coruna has some facilities like tourist information and a souvenir shops. Pick up your local maps here and just venture off. From the cruise terminal you walk straight into the town. Within a few hundred meter you are already on the main shopping street. This is why the ships usually do not provide a shuttle bus service. The most interesting part of town is all situated on a peninsula (see map above).

This peninsula is about 3 km across. If you would walk the boulevard around the peninsula it would be about 6 km total. This part of town is great to explore by foot. A Coruna does not have a lot of tourist facilities like hop on hop off bus or tourist train etc. but if you do not want to go around by foot public transport would be another option.

Public Transportation

Bus nr. 3 is great for sightseeing. When you walk out of the port and hit the main street the bus stop is directly to the left hand side. Pick up bus nr. 3 here. It is a great line to pick up because its route drives by the mayor sights of the town.

Train in A Coruna

The train station is about 2,5 km away from the ship. This is where you can catch the train to Santiago de Compostella. These trains leave about twice per hour. Check the train schedule here: http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/

Bycicle rental

A Coruna is the perfect spot to get on a bicycle and explore the area in an active way. There are several spots where you can rent bicycles. We have marked some spots for you in the map above as well.