Praia de Nemiña


This beautiful, 1.5km sandy curve, stretching north from the mouth of the Ría de Lires, attracts surfers in numbers from roughly April to November and has a couple of surf schools. The ría mouth can be crossed at low tide in summer, but otherwise it's a 2.5km walk (or a roundabout drive of 9km) from Lires village to the beach.


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