Boiro is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Barbanza. Boiro has an area of 86.58 km2. Boiro was where the controversial assisted suicide of quadriplegic Ramón Sampedro took place. The town was later used as a setting for the 2004 film Mar Adentro, chronicling Sampedro's later life. Boiro is also well known for local tourists that come from inner Spain to enjoy the milder climate and landscape, most notably the Barbanza mountain chain, Praia de Barraña (which lies close to the town center), and Carragueiros and Mañóns beaches (one in O Castro parish and the other in Abanqueiro parish).
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History
Boiro is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Barbanza. Boiro has an area of 86.58 km2.
Boiro was where the controversial assisted suicide of quadriplegic Ramón Sampedro took place. The town was later used as a setting for the 2004 film Mar Adentro, chronicling Sampedro's later life.
Boiro is also well known for local tourists that come from inner Spain to enjoy the milder climate and landscape, most notably the Barbanza mountain chain, Praia de Barraña (which lies close to the town center), and Carragueiros and Mañóns beaches (one in O Castro parish and the other in Abanqueiro parish).
Monuments
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What to visit
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Gallery
Festivals
September 2026
Festivals this month
- No festivals recorded this month.
Rest of the year
- June: Festas do Verán (29)
- July: Fiestas Patronales de Boiro
- December: Santa Baia (4)
What's on
Street market
Mercadillo semanal: Martes, de 09:00 a 14:00 · Avenida de la Constitución
Gastronomy
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Trails and hiking
•Camiño A Orixe
Routes passing through Boiro
Services
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Famous people
•Vanesa Rial, jugadora de rugby española
•Alma Pérez Parrado
•Laura Hermo, remera española
•Franco Cobas, remero español
•Jesús Alonso Fernández, empresario y político español
•Antonio Seoane Sánchez, guerrillero antifranquista español
Town hall
Gobierno municipal:
Organización territorial:
El municipio está formado por 115 entidades de población distribuidas en 8 parroquias:
Town hall of Boiro
Gobierno municipal: Organización territorial: El municipio está formado por 115 entidades de población distribuidas en 8 parroquias:
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How to get there
- 🚗 60 km from Vigo (about 42 min by car)
- 🚗 112 km from Coruña, A (about 79 min by car)
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- ✈️ 59 km from Santiago de Compostela airport (about 42 min by car)
- ✈️ 64 km from Vigo airport (about 45 min by car)
Practical info
🅿️ Where to park
- Where to park · 0.2 km away
- Aparcadoiro Municipal · 0.3 km away
- Parking Boiro · 0.3 km away
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- Abanca · 0.3 km away
- Nearest cash machine · 0.3 km away
- BBVA · 0.4 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Moeve · 0.7 km away
- Shell · 1.4 km away
- Petrocash · 4.1 km away
ℹ️ Tourist office
- Camiño Real · 0.1 km away
- Oficina de turismo · 0.3 km away
- Tourist office · 0.4 km away
🔭 Viewpoints
- Viewpoints · 3.7 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- Piscina Municipal da Cachada · 0.7 km away
- Praia de Barraña · 1.3 km away
- Praia Xardín · 1.6 km away
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