Hotel Sol Por

Ayuntamiento

by maykal

It's an ugly building, a tall grey block of concrete, visible from all over Vigo, spoiling the skyline. So why am I recommending a trip up to the Ayuntamiento (town hall?)? Well, the gardens surrounding this hideous monstrosity are built inside an old castle, and if you clamber up the grassy verge to the walls, you're greeted with the best view in all Vigo. I'm not a hundred percent sure if you are meant to just wander in, as some of the officeworkers on the ground floor did seem a little startled, but the lady lawnmower at the gate didn't seem fazed at all by our arrival. I returned later that day when the weather brightened up a bit, and was asked by two Spanish tourists for directions...this sort of thing always makes me laugh, I can't have looked like a local, and it must have been very obvious from my broken Spanish response that I really didn't have a clue, but still they persevered!