Vigo, a great industrial city in the northwest of the peninsula, close to a border and with a marked liberal, open and cosmopolitan character, typical of large port cities, has been and continues to be a benchmark within the world of art and cultural movements . The role of the city as the axis of La Movida de Vigo of the 80s and other recent events confirm that we are in a city that likes to be at the forefront of arts and industry. Among different styles and techniques, we will see site specific pieces and an authentic signature or tag by one of the graffiti pioneers in Spain.
You can enjoy a tour of the most authentic streets and corners where we will stop to comment on the most outstanding works and their context within the local culture .
Let yourself be guided by one of our authentic local experts, whose love for Vigo and its alternative scene , both musical and artistic , will make you immerse yourself in the culture of this Atlantic metropolis.
Routes of excellent quality including bios and photographs of works and artists . Also, if the number of attendees is high, our guides will carry a microphone to expand their explanations.
We want you to live Vigo as a local and for this we will share with you our favorite places to enjoy the incredible Galician cuisine and the best local spots to enjoy it.
The Vigo underground free tour is a walking tour of approximately two hours during which we will share in an entertaining and didactic way the different variants of Vigo's urban art and its context. We'll visit alleys of the city with the best and most authentic street art and local graffiti , some of the recent walls, one of the last still existing signatures of Spanish pioneers Muelle , and mythical local venues such as El Manco or La Iguana, where many influential bands played.
Our meeting point, the impressive sculpture of Francisco Leiro where we will begin the tour with a small introduction about sculpture and its context.
There are places in Vigo loaded with art and stories of some artists, we will see the most prominent in this rout.
The best local graffiti firms in a film-worthy setting.
We will see in context some of the most powerful murals of the Vigo city of color program, which have replaced the gray of many walls with cheerful colors.
Local scene of urban art is really strong and we will check it along this free alternative Vigo tour with some of its leading works.
We will take a close look at one of the latest signatures of this pioneering graffiti artist and we will know the context behind the work .
Vigo was the cradle of the movement of the eighties and that still shows in one of its corners that we will discover also reviewing what can still be enjoyed today.
Time to comment and evaluate together everything we saw and also some founds in this ephemeral street art route.
The meeting point of El Sireno is only 10 minutes walking from here.
Complete your visit with another of our tours and related free tours. They are designed to be compatible with each other since they use different routes and content.
