Since it is on the Portuguese Way, one pilgrimage route of the Camino de Santiago 30,000 hikers also visit the town every year.

On March 1, 1493, the Pinta, one of the ships from Columbus' voyage to the New World returned to Europe and arrived in Baiona, making the town's port the first to receive news of the discovery of America.

Five years later, Philip II of Spain beat the pirates that were laying the Galician coast to waste with a fleet of 98 vessels and 17,000 soldiers.

Surrounded by a stone wall, on a small peninsula, the old hotel and restaurant overlook the entrance of the Rias Baixas and the Cies Islands.

The club is host to international regattas and home to a sailing school, bringing maritime tourists to the city.