As of 2024[update], it is a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold level meeting – the highest-level circuit of international race walking competitions.

[1] The meeting is organized by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation, and it is typically held in early June or late May.

The race was first held on 16 May 1987, after being planned for about a year prior, with the help of the Xunta de Galicia.

[2] With the exception of 2020, it has been held annually since, and it has been a part of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge (now called the World Athletics Race Walking Tour) since 2005 playing host to competitors from 63 countries.

[2] Since 2001, both men and women typically walk the 20 km distance, with some exceptions.