Sanxenxo (Galician pronunciation: [saŋˈʃɛŋʃʊ]) is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.

A popular tourism destination, Sanxenxo is a favorite resort for Spanish public figures such as Mariano Rajoy (ex-Prime Minister of Spain) and Amancio Ortega (Co-Founder of the Inditex group).

The race organisation and the competing teams chose Sanxenxo as their base in Spain.

Sanxenxo was the goal in the first stage of La Vuelta 2013 that began in Vilanova de Arousa in a Batea, a wooden platform out in the water used for farming of mussels, oysters and scallops.

The exonym in Castilian, Sangenjo is considered controversial by the Galician people[2] and was dismissed as an official place name officer by the Board of Galicia under the Law of Linguistic Normalization of June 15, 1983, so since then the sole official toponym is Sanxenxo.