Getting around
For the inhabitants of Pontevedra, living in a car-free city is a reality. More than 70% de urban journeys are made on foot or by bicycle and only three out of ten people who move around the city do so by car. Pontevedra is a city to walk around, to explore all its corners and get lost in the midst of its streets and squares. Park the car and walk!
On FOOT
Pontevedra is the ideal city for walking, not only because of its size, but also because its urban model is designed by and for pedestrians, so attentive to non-motorised mobility that it has freed its main streets from traffic. In addition, the main urban itineraries are completely pedestrian, and most of them, with wide sidewalks. Enjoy the walking city on foot and use your own energy to move around it from one place to another. In Pontevedra they have designed this scheme taking the well-known aesthetics of this transport to make the Metrominuto, or what amounts to a map with the pedestrian distances and the time it takes to travel them.
By BIKE
Pontevedra is mainly a pedestrian city, although vehicles are allowed on almost all streets, but only under certain conditions and depending on whether they are necessary or not.
There are almost no bicycle lanes, as bicycles are just another vehicle and have the right to circulate on the road with full respect for other vehicles such as cars and motorbikes.
Cycling is permitted throughout the city, with no restrictions other than those set out in the municipal regulations, which can be summarised as follows:
- It is forbidden to cycle on pavements where they exist.
- Bicycles are allowed to circulate on streets with a single platform (usually known as pedestrian streets), but with absolute respect for pedestrian traffic, adapting their speed to the pace of pedestrians and without harassing them or attracting their attention under any circumstances. Bear in mind that a large part of the streets in this city are for coexistence, without the constant presence of cars.
- The city's streets are adapted for bicycle traffic, as motor traffic is calmed and the effective maximum speed on all streets is 30 km/h. There are numerous raised pedestrian crossings, allowing vehicles to avoid urban speeds.
- On carriageways shared with cars, bicycles are not allowed to cycle in the opposite direction.
- On roads, bicycles should not ride on the side of the road: they should occupy the centre of the road; cars should adapt to their speed.
- Cyclists are advised to adopt a positive, friendly and harmonious attitude towards other road users, whether drivers or pedestrians. Everyone, whatever means of transport they use, has the right to public space.
By TAXI
The city of Pontevedra has several taxi ranks in its main streets for those who decide to use this method of transport to move around the city and its surroundings. In addition, it has two taxi services you can call to pick you up wherever you are: RadioTaxi, which you can access by calling 986 86 85 85, or Teletaxi Pontevedra, whose number is 986 10 10 10.
All taxis in the city are officially identified, with authorisation from the City Council, and there is no other private transport service (VTC) in Pontevedra as the priority is still to travel on foot.
By BUS
The design of Pontevedra’s urban bus is adjusted to the characteristics of the city model and, in this respect, one of the criteria applied is to keep the bus traffic out of the central core of Pontevedra, creating a perimeter from which any point in the centre can be reached without buses crossing the main streets and endangering pedestrian traffic. See here maps and rates.
