Inland: lush vegetation and dramatic mountain views
The interior of Galicia is composed of relatively low mountains but they have served to isolate the rural population and discourage development.
Forests and fertile fields, small dwellings and long abandoned stone ruins make up the landscape.
There are also many rivers and Galicia has been known as "land of the thousand rivers".
Most run down relatively gentle slopes in narrow river valleys, though at times their courses become far more rugged as for example in the striking canyons of the River Sil.