The line of hórreos along the Combarro waterfront is the image that brings most visitors here. These raised stone granaries — built on mushroom-shaped staddle stones to prevent rats from climbing the legs — edge right to the shoreline of the Ría de Pontevedra, creating a scene utterly unlike anywhere else in Spain.
Combarro has more than two dozen hórreos, concentrated along the waterfront promenade and in the alleyways of the old quarter. Many date from the 17th and 18th centuries. Stone cruceiros (carved crosses) stand between them, some marking old pilgrimage routes leading toward Santiago de Compostela. The combination of the granaries, the crosses, the fishing boats on the water, and the background of the Ría makes for an exceptionally photogenic scene — arrive early morning on a weekday to have it to yourself.