What you can see on the Ares webcam
The camera watches Redes from the hillside above it. On the left lies a wooded shore across the water; in the middle, dozens of small boats sit on their moorings; on the right, the white, cream and ochre houses of the village run down to the quay under red tiled roofs. It comes as a time-lapse of the last 24 hours that ends on the most recent picture, so in a few seconds you can watch the tide fill and empty the little harbour and the light move across the ría.
Redes webcam: the harbour village of Ares
From the wooded slope above the village, this camera looks down on Redes and its little anchorage. On the left the far shore of the ría is dark with trees; in the middle, small fishing and pleasure boats lie on their moorings; on the right the houses of the village, white and cream with red roofs, step down to the water, with the quay at their feet and the wider ría opening behind.
The picture reaches us through Windy as a 24-hour time-lapse that ends on the latest image. Played through, it shows the tide rising up to the houses and draining away again, and the light moving from morning to dusk. A calm, mirror-like surface means a still day on the ría.
Indiano houses and a calm ría
Ares has its own building style: low, whitewashed houses with brightly painted wooden galleries, and grand villas built by emigrants who made money in the Americas and came home. Locals call them indianos, and the town remembers them each August with a festival in period dress. Its beaches stretch for almost 2 miles (3 km) along a curving inlet with calm water, a world away from the surf of the outer coast, which makes Ares a good choice for young children and for a first swim in the Atlantic.
When to watch Ares
High tide is when Redes looks its best, with the water lapping almost at the doorsteps. Evenings bring warm, low light over the ría, and summer afternoons are the busiest time on the beaches. Ares keeps mainland Spanish time, one hour ahead of the UK and Ireland.
Around Ares
Mugardos, the next town along the ría of Ferrol, is famous across Galicia for its octopus dish, pulpo á mugardesa. Pontedeume, to the south, is the gateway to the Fragas do Eume, one of the best-preserved Atlantic woodlands in Europe. Ferrol, with its naval history, is just across the water, and the hill of Montefaro above Ares looks over both rías.
Visiting Ares
A Coruña is under an hour away by road. Redes is tiny and lived-in: leave the car at the entrance to the village and walk down, keep to the lanes and respect the people whose homes line the quay.
