We are two senior citizens, in shape and active, well-traveled through most of Spain, and we have a few days to spare before we leave from Madrid to go back home to the States.
We have never been to Galicia and would like to explore the sights, natural beauty, and culture. We like art, history, gardens, long walks and good food, but we are not luxury-seeking travelers. We hope to be able to stay places where we can walk to town and explore on foot.
I imagine the most efficient thing to do would be to rent a car and drive through Galicia so we have the freedom to go off the beaten path, but we will be coming off of a three-week multi-country trip with our adult children (whom we leave behind before Spain) and I imagine we may be too fatigued (and financially depleted!) at that point to figure out rental cars and routes and tolls and parking along the way.
That's a long intro to my question, which is this: Is it still possible to get a "feel" for the region by using train or bus to go from one transportation hub to the next over a period of four days or so? Vigo - Pontevedra - Vilagarcia - SdC? Or Coruña down to Vigo, hitting SdC and Pontevedra on the way down? And should we miss Lugo or Ourense? What about Finisterra or Ferrol?
Or would be missing truly wonderful locales if only sticking to these more well-traveled hubs? I should also mention we are hoping one day to make Spain our home (husband holds a Spanish passport, one of our kids already lives in Spain), so an added perk to this trip would be to see if Galicia is for us as future residents.
Thank you in advance.