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Colorful houses next to the water, boats rocking at the foot of the facades and a tiny square overlooking the port. It is a beautiful town and the postcard seems stolen from some corner of Italy. However, it is in that Galicia that looks like a movie set, has barely 300 inhabitants and is called Redes. Of course, it is almost impossible to park. In fact, there is a common joke around the “multidrome“, because of the habit of many people of going down streets until they park almost on the beach. Maybe that’s why this Galician Venice has appeared three times on the screen but almost never on the map. A “Galician Venice”. No channels, of course.. First, the key data: Redes is a village in the parish of Camouco, in the municipality of Ares, region of Ferrolterra, province of A Coruña. It overlooks the Ares estuary, and from there comes the nickname with which it circulates on the internet: the Galician Venice. There are no gondolas or canals; There is an Atlantic estuary and fishing boats that give the town a beautiful scenery. And, in the background, the bay full of little white boats. Its name, by the way, comes from the winches, those wooden structures where fishermen hung their nets to dry after fishing, to prevent them from rotting and deteriorating. There are still a lot of them preserved around the port. Going in the low season is well worth the trip because then you can walk between colorful facades of a unique photogenicity. They are Indian houses, built by Galician emigrants who returned from America at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century with money and a desire to show off their façade. Ready to roll. Three different productions filmed here. One in the square, another in the port and another in the houses. Pedro Almodóvar filmed a good part of ‘Juliet‘ (2016), with Adriana Ugarte and Emma Suárez: the protagonist follows a fisherman, Xoán, to his hometown, and that town is Redes. The film won the Platinum Award for best direction. Galician Television also recorded scenes from ‘Padre Casares’ here, one of the most legendary and long-running TVG (Galician Regional Television) series, and director Carlos Solana filmed ‘Leo & Lou’ in its streets, with Manuel Manquiña and María Pujalte. Neighbors say that the relationship with the film crews was quite familiar. It seems that seeing a production company install spotlights and generators in the square no longer surprises anyone here. In the past Carmen Festivals Quite a few cameras were also seen. A magnet for TikTok. Yes, I admit to being that traveler who hates travelers, who is in other cities complaining about long lines and touristification. But it is that on TikTok and Instagram, Networks has become a fixed stop, with too many comments asking for the exact location. Among the answers there is no lack of the warning: the urban area is practically pedestrian, you cannot park inside, leave the car in the Redes Tennis Club parking lot and walk in, it takes less than five minutes. But there are people who would like to drive their car to the terrace of the Pousada do Mariñeiro. Light and saturation to the maximum, people erased with AI and, alas, to sell the idea. There are ways and means of traveling; some more respectful, adapted; others, too invasive and performative. Furthermore, the resource of comparing it with Venice is somewhat insulting: why not learn from its own idiosyncrasies? Port Saplaya, an urbanization in Alboraya (Valencia) built in the 70s imitating the Italian and French coast, is already being compared to Venice. It is worth knowing the history of Paco de Bello’s house, for example. The sea, true protagonist. Redes exists thanks to its fishermen—and its Cuban emigrants, why not say it—and that translates into the festivities. In summer the Cabria Festival is celebrated, in homage to those drying structures that give the town its name. Within walking distance is Raso beachfacing the estuary, with calm waves and suitable for families, with a campsite and restaurant on the edge of the sand. Nearby, in Punta Camouco, there are remains of an old fort on the islet of Mourón. To get there, the reference is the AP-9 highway: coming from Ferrol or A Coruña you have to take the Pontedeume exit and continue for about ten minutes on the local road; The detours are also signposted if you travel on the N-651 passing through Fene. By car, Redes is about 15 minutes from Ferrol5 from Pontedeume and half an hour from A Coruña by highway. There is no train station or direct bus to the town itself because the town is visited by car, or by combining public transport to Ares and a final walk. And although you can explore the entire area in a couple of hours, Pedregal Square invites you to stay much longer. It has an amazing sunset. Images | Flickr (José Luis García Mendoza, TikTok’s ‘We pack the suitcases‘ In Xataka | TikTok is only the tip of the iceberg of the great Internet drama in 2026: most of the content is already AI