A total of 19 coastal municipalities will manage seasonal services along their coastlines in 2027. This announcement was made by Nicolás Vázquez Iglesias, the Conselleiro de Medio Ambiente e Cambio Climático, during a visit to Sanxenxo, one of the municipalities that requested to manage these services in the public maritime-terrestrial domain.
Vázquez detailed that the list of municipalities was published in the Diario Oficial de Galicia (DOG) the previous day. In addition to Sanxenxo, the municipalities include Baiona, Cangas, O Grove, A Guarda, Marín, Nigrán, Soutomaior, Vigo, Vilaboa, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Arteixo, Cabanas, A Coruña, Dumbría, Miño, Oleiros, O Porto do Son, and Valdoviño.
The 2027 campaign will be extended, coinciding with Easter in March, running from 19 March to 31 October. During this period, these municipalities will manage services such as the installation of terraces, operation of food and drink establishments (known as chiringuitos), and the rental of beach equipment including sun loungers, umbrellas, pedal boats, and canoes.
This initiative by local administrations follows the transfer of coastal management functions to the autonomous community last year. The Xunta will assume direct processing of requests from municipalities interested in operating seasonal services and activities in the public maritime-terrestrial domain within their jurisdictions.
These municipalities will handle the procedures for awarding contracts to third parties for the services and activities conducted along this coastal strip, including publishing announcements that indicate deadlines for submitting offers or participation requests.
Furthermore, the minister announced that on Monday, 16 November, at 12:00, the application period will open for individuals and legal entities to submit requests for the operation of seasonal services in other municipalities. Additionally, from 1 October until 31 December, individuals or entities can apply for the operation of seasonal services in the protection servitude zone.
Vázquez highlighted that the Galician government continues to advance this new model of coastal management, focusing on planning, uniform criteria across the three coastal provinces, and legal security for all operators. He noted that in 2026, over 900 authorisations for seasonal services were processed, either through municipalities with management plans or by the Xunta.
