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Which O Grove boat trip should you book?

By the Boattripo team · Updated 13 October 2026 · 2 min read

The cruises compared here

The three trips are not variations on one cruise. One is a food tasting on the water, one is a lunch on the water and one is a half-day crossing to an island, and they differ a lot in time: 1 hour 15 minutes, 2 hours 30 minutes and 4 hours 30 minutes.

So the choice is mostly about how much of your day you want to give the boat and whether you want to eat on it. The listings give no boat type, so the comparison stays on price, time, food and reviews.

1Time, price and what you get

The mussel tasting costs from € 20 for 1 hour 15 minutes and includes a visit to the mussel rafts, a mussel tasting and a drink. The lunch cruise costs from € 40 for 2 hours 30 minutes and includes lunch on board. The Sálvora trip costs from € 33 for 4 hours 30 minutes and lists the boat ride only.

Per hour on the water, Sálvora is far cheaper, about € 7 an hour against about € 16 for the other two. The catch is that nothing to eat or drink is listed for it.

2How far to trust the scores

The tasting cruise has 3,365 reviews and a 9.3. The lunch cruise has 9.0 from 288 reviews and Sálvora has 9.2 from 290. Those two samples are about a tenth the size of the first.

A score built on fewer than 300 reviews can shift with a handful of opinions. Sálvora's 9.2 reads higher than the lunch cruise's 9.0, but at this sample size the gap tells you little.

3Rules and what the listings leave out

All three are tagged wheelchair accessible and cancel free: 24 hours before for the tasting and the lunch cruise, 48 hours for Sálvora. The Portuguese, Spanish and Italian versions of the tasting listing and the Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian versions of the Sálvora listing name a Spanish-speaking guide. The lunch cruise names none.

No listing describes the boat, and the Sálvora listing does not say how long you stay on the island.

The cruises compared here

Sightseeing · Day

Ría de Arousa mussel tasting boat trip

A 1 hour 15 minute boat ride on the Ría de Arousa from the port of O Grove, with a visit to the mussel rafts (bateas), a mussel tasting and a drink.

from €20

9.3/10 from 3,365 reviews on Civitatis

  • 1 h 15 min
  • Not stated
  • Drinks or snacks
  • Porto de O Grove, Avenida Beiramar

Who it suitsAnyone who wants a short, food-led boat trip: 1 hour 15 minutes is easy to fit around a lunch or a beach day. It has the strongest evidence of the three, 9.3 from 3,365 reviews, and the listing is tagged wheelchair accessible.

Check dates and price Full boat sheet

Sources: Civitatis catalogue. Checked on 13 October 2026.

Sightseeing · Day

Sálvora island boat trip from O Grove

A 4 hour 30 minute boat trip from the port of O Grove to Sálvora, an Atlantic island, to see its lighthouse and its old village.

from €33

9.2/10 from 290 reviews on Civitatis

  • 4 h 30 min
  • Not stated
  • No food
  • Porto de O Grove, Avenida Beiramar

Who it suitsTravellers who want the longest outing of the three: 4 hours 30 minutes to an Atlantic island with a lighthouse and an old village. At from € 33 it costs under half as much per hour as the other two.

Check dates and price Full boat sheet

Sources: Civitatis catalogue. Checked on 13 October 2026.

Lunch cruise · Day

Ría de Arousa lunch cruise

A 2 hour 30 minute boat trip on the Ría de Arousa from the port of O Grove with lunch on board; the listing text mentions mussels, prawns and oysters.

from €40

9.0/10 from 288 reviews on Civitatis

  • 2 h 30 min
  • Not stated
  • Lunch
  • Porto de O Grove, Avenida Beiramar

Who it suitsPeople who want lunch and the ría in one booking and have 2 hours 30 minutes free. At from € 40 the meal and the trip come in one price. The listing is tagged wheelchair accessible.

Check dates and price Full boat sheet

Sources: Civitatis catalogue. Checked on 13 October 2026.

Quick questions

Which O Grove boat trip has the best reviews?

The mussel tasting cruise: 9.3 from 3,365 reviews. Sálvora has 9.2 from 290 and the lunch cruise 9.0 from 288, so those scores are less settled.

Is the Sálvora trip better than a ría cruise?

It is a different trip: 4 hours 30 minutes to an Atlantic island with a lighthouse and an old village, from € 33, against 1 hour 15 minutes on the ría from € 20. Choose by what you want to see, not by score.