Boat hire in Noia

Noia is the medieval town at the head of the Ría de Muros e Noia, with San Martiño, the cemetery of guild headstones and the Barquiña jetty on the Tambre; but the Google Maps register returns no boat rental companies based in the municipality. The head of the ría is marsh and cockle banks, with little depth, and the rental fleet is on the other side of the Barbanza, on the Ría de Arousa: Boiro (2 companies, 15 km), A Pobra do Caramiñal (4, 19 km) and Vilagarcía (5, 25 km). Muros and Portosín, on the same ría, have harbours but no companies either.

The season runs from June to September. From Noia you sail only at high water and along the channel; the ría opens towards Muros and Porto do Son, sheltered, and outside Monte Louro there is swell.

Indicative high-season prices from the directory's reference table, reviewed September 2026: a no-licence motorboat costs €120–250 a day; a RIB of 6–8 m, €250–650; a 10–12 m sailing yacht, €400–900 bareboat or €600–1,500 skippered; a catamaran, €1,000–2,500; a skippered motor yacht, from €900. Expect 20–40% less outside July and August. Deposits run from €300 to €2,000 and fuel is extra. Each company sets its own prices.