Barco-Museo Bonitero “Reina del Carmen”
Former wooden tuna boat in the port of Burela, turned into a boat museum that is visited with a guided tour from deck to hold.
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About the museum
The Reina del Carmen is a wooden-hulled tuna boat of about 25 metres in length, built in the 1960s. It left Burela for the first time on 27 June 1968, bound for the Azores, and for some thirty years it fished for tuna, swordfish, hake and anchovy. Its last crossing, from Santander to Burela, took place on 27 September 1998.
In 2000 Burela city council bought the boat and saved it from being scrapped, to turn it into a space dedicated to maritime culture. Since then it has operated as an ethnographic boat museum and, since 2010, it has been part of the Asociación Estatal de Museos del Mar (Spanish national association of maritime museums). It has received the Bandera Azul (Blue Flag) award for its environmental education and marine resource protection campaigns.
The visit, always guided, covers the deck, the bridge with its navigation and communication equipment, the cabins of the captain, the engineer and the second officer, the mess, the galley and the toilet. Inside the hull are the engine room, the crew's rest area, the store and the hold. The engines and ship systems are kept in working order. Along the route the traditional fishing methods are explained, such as the cacea or curricán (trolling) for tuna, longline, gillnet, trawl and pots.
Highlights
- Guided tour of the deck, bridge, cabins, engine room and hold
- Engines and ship systems kept in working order
- Explanation of fishing methods such as cacea or curricán, longline and pots
- Blue Flag award for environmental education work
Permanent exhibition
- Recorrido por el barco-museo – Guided tour of the deck, bridge, cabins, engine room and hold, with an explanation of traditional fishing methods.
- Founded
- 1967
- Operated by
- Concello de Burela
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €3People aged 8 to 17 |
| Children & teens | €3free up to age 7 · Under 8s enter free. Ages 8 to 17: €3. |
| Groups (21+ people) | €4 per personGroups of more than 20 adults; groups must always book in advance. |
General admission €5. Educational centres enter free with prior booking. Places are limited.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Booking is mandatory and is made on the website reservasbarcoboniteiro.burela.org; the maximum capacity is 20 people per visit. Groups can book at the Tourist Office (+34 982 888 506, oficinadeturismo@burela.org). |
