Xurela, a beach located in Insua, which belongs to the parish of Viñas, is a small cove where you can arrive to through a road that is behind the guest house Brisa. The beach is located in the estuary mouth and being on it you can see not only Sada but also the small beach in Miño and the entrance of the stuary of Ferrol.
The beach, considered sheltered and quiet, where some time ago, lots of winkles, cockles and the clam in smaller quantities were fished. As there were lots of horse mackerel it was called a Xurela beach. People of this area loaded algas to fertelize the lands as only as cure for some illness.
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