Self-guided visit to the Galeón Andalucía, a full-size replica of a 17th-century Spanish galleon, moored at St Katharine Docks.
Galeón Andalucía is docked at St Katharine Docks from 13 November 2026 to 10 January 2027, just east of Tower Bridge. It's a full-size historical replica of a 17th-century Spanish armed merchant galleon, and you can go on board for a self-guided tour of her decks.
She's a proper piece of work: 55 metres long, around 500 tonnes, with six decks, three masts, and seven sails. There are ten cast-iron replica cannons per side, rigged to represent the galleons that underpinned the Spanish Empire's maritime routes, including the Manila-Acapulco trade. She was built in the Punta Umbría shipyards of Huelva between 2009 and 2010 by about 120 master shipwrights, carpenters and artisans, under the direction of naval engineer and maritime historian Ignacio Fernández Vial.
On the tour, you make your way through the working rigging, the holds and the living quarters, passing educational displays along the way. The crew are in period costume, so it feels less like a museum piece and more like a working ship. She's managed and sailed by the non-profit Fundación Nao Victoria, and has covered more than 70,000 nautical miles and visited over a hundred ports; her first London call was in September 2024, when the popularity of the visit extended her stay.
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Tickets start from £12 and can be booked online through the Nao Victoria Foundation or bought at the shoreside kiosk. She's open daily from 10:00 to 19:00, except for Christmas Eve when she closes at 14:00, and Christmas Day when she's closed entirely.
