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Misleading information on the distance between places. Only two refugios on the Route and often little choice of stop-overs making it either necessary to walk Long or Very Short days !!
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44 Reviews I've been just once in Santiago de Compostela, but I loved the city. Its main attraction is the huge cathedral that drags thousands of pilgrims each year, but I think that, arriving so tired they...
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7 Reviews The Monastery church of St. Martin Pinario, overlooks San Martin square at the back of the Monastery. The flight of steps goes downwards to an impressive Plateresque façade from the late 16th century...
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5 Reviews Arbishop Raxoi ordered to build this Palace (Pazo/Palacio) in 1.766 as residence of the children's choir, and now it houses the City Hall, Galician Culture Council and some offices of the Xunta de...
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Praza do Obradoiro - Square of the Stonecutters
3 Reviews This Square (named after the workmen who toiled on the construction of the Cathedral, and the place where their tools and materials were stored) sits in front of the Northern Facade of the Cathedral -...
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6 Reviews This 5 star hotel was built in 1492 to shelter pilgrims. Today this building, in Plateresque and Renaissance styles, serves as Parador de Turismo, the best of Santiago de Compostela. From the outside...
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Monasterio de San Paio de Antealtares
3 Reviews The aforementioned Convent (Former Monastery) wall closes one side of Praza Da Quintana, and faces the Cathedral facade with the Holy Door. This wall took 45 years to build! 48 symetrical windows...
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2 Reviews This central park is a nice place to walk around, or eat a picnic etc. It was created in 1835, but the main work was completed in 1885. Ramon Otero Pedrayo - Galicias famous Geographer described it...
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2 Reviews The Colegio de Santiago Alfeo or de Fonseca is considered to be the origin of Compostela University started in 1544. Construction was ordered by Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca III, it was designed by...
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Convento de San Francisco de Valdedios
3 Reviews No information about it or on the list of places to visit but walking past it on our way up from the carpark to turn into Rua De San Francisco taking us down to the main square and the cathedral, it...
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2 Reviews There is also an interesting museum inside the cathedral. You enter the museum by a side gate inside the cathedral (in the right side) and have to pay an entrance fee for it. We didn't go in as we...
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2 Reviews Colexio de San Xerome (School of St. Jerome) was formerly the so-called “Estudio Vello” (Old Study), established by Archbishop Fonseca III for poor students, near the Convent of San Martiño. Built in...
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9 Reviews and 181 Opinions This luxury Hotel was a hospital in olden days (see the Things to Do section), and it belongs to the...
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1 Review and 42 Opinions this is possibly the best hotel in town. But the location was not suitable for the conference my...
gwened Says: I am an honorary member of the Real Madrid peña or supporting group here ,so whenever in town, (wish its more) ,it is always a grand event to meet old friends...
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We have travelled along the coast of Galicia in our holidays for two consecutive years. Both times we flied to Santiago de Compostela, where we rented a car. First year we focused on the Rias Bajas......
It really is like entering a different country when you drive into Galicia. It's just SO green, and there are so many cows (unlike the south), the houses in the countryside are gigantic and the roads...
Well I had a wonderful walk this time --- " The Camino Ingles " from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela. Having bought the Pilgrims Guide to Spain -- Camino Ingles from the Confraternity of Saint James,...
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