🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela

📍 About Santiago de Compostela

Final destination of the Camino de Santiago, with its impressive Romanesque cathedral and unique pilgrim atmosphere found nowhere else in the world.

🗺️ What to do & see in Santiago de Compostela

• ✅Visit the Cathedral and the Portico of Glory
• ✅Walk around the Plaza del Obradoiro
• ✅Stroll through the medieval old town
• ✅Get to know the Museum of Pilgrimages
• ✅Attend the pilgrim's mass at the cathedral
• ✅Try Galician cuisine at the Abastos Market

🏛️ Must-see attractions in Santiago de Compostela

• ⭐Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
• ⭐Plaza del Obradoiro
• ⭐Portico of Glory
• ⭐Monastery of San Martino Pinario
• ⭐Alameda Park
• ⭐Abastos Market

🍽️ Local cuisine in Santiago de Compostela

• 🍴Galician-style octopus, cooked with oil, salt, and paprika
• 🍴Galician empanada filled with meat or fish
• 🍴Santiago cake, almond cake with the cross of the order
• 🍴Lacon with turnip greens, traditional pork and vegetable dish
• 🍴Ribeira Sacra wine and Albarino from the Rias Baixas

💡 Travel tips for Santiago de Compostela

• 💡Spring and summer offer the driest climate
• 💡It's a good idea to bring an umbrella due to frequent Galician rain
• 💡The old town is pedestrian and can be explored on foot
• 💡July 25, the day of Apostle Santiago, is a very festive day
• 💡It's a good idea to book accommodation during the pilgrimage season