San Andres de Teixido – a must “stop off” for Pilgrims
San Andres de Teixido, a pilgrimage centre dating back centuries, perched on the highest cliffs in Europe in the northernmost corner of Galicia, is a visit not to be missed …
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San Andres de Teixido, a pilgrimage centre dating back centuries, perched on the highest cliffs in Europe in the northernmost corner of Galicia, is a visit not to be missed …
Read MoreSantiago – Ciudad de Cultura, a set on Flickr.
Read MoreUndoubtedly the best the view in Santiago. We were given a guided tour up twisting stairs and finally out on the stepped roof. The roof was designed so that soldiers …
Read MoreAfter the roof tops of the Cathedral at Santiago we were taken to the Pazo de Oca, a beautiful old baroque mansion, south of Santiago at San Estevo de Oca, …
Read MoreHake, Galician style: One of the great stars of the northern Spanish cookbook, alongside tuna and salt-cod, has to be hake. Undervalued and misunderstood in the UK (near where most …
Read MoreThe lovely old medieval town of Viveiro with its three impressive gateways leading into its narrow paved streets with quaint, old fashioned shops, hard to find in this modern …
Read MoreIn the year AD 40, whilst spreading the word of Jesus throughout the Iberian Peninsula, the Virgin Mary appeared to the apostle St James atop a pillar in what’s now …
Read MoreLooking more than anything like some fantasy dragon’s amputated toes, and not necessarily like anything you’d like to put in your mouth, Percebes (goose barnacles) are one of Galicia´s most …
Read MoreFrom the Basque Country right through to the Portuguese border, the north west coast of Spain is a gastronomic delight but for sheer quality and abundance of prime materials there’s …
Read MoreThe whole of the Galician coastline is dotted with the most beautiful, unspoilt, sandy beaches from the spectacular Praia das Catedrais (Playa de Las Catedrales) on the Costa Lucence (voted …
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