The name of the most famous square in Santiago - "obradoiro” in Galician means ‘workshop’ in English - indicates what were the main activities in it for centuries: here were the established workshops of stonemasons, carpenters, glassworkers and all those involved in...
Modern landscape gardening is allied with history in the park of San Domingos of Bonaval. Located next to the neighborhood of San Pedro, it is the natural entrance to the city for pilgrims who have travelled the French Way and the Northern Way. The park includes the...
There are many pilgrims who, when arriving in Santiago, look for a place to eat or sleep for a while, where they can share their experiences with other companions and where they can reflect or meditate on the experience that has just been completed... Those pilgrims...
Santiago is a city of parks: the historic Alameda Park, conceived as a recreational space for compostelanos in the 19th century; numerous orchards formerly belonging the city's old monasteries, have been turned into parks in recent decades; and now, most recently, the...