We propose a general visit day to the city of Santiago de Compostela, a World Heritage city and final destination of the Way of St James.
Feeling
Old Town
The cathedral – inside and outside – and the four squares around it. Bonaval area with the Museo do Pobo Galego (museum of Galician culture), Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo (Galician Centre for Contemporary Art), Bonaval garden. Alameda de Santiago with wonderful panoramic views of the city. Visit the Church of San Martín Pinario and the market.
Impressive panoramic views of the city. You will almost be able to touch the Cathedral towers with your hands, while taking photos that will be hard to beat.
The cathedral – inside and outside – and the four squares around it. Bonaval area with the Museo do Pobo Galego (museum of Galician culture), Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo (Galician Centre for Contemporary Art), Bonaval garden. Alameda de Santiago with wonderful panoramic views of the city. Visit the Church of San Martín Pinario and the market.
There are many ways to see the Cathedral. Visiting the high altar, the chapels surrounding the ambulatory. Not to be missed is the “Pórtico de la Gloria,” Maestro Mateo’s masterpiece of Romanesque sculpture, reflecting the transition to the Gothic style, and the Chapel of La Corticela. There are different guided tours of the Cathedral to visit the crypt, cloister and Cathedral museum, where you can admire tapestries by Rubens and Goya.
Go on the New Perspectives route, marked on the Santiago Tourism map: green spaces, town planning, panoramic views of the historic quarter and contemporary architecture.
Designed by the North American architect Peter Eisenman, the Galician City of Culture is a huge new contemporary architecture space featuring different cultural venues. The project simulates Compostela’s almond-shaped historic city centre and the heights respect the relief of the terrain on which it was built. Weekends with guided tours, fine exhibitions, good views of the city from the John Hejduk Towers, the possibility of walking along the rooftops of some buildings and great sunsets.
