CargandoCargandoSantiago es el final del Camino, y eso se nota en la plaza del Obradoiro, donde siempre hay alguien llegando. El casco histórico, de piedra y soportales, se recorre a pie y tiene vida propia gracias a la universidad. La lluvia es parte de la ciudad: con ella, dicen los de aquí, la piedra se ve todavía más bonita.
Santiago in a dayThe cathedral and the Obradoiro, the Abastos market mid-morning — the second most visited place in town, where they cook what you buy — and lunch on Rúa do Franco. End at the Alameda, the one place you see the whole cathedral from.1 day· 4 stops
Santiago in two daysDay two leaves the city: Monte do Gozo, where pilgrims first glimpse the cathedral, and Fisterra, the end of the known world and where many keep walking even after reaching Santiago. An hour and a half by car or bus.2 days· 7 stops
Santiago in four daysFour days allow the two enormous buildings hardly anyone enters: San Martiño Pinario, the second largest monastery in Spain, right behind the cathedral; and Eisenman's Cidade da Cultura on Mount Gaiás, which cost four hundred million and is free to visit.4 days· 9 stops
San Martiño Pinario
The Cidade da CulturaMercado de Abastos
Cape Finisterre
Monte do GozoRúa do Franco and Rúa da RaíñaThe Cathedral and Praza do Obradoiro
Parque de la Alameda
Parador de Santiago · Hostal dos Reis Católicos💡It will rain, and the plan has to allow for it
It rains about 140 days a year in Santiago and it gives no warning. A waterproof beats an umbrella — there is wind — and shoes with grip, because the wet granite slabs of the old town genuinely slip. With that, the rain rather suits the city.
💡Eat where you cannot see the cathedral
Terraces with a view of the Obradoiro charge for the view. Down at the Mercado de Abastos, around San Pedro or in the streets behind the Alameda you get real seafood and octopus for half. And the set lunch in Galicia is still an absurd amount of food.
💡The pilgrims' mass and the botafumeiro
Mass is at 12:00 and 19:30 and fills up half an hour before. The botafumeiro does NOT fly every day: only on major feast days or when a group pays for it, and those days are announced on the cathedral website. Check it before you build a morning around it.
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