The Parque de Alameda is the main city park, and on the slopes of the Santa Susana Hill are spectacular views of the cathedral. The...

The Natural History Museum houses a large collecton of flora, fauna and minerals. It is located in the basement of the Chemical Sciences Facility in...

The Eugenio Granell Foundation Museum is housed in an 18th Century mansion which has been converted into this unique Surrealist museum. It was created in...

The O Paxmal Park is a fine landscaped area with lawns and oak trees on a river bank. From here you can enjoy views of...

This large, traditional market is an atmospheric place where you can buy fresh Galician food such as vegetables, fruit, pulses, cheese, seafood and meat. You...

The House of the Dean is now the Pilgrims` Office where those who have walked the Camino de Santiago have their pilgrim passports checked before...

Magnificent, medieval Santiago Cathedral, with its soaring twin towers, was an important place of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. The relics of Christ`s apostle James...

The Cathedral Museum consists of three different areas, one being the crypt below the Porch of Glory, where its building is explained. A chapel houses...

The fascinating Sotelo Blanco Ethnography Museum is located on the outskirts of the city of Santiago de Compostela. There are several rooms on two floors...

The Praza de la Quintana is an elegant square behind the cathedral. In the cathedral`s east end is the Puerta Santa (Holy Door) which was...

The Benedictine Monastery of San Martin Pinario is one of the largest religious buildings in Spain. The facade overlooking the square has massive Doric columns....

The Museum of Sacred Art is housed in the Monastery of San Paio de Antealtares, located near the Plaza de Quintana. The Benedictine monastery was...

The Sar Collegiate Museum is housed in the Church of Santa Maria la Mayor y Real de Sar, part of a Canon Monastery which was...

The Belvis Park is an elongated park separating the historical quarter of Santiago De Compostela from the Belvis Convent. Through it flows a little stream...

The La Troya House Museum is dedicated to recreating the atmosphere of the 19th Century students` boarding house run by Dona Generosa in the novel...

Galicia Dixital is a modern museum housed in the San Martino Pinario Monastery. Here visitors can use new technology to learn about various aspects of...

The Museo de Terra Santa is housed in one of the cloisters of the Convent of San Francisco, which was founded in 1214. The exhibits...

The Pilgrimage Museum is housed in a building which dates from the 14th Century, and it is devoted to the phenomena of religious pilgrimages. Pilgrimages...

The Museo do Pobo Galego is housed in the former Convent of Santo Domingo de Bonavel. It is located near the road used by pilgrims...

The Granxa do Xesto Park is a large natural area on the slopes of the hill known as Monte Pedroso. It is a good area...