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The Independent: 48 hours in Santiago de Compostela

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

The Independent visited Santaigo de Compostela not too long ago, and produced an article with some ideas on what to do in Santiago de Compostela if you have 48 hours to spear.
The article is rather short and basic, but might give you some ideas if you only have 48 hours in Santiago.

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Tags: Santiago related · Tourism

“El pórtico de la Gloria” under restoration

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

These days the restoration work of the famous “Pórtico de la Gloria” in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is getting started. The actual restoration work has not yet started, but the walk ways has been set up for the workers to get to the stone figures.

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Tags: Events in Santiago · Old Town Santiago · Pilgrim related · Santiago related

More rain in May 2008 than whole of 2007 in Santiago de Compostela

May 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

This month it has rained every day in Santiago de Compostela, and we have not seen much sun at all.

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5 days of fiestas in Santiago de Compostela

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

This year, May 1st fell on a Thursday, leading to many Spaniards to take Friday off and make a long weekend out of it.

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Tags: Events in Santiago · Fiestas · Old Town Santiago · Santiago related

Chove en Santiago (Raining in Santiago)

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Luar na Lubre (more on them at Wikipedia here) is one of the most known groups from Galicia and I thought it would be fitting to add this video to the blog today since it has been raining in Santiago for the last 2 weeks. We need the water…. but some sun would be nice [...]

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Tags: Santiago related · Video