All about the Camino de Santiago de Compostela

Turgalicia is responsale for the promoton of Galicia to the rest of the world. The Camino is ofcourse and important part of this promotion.

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You might not know this, but Galicia have several hot springs. Around these hot springs there are usually one or more Spas, or as they are know in Spain, Balnearios.
The video clip above was recorded at Gran Hotel Hesperia, on the La Toja island just south of Santiago de Compostela.
This might be interesting for some [...]

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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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We have had some strong winds in Galicia in the last few days, but nothing out of the ordinary. Even so, the waves at sea has been enormous.
The light house of Cabo Vilan (just north of Finisterre) recorded waves of up to 20 meters yesterday, and as you can see on the beach-front in La [...]

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A few days ago the new high speed train service (AVE) between Madrid and Barcelona was introduced. Could be useful for someone trying to get to/get home from the camino.
Some more information:
– 17 departures daily Madrid to Barcelona (and another 17 going back)
– Duration: About 2 hours and 40 minutes (speeds up to 300km/h)
– First [...]

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José Alvarez has a production company and has made several pilgrim documentaries on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. This video is 10 minutes of one of them, Spanish is spoken but there are English subtitles.

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