The final stop on our Galician road trip (read parts one and two here) was Santiago de Compostela, the capital of Galicia, and the most visited city in the region. We arrived at our hotel, located right in the center of old town, near the famed Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, with just a fewContinue reading “Galicia the Beautiful Part 3: Santiago de Compostela”
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Galicia the Beautiful, Part 2: Ribeira Sacra
After leaving the city of Lugo, we headed to Ribeira Sacra. An area known for it’s wild beauty, breath taking vistas, and vineyards planted on the steep slopes of the valleys and canyons of the rivers Sil and Miño. Our drive into the mountains was equal parts beautiful and terrifying, with narrow roads, blind curves,Continue reading “Galicia the Beautiful, Part 2: Ribeira Sacra”
Galicia the Beautiful, Part 1: Lugo
For my birthday this year, we decided to take a road trip through Galicia, Asturias’s neighboring autonomous community to the west. I did not know a lot about Galicia before we left other than 1) it rains a lot there (even more than in Asturias), 2) the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route ends there, andContinue reading “Galicia the Beautiful, Part 1: Lugo”
Jess Barrington Travels 