Cheap car hire Santiago airportSantiago de Compostela has been a cultural and university centre for centuries, most famous for being the end destination of a thousand-year-old pilgrim voyage - El Camino de Santiago.
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of Galicia in
the northwest corner of Spain. It's one of the country's most beautiful cities, famed throughout the world as
the destination for millions of pilgrims who have trodden the path of the Camino de Santiago for more than a
thousand years. It's beautiful old quarter is a living museum of narrow, winding streets, magnificent
Romanesque and Baroque buildings, plazas, cloisters and elegant arcades.
Historically the city is famous as the place where
St James was buried after his remains were transferred here by sea from the Holy Land. On the site where he was
buried stands the magnificent Cathedral of Santiago which attracts thousands of
pilgrims.
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