Complete Santiago de Compostela Walking Tour

With this tour you will get to know Santiago on a deeper level. You won't just get familiar with the pilgrimage and its art and history, but also with gastromony-Galicia has the best seafood of Europe among many other things- nature -it's one of the greenest cities in Spain- , University - one of its oldest ones-, special nightlife -some pubs celebrate the "foliadas" - a traditional Galician parties with bagpipes and some other traditional instruments-. The whole history of the city of Santiago begins with the discovery of the tumb of Saint James the Great in the early 9th century, which soon attracted thousands of pilgrims coming from everywhere in Europe to worship his relics. The pilgrimage reached its peak in the 11th century and after some ups and downs along history, in the second half of the 20th century there has been a major renaissance of the pilgrim's route.