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Melia Araguaney
Alfredo Brañas 5, Santiago de Compostela 15701
This city hotel was built in 1985 and completely renovated in 2004. This luxury hotel is located at the heart of Santiago de Compostela where a variety of shopping and entertainment facilities are on offer. There is a stop for the public transport to be found 50 m away.
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Hesperia Coruña
Juan Florez 16, A Coruña 15004
This hotel is located right in the nature reserve Fraga do Eume and is just minutes from the harbour and the old town. Countless shops, restaurants, bars, pubs, and nightclubs as well as public transport are in the hotel's vicinity, just 50 metres away. A Coruña airport is only 40 km from the hotel and Santiago airport is about a 90 km away.
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Hesperia Peregrino
Rosalia de Castro s/n, Santiao de Compostela 15706
This hotel is situated in the new town of Santiago de Compostela, close to the main train station and the university. The historical centre can be reached within 15 minutes. Links to the public transport network are to be found directly in front of the hotel. The sea and nearest beach are located around 35km away.
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Turism | Gastronomy | Monuments |
Santiago de compostela -- Turism
The legend tells that the appearance of the remains of the Apostle Saint James were the origin of this city (9th C.), which soon became a centre for pilgrimages and a holy city on a par with Jerusalem and Rome. Medieval Santiago experienced centuries of scientific, artistic and literary interchange thanks to the large numbers of pilgrims arriving from all over Europe. The Pilgrim's Road to Santiago, together with the city of Santiago of Compostela, is today a World Heritage Site because of the historic and artistic nature of the route. With the Catholic Monarchs and Archbishop Fonseca, the University arrived in the city and, in the centuries that followed, several religious orders established monasteries and churches in its streets, contributing to the rich Renaissance and Baroque appearance of the Galician capital.
The centre of the city is the Plaza del Obradoiro, which has important monuments, including the Cathedral. Its current Baroque façade gives way to a Romanesque doorway from the original building, the Pórtico de la Gloria, created by Master Mateo in the 12th century. Inside, Romanesque and Gothic elements alternate with other Baroque style decoration. In the Cathedral you have to follow the tradition: bump your head on the figure of its creator to obtain prudence and wisdom. At the main altar, a bust of the Apostle Saint James awaits your embrace. Another tradition is the waving of a huge incense holder, 'El Botafumeiro', in the main transept, which even reaches the vaults.
Other squares, the Plaza Quintana, Plaza Azabachería and Plaza de Platerías surround the various doors and façades of the Cathedral. The latter is the only Romanesque one.
Beautiful examples of the civil Romanesque, Renaissance and Neoclassical styles also show themselves in Obradoiro. The Pazo de Gelmírez, the College of San Jerónimo and the Pazo Raxoi accompany the Cathedral and the Old Royal Hospital, today the five-star luxury 'Hostal de los Reyes Católicos', Parador de Turismo. This is an exceptional opportunity to spend the night in a building with more than 500 years of history right in the heart of the medieval city.
The importance of the religious orders associated with the Pilgrim's Road to Santiago and the University mean this area has many churches, convents and monasteries, as well as aristocratic houses like those of El Cabildo, La Parra and Los Canónigos. We could point out the monasteries of San Martín Pinario and San Paio de Antealtares (17th C.), the convent of San Francisco and the college of San Clemente.
After touring the oldest streets of the city, which date from the 12th century - Rúas Franco, Vilar and Nova - we can go to the food market, a medieval structure. Near here stands the University (of Neoclassical plan), the Romanesque church of San Fiz de Slovio and the Baroque church of San Agustín.
Without going far from the historic centre, we can also visit the Museum in the Collegiate Church of Sar, the Museum of the Galician People (in the Convent of Santo Domingo de Bonaval), the Pilgrimage Museum and the Galician Centre of Contemporary Art.
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