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Autumn is a great station to visit Santiago de Compostela. Without the agglomerations of summer, the city can be enjoyed calmly and offers, in addition, a cultural and entertainment program varied and aimed at all audiences. The season of the Real Fhilarmonía de Galicia begins, the many Compostela museums (Cidade da Cultura, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea...) raise all kinds of activities, music festivals (CortaPega, Outono Códax Festival), cinema (Curtocircuito) and even puppets (Galicreques)... In the autumn there are also very popular celebrations in the Galician culture and, of course, you have to talk about good food: it's time for chestnuts, 'caldo galego' or succulent and strong 'cocido'. The agenda, you see, is full. For that reason, we have decided to help you with a selection of the appointments that we believe are essential.
If you want to see the Pórtico da Gloria without paying, you will have to hurry. Next Tuesday, September 18, the free visits will end and the great work of Mestre Mateo will be closed to the public again. Although this time, and after ten years of laborious restoration work, will be for a short time. The Pórtico will now be encapsulated to avoid deterioration but it is expected that this action will be completed in November. Then, you can visit again, although you have to go through the box office first. What has not yet been determined is the price of the visits, although it is presumed that it will be around twelve euros.
The old town of Santiago de Compostela is, without a doubt, the best place to stay and discover the magic of the city. Staying in a hotel in the old area of Compostela implies having all the monuments, life and activity of the city very close, with all the advantages of being one step away from the Cathedral of Santiago. A real luxury!
The Portico de la Gloria is undoubtedly the jewel of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. After more than a decade of restoration work, the works ended last week
The May 1st is approaching and the desire for a break begins to appear. Walks, shopping, visits, culture, relax, pubs, gastronomy ... In Compostela Net Hotels we offer you five plans to enjoy even more your trip to Santiago.
That Galicia has a great religious tradition is no secret. Our parties and celebrations tend to revolve around the Christian holidays and there are no towns and municipalities whose names refer to the saints. The Galician capital could not be less, receiving its name, Compostela, from a biblical passage. Therefore, what better place than Santiago to enjoy the Easter holidays? In CNH we give you the keys to immerse yourself in the Galician Easter.
If you look at your calendar you will see that March 19th is marked as a special day, do you know why is it? Because it's Father's Day! We know how important it is for you to let your father know all the affection and appreciation you feel for him, that is why from CNHotels we have thought of different ways to make him enjoy his honorific day. Ready to discover them?
As a good capital of Galicia, Santiago fulfills its duty as a cultural reference in the Region. And as a historic city, it has numerous museums open to the public through which you can get to know the most authentic Compostela. From CNH Hotels we propose you these five must-visit museums during your stay in the city.
December has just arrived and the calendar is about to run out of pages. In CNH Hotels, we can't be mroe excited about jumping into 2018. With all its breaks, holidays and party seasons in our beloved Compostela, how can we not be? From our group we have selected for you the best dates to come to Santiago and enjoy the wonderful rooms of our hotels.
If you are going to spend a few days in Santiago de Compostela we invite you to walk along its streets admiring the perfect union that has been brewing between the new contemporary constructions signed by architects like Álvaro Siza and the conservation of the important historical heritage of the city.
Galician pie is one of the most typical meals of the community and in the city of the Apostle, you have the opportunity to try it in restaurants, bars and bakeries in her.
If something you can brag about the compostelan Holy week is that their footsteps through the streets and squares of a city heritage. Without a doubt, an exceptional setting in which you can see 17 processions which represents the passion, death and resurrection of Christ, remembering the historico-religiosos events.
The museums dotted around the city of Compostela, how could it be otherwise in a city full of history, art and religion as is the city of the Apostle. Without leaving the old town will discover several of them, one of which is very recent addition: the Pilgrimage Museum, which recently premiered new headquarters in the square Platerías, next to the Cathedral, and in the old building occupied by the Bank of Spain, designed in 1939 by architect Romualdo Madariaga Céspedes and built on the plot of houses Espinosa.
If you come to Santiago de Compostela you have to treat yourself one of the most spectacular parks in the city, the park of Santo Domingo de Bonaval. You'll be surprised because it is a magical place, surrounded by greenery, stone and water.
The calendar tells us: December day the weekends, holidays and vacations shake hands. On announcing the winter they serve to show the most intimate and peaceful face of Santiago de Compostela: the capital of Galicia pilgrim shown less introspective and more, an open opportunity to roam their secrets and discover another face and other flavors of Compostela. We leave five proposals for Christmas in Santiago de Compostela.
A walk around the Finca do Espiño may not be a call to these disturbing atmospheres but it has an ethereal quality, enduring an authentic aura, a patina of reality that escapes into a world of design, thought to walk where the more we should, out of places with their own history. La Finca do Espiño provides the pleasure to extinguish: to savor a moment of lost time. Finca do Espino, a Gothic walk through Santiago de Compostela.
The dear travelers whom landing at the Hotel Literario San Bieito bring along with their usual luggage a piece of the aura that provides the custom to venture into the jungle of the written word. You lose the sense passport when landing, docking or cross any city just walking the streets looking for a bookstore.
The capital of Galicia is full of corners outdoors and covered where dive into an amazing story, in vibrant stories, exemplary novels... Here we note some places to enjoy reading at Santiago de Compostela.