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5/Aug/2019

More than 40 Autonomous Police officers keep pilgrims safe on the Way of Saint James every day

The general director of Emergencies and the Interior, Santiago Villanueva, the director of the Galician Tourism Agency, Nava Castro, and the Autonomous Police Commissioner,...

21/Apr/2010 0

Museo do Pobo Galego

We visit the “Museo do Pobo”, in the San Domingos de Bonaval Convent, located right by the “Puerta del Camino” in Santiago de Compostela. We visit the museum with the guide Elsa...

4/Nov/2017

London is hosting an exhibition on the Way of St. James, which receives almost 6,000 British pilgrims each year

On Monday, a travelling exhibition organised by Tourism of Galicia will arrive in the United Kingdom, paying homage to those providing hospitality along the different routes. ...

22/Apr/2010 0

Hospital da Cruz-Ligonde

We are on the Camino Frances, on the stage that starts in the village of Ligonde in the municipality of Portomarín and ends in Ligonde in the province of Lugo. Hospital da Cruz...

Hospital da Cruz-Ligonde

15/Oct/2018

Galicia welcomes its 300,000th pilgrim with predictions to close 2018 with a new record above 320,000

This increase in the number of pilgrims, arriving from 172 countries and on more and more pilgrimage routes, shows that "Galicia gusta" and that everyone's work has made the...

20/Oct/2017

Galicia takes part in the 10th International Congress of Xacobeo Associations in Antequera with an exhibit and several conferences

The Andalusian city hosts the audiovisual exhibit “Way of St. James, a contemporary pilgrimage experience”, which takes a sentimental journey through this route. The Xacobeo...

14/Feb/2019

Galicia will invest 15.6M€ so that all the Camino de Santiago’s routes will be in optimum condition for the Xacobeo 21

Feijóo specifies that supervision works will be carried out, both programmed and occasional, such as the cleaning and clearing of the Camino as well as other tasks of a preventive...

14/Nov/2018

Galicia strengthens ties with France to reinforce the country's historical role in the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela

The Galician Autonomous Community was invited for the first time to the Assembly of the French Federation of Associations of Friends of the Camino de Santiago, where the...