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EXTENDED TRIP:
GALICIA
Discover Galicia, an extremely special corner of Spain with its own language and distinctive culture. It is arguably the world's greatest place to eat fish and home to the famous Santiago de Compostela, a destination where each year more than 250k people travel to along the Camino de Santiago pilgrim trails. The wild coastline is frayed by majestic coastal inlets, and strung with cliffs, beaches, islands and fishing ports. Inland is a labyrinth of deep-green valleys, speckled with stone villages, medieval monasteries and age-old vineyards. Travel around this unique region and you'll repeatedly run into reminders of Galicia's unique cultural identity: the sound of bagpipes, the wayside cruceiros (carved-stone crosses), the castro fort-villages of Galicians' Celtic ancestors.
SAMPLE ITINERARY
DAY 1
HISTORICAL STROLL IN SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
Walking tour of Santiago de Compostela: Meet your knowledgeable guide to start your 3-hour tour through this charming city and UNESCO World Heritage Site. This walking tour of Santiago includes the city's massive Romanesque/Gothic cathedral, the historic destination of St. James Way through the medieval pilgrimage route. Follow the narrow winding streets while learning about the history of the city and the region of Galicia, as well as how St. James came to be buried here.
DAY 2
A DAY WITH GALICIAN FISHERMAN
Galicia’s rugged coastline is home to many fishing villages. In this experience we visit Cedeira in the quest for one of Spain’s most expensive seafood delicacies, Percebes. You will visit the fish market to see the day’s haul be auctioned before discovering the best way to eat them – accompanied by a glass of local wine while looking out over the ocean. After lunch, it’s time to take a relaxing stroll along one of Europe’s most stunning beaches, Cathedral beach, famous for its impressive rock formations and pristine sea.
DAY 3
A TRIP TO THE END OF THE WORLD
Your day starts with the coastal fishing town of Muros. There, the first thing you’ll notice is the constructed harbor which has an attractive promenade running the length of the town’s sea front. The town is still a working fishing port and you will see many small vessels moored up or setting out to sea. Next up is the largest stone granary in Carnota. The beach of Carnota is the most extensive in Galicia. The seven kilometer-long and half a kilometer-wide beach creates a rich natural intertidal plain. From there, we’ll head to the next stop on our journey to the waterfalls of Ezros before we head out to the most western point of Europe, Finisterre, to learn about the “true” end of the Camino de Santiago and the place that was once thought to be the end of the world. We’ll stick around to catch views of a beautiful sunset before heading back to Santiago de Compostela.
DAY 4
PRIVATE DAY TRIP TO RÍAS BAXIAS
Today we will head to the Salnés Valley where most of the Albariño cellars under the appellation of origin Rías Baixas are located and the wines here have very distinctive characteristics due to the influence of the Atlantic and their unique canopy growing system of setting the vines known as "parras". We'll visit several small wineries of the denomination of origin Rias Baixas, so that you will be able to see their facilities, talk to the winemakers directly, and taste their wines. Also as part of the day we enjoy lunch in a typical Galician furancho. Furanchos are private homes in a typical rural environment that serve homemade wine and local food.