About Us

Wedding Venue

Pazo do Tambre

18:00

Loureiro, Cando
Outes, Noia
Galicia
GPS: 42°49'53.7"N 8°51'43.8"W

Getting There

There will be wedding coaches departing from Santiago's city centre.

The departure is set at 16:15 from Praza Galicia, besides the bus stop:

Wedding List

We don't have a wedding list – your presence that day is the best gift for us!

However, if you would like to contribute to our honeymoon, you can find a way to do it here.

"Europe was born on the pilgrimage to Compostela" ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Where to Stay

Hotel Literario San Bieito ★★★ – A nice hotel located just a stone's throw away from the Cathedral. All rooms have a smart TV, a free minibar and a private bathroom with shower. It also offers 24-hour automated reception and a free 24-hour breakfast buffet.

PR Fornos ★★★ – Overlooking the green Praza Galiza (Galicia Square), this smart and basic guest house is just 300 m from the Cathedral. The airport bus stops in the square. Rooms enjoy plenty of natural light and some boast views over the adjacent square and its pretty gardens.

Hotel Entrecercas ★★ – This small, friendly hotel offers some of the city’s most affordable accommodation in the old town. The owner has sensitively restored the old stone building, and the rooms are simply but comfortably decorated, each with a small private bathroom with shower.

O Xardín de Julia ★★ – A beautiful guest house at the edge of the old town, with a back garden which is their hallmark and gives the name to the place. The rooms are equipped with a flat-screen TV, and in some cases they have views of the garden or the city. Bike hire is also available.

Hotel San Clemente ★★ – A warm, friendly hotel set in a 17th-century building located in between the Alameda Park and the old town. It maintains many original features such as stone walls and wooden beams. A great place for those who enjoy a bit of countryside feeling within the city.

If you prefer alternative accommodation, you can use this voucher that we offer to those of you booking a place on AirBnB for the first time.

What to See

Praza do Obradoiro – The grand square in front of the cathedral's west facade earned its name (Workshop Sq) from the stonemasons' workshops set up here while the cathedral was being built. It is surrounded by four important buildings, said to represent the four powers of the city: the cathedral to the East (the Church), Hostal dos Reis Católicos (the doctors and bourgeoisie) to the North, Pazo de Raxoi (the city council) to the West and the Colexio de San Xerome (property of Santiago's university) to the South.

Catedral de Santiago – At the heart of Compostela, the Cathedral soars above the city centre in a splendid jumble of spires and sculpture. It holds its own museum inside, where you can see an impressive collection of religious art.

Hostal dos Reis Católicos – It was built in the early 16th century by order of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, as a recuperation centre for exhausted pilgrims. Later it became an orphanage and poorhouse. Today it's a parador (luxurious state-owned hotel) and shelters well-heeled travellers instead, but its four courtyards and some other areas are open to visitors.

Colexio de Fonseca – Just south of the cathedral, on the west side of cafe-lined Praza de Fonseca, the Colexio de Fonseca, with a beautiful Renaissance courtyard and two exhibition galleries, was the original seat of Santiago’s university (founded in 1495).

Parque da Alameda – The gardens of the Alameda Park -just outside the old town- used to be the main recreation and leisure area of the city in medieval times. Home to many monuments, the most famous one is probably the sculpture of "As Marías", who were two very popular sisters in the city by the second half of 20th century. After developing a mental condition caused by the death of all their brothers at the Spanish Civil War, they would to go for a walk to the Alameda every day at 2 pm wearing extravagant clothes and make-up and catcalling young college students.

Mercado de Abastos – The city’s second-most visited site after the Cathedral, Santiago's Food Market is a fascinating and lively scene, with masses of fresh products from the seas and countryside displayed at more than 300 stalls. It's open from Monday to Saturday, 7 am to 3 pm. 

Museo do Pobo Galego – A short walk from the old town, this ethnographic Museum of the Galician People houses extensive and interesting exhibits on Galician life and arts, ranging from fishing boats and bagpipes to traditional costumes and antique printing presses.

Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago – Installed in a newly converted premises on Praza das Praterías, the Museum of Pilgrimages and Santiago gives fascinating insights into the phenomenon of Santiago (man and city) down the centuries.

For more information, visit the City's Official Tourism Website.

Where to Eat

O Dezaseis – A must if you are looking for authentic Galician recipes 

Bierzo Enxebre – Traditional food and a great wine collection

Cinco Sete, Casa de Xantar – Octopus is their speciality

A Horta do Obradoiro – Fancy having some seafood in a garden?

O Boteco – Wine and petiscos (Galician tapas) place

Casa Marcelo – A hidden gem, fusion of Asian and Galician cuisines

Abastos 2.0 – Food straight from the Abastos Market

Where to Drink

Modus Vivendi – The oldest cultural pub in Galicia, with great spirits and liquors

A Casa das Crechas – A great spot with Celtic and folk jam sessions many nights after 10 pm

O Filandón – Squeeze past the cheese-shop counter for free serrano ham tapas with every drink

Cervexería Xuntanza – Don’t miss their local craft beer and their elaborated petiscos

Borriquita de Belém – For a relaxed atmosphere, mojitos, wine and live jazz & blues

A Reixa – An institution in the city, music bar with live gigs several nights a week

A Garoa – They are said to make the best cocktails in the city

“Everything one sees is antique, venerable and unchangeable. Everything seems to be covered in a warm and tired air” ~ Patrick O’Flanagan

Country Profile

History

Galicia is an ancient nation located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, and today it is constituted as an autonomous region under Spanish law. Galicia’s national language is Galician, a Romance language which shares a common origin with modern Portuguese. In fact, even today they are still considered by many linguists as two varieties of the same language (Galician-Portuguese). Castilian Spanish is also spoken, especially in urban areas.

Galicia owns its name to the Suevian Kingdom of Gallaecia –which used to comprise modern Galicia, Asturias, León and Northern Portugal– and was the first medieval kingdom in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The country's current autonomous status was established in the 80s, after Catalonia and the Basque Country.

Culture

Galicia’s celtic heritage can be seen on structures built during that era, such as the castros (hill forts) and the pallozas (dwellings), as well as on its folk music. A good example of this are the bagpipes, the most relevant instruments in Galician traditional music. The muiñeira, played at a fast tempo with bagpipes and tambourines, is the Galician national dance, in which dancers form either a circle or parallel lanes.

Today, Galicia is well-known around the world especially thanks to the Way of St. James, one of the most important Christian pilgrimages, followed by hundreds of thousands every year, and which finishes at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. According to Catholic tradition, the remains of the apostle St. James (Santiago) are said to lie in the cathedral’s crypt.

Gastronomy

Galician gastronomy is famous for its seafood, fish and meat dishes. Some traditional dishes are polbo á feira (fair-style octopus), empanada (meat or fish pie), caldo (vegetable soup), lacón con grelos (shoulder of pork with turnip tops), churrasco (Galician-Portuguese barbeque), pementos de Padrón (Padrón’s peppers) and the torta de Santiago (almond cake).

Galicia is also home to world famous white wines such as Albariño and Ribeiro. Traditional liquors include licor de herbas (herbs liquor) and licor café (coffee liquor). And if you are feeling adventurous, you should try the queimada, an alcoholic drink made with moonshine, sugar, citrics and coffee beans that is set on fire to scare the meigas (Galician witches) in a ritual that is believed to be of Celtic tradition.

What to Visit

The Cíes Islands are one of the most famous highlights for tourists in Galicia. They are a national marine-terrestrial park and one of the country’s most beautiful places, which is why the Romans named them the islands of the gods. They are home to the famous Praia de Rodas (Rodas Beach), named “the best beach in the world” by The Guardian in 2017.

Some other spots around the country include UNESCO World Heritage Sites like the Tower of Hercules in A Coruña and the Roman Walls of Lugo, but also the beautiful Praia das Catedrais (Cathedrals Beach), the relaxing Ourense Thermal Springs, the astonishing Ribeira Sacra, or the Cape Fisterra, which was believed to be the end of the “known world” in Roman times.

For more info on routes we recommend the Country's Official Tourism Website and the lovely folk at Galicia Unveiled for organised tours in English.