Puerta del Camino - Surroundings

The City

Santiago de Compostela is the social, administrative and business capital of the autonomous community of Galicia and also a UNESCO World Heritage City. It is the final destination of the St. James Pilgrimage Route and reveals to travellers the splendour of centuries of architectonic design, combining a medieval Christian heritage with monumental baroque buildings.

Nowadays Santiago is a city that can welcome both business travellers and tourists, thanks to its impressive cultural richness and its modern infrastructures.

The Hotel

Tourism in the city

The tourist tour can be begun in the square of the Obradoiro, which is the place where the most important monuments are situated: the cathedral, Raxoi's Town hall, San Jerónimo's College (former university college) and the Hotel of the Kings Católicos.

Plaza del Obradoiro

catedral

Catedral de Santiago de Compostela

It is baroque, of the 18th century. Above, in the center Santiago is. A level down below, his two disciples, Atanasio and Teodoro. All dresses(clothes) of pilgrims. In way it(he,she) can the urn and the star turns between angels and clouds. In the tower of the right Maria Salomé's statue is, and in the tower of the left side, her husband and father of Santiago Zebedeo. To the left side on the balustrade one sees to Holy Susana and San Juan and to the right on the balustrade, Holy Barbara and Santiago the Minor. The building of the right of the spectator is the cloister. That of the left side, it is Gelmírez's Palace, 12th century.