Visit Cathedral + Museum + Portico de la Gloria

THE VISIT


Finally,
an experience that unites the best of the old town of Santiago de Compostela. With this guided tour you can visit the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, the Cathedral museum and the famous Portico de la Gloria, through the explanations of a professional guide accredited by the Xunta de Galicia.

Available from Tuesday to Saturday at 11.30 am and lasts approximately 2 hours.

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

It is an impressive temple of the Catholic religion of the city of Santiago de Compostela. It is considered one of the most important places of pilgrimage on the planet and is the final destination of the famous Camino de Santiago.

The cathedral dates back to the 11th century and has a mixture of architectural styles due to continuous extensions or modifications. Highlights include its baroque façade, the clock tower, the Puerta del Perdón and the Portico de la Gloria.

Cathedral Museum of Santiago de Compostela

It is a museum located in the same square of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. This is an essential visit for art lovers and liturgical objects with great historical and religious value such as paintings, sculptures, manuscripts and other objects related to the history of the cathedral and the Camino de Santiago.

Among his most outstanding works are the Codex Calixtino, a 12th-century manuscript considered a jewel of medieval literature.

 

the Portico de la Gloria

A masterpiece of Romanesque art made by master Mateo at the end of the 12th century. It is located on the western façade of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in northwestern Spain. Today it is still considered one of the most important examples of European medieval art.

It consists of three arches decorated with more than 200 sculptures representing figures from the Bible and allegories of human life. At the heart of everything is the figure of Christ, surrounded by his Apostles and various figures of the Old and New Testament.

It is known worldwide for its beauty and allegorical character, which invites the viewer to reflect on the meaning of life and death.

17,0025,00

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INCLUDES

  • Entrance to the Cathedral Museum
  • Entrance to the Cathedral Museum
  • Accredited tourist guide
  • skip the line

NOT SUITABLE

Since you enter the cathedral is not SUITABLE for:

  • Pets
  • people with reduced mobility
  • Carry backpacks or canes

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To be a travel agency and comply with the laws, it is necessary to comply with a few government laws, have several compulsory insurances and obtain the famous agency identification code. This code is essential to be able to start the activity as a travel agency. Our Travel Agency’s Code is XG-682. By law, in addition, any tourist company is obliged to show the identification code by all means: for example, on the website you can always see it at the bottom of the page, but it is also mandatory to put it in all advertising material. So, if you ever happen to see brochures without this code, do not trust too much, that advertising may be illegal and perhaps the insurance has not been paid.

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  • It is a young company, where the creators and SEO participate actively and daily in all its activities and no one puts more heart into an activity than who has created it.
  • In the agency we speak many languages (7 different languages) ​​and, in addition, depending on the occasions we collaborate with guides and tourism professionals who speak many more languages, being able to cover almost all, of course, according to availability.
  • The guides always receive training from the founders. A good guide, according to our philosophy, not only knows a lot of information, but also provides the right information at the right times and dedicates himself to the tourist as if he were his servant, since as Benigni said in a famous movie: “SERVING IS THE SUPREME ART , GOD IS THE FIRST SERVANT, GOD SERVES MAN BUT IS NOT A SERVANT OF MEN “
  • Because before being employees, founders and owners of the company, first of all, we are tourists, we love to travel and discover the world, so we know very well the wishes of a traveler.
  • Because we have won a very important award for our work

We are very proud to have won the 2020 Tripadvisor award for the most beautiful excursions in the world. Tripadvisor is one of the most important and well-known platforms for tourism activities in the world. And this platform has awarded the Traveler’s Choice award to our best excursion to Finisterre and Costa Da Morte, placing it among the 10% of the most beautiful activities in the world.

Although in recent years we have focused mainly on “incoming” tourism in Galicia, we work all over the world, in fact there are many group trips that we organize throughout Europe and Morocco. The founders also have experience of guiding almost all the cities of Europe, before starting with our company. For example, in Morocco there are not so many companies and guides that go many times from Spain. Our guides are even experts in this country, not easy to control in tourist matters.

Galicia Travels focuses mainly on the subject of group travel, this because our philosophy is that trips can be as cheap as possible, so that everyone can travel, savor the art of the tourist and get to know the world, always letting culture be with us. This does not mean that we only dedicate ourselves to groups, in fact, for example, in activities around Santiago and on the Camino de Santiago, it is not necessary to have a group. Finally, we also offer package tours, logistical support for other tourism companies, etc.

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