Best places: Churches in Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Soaring Romanesque cathedral & site of pilgrimage known for Master Mateo's carved arched portico.

😠 The cathedral is great, BUT: we came from Germany to see Santiago de Compostela and a part of it is Pórtico de la Gloria. The website did not allow to book two weeks in advance. We called at least ten times two different landlines and tried the same on a given mobile number. No one in none of them...

👍👍 The Convent of Santa Clara is a cloistered convent of the Order of Poor Clares in Santiago de Compostela, opposite the more discreet Convento do Carmo de Cima. The current appearance of the great building is mainly due to the profound renovations carried out in the 17th and 18th centuries, which mad...

👍👍 Esta capilla tiene acceso por la Catedral aunque lo curioso es que tiene sus propios curas, siendo independiente.

👍 Again, very disappointing that it was closed. You pass here on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. But many chapels and churches on the way there were locked. That's a shame, because you could really use something like that to rest and pause. _________________________ Again very disappoi...