TO REACH SANTIAGO
Santiago de Compostela is in the North west corner of Spain (Galicia), far away of the main European hubs, the best option to reach Santiago is by plane. Galicia has 3 airports shown on the map, being the best option Santiago the Compostela Airport. There are direct connections to several European destinations and also via Madrid or Barcelona.
Coming by Road or Train
Connections by bus https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/national-destinations/more-destinations or train http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/index.html from Madrid are possible but be aware we are pretty far (~600 km).
Coming by Airplane
Santiago de Compostela Airport
Lavacolla International Airports is only 10 km from the center (15 min by car) and has a capacity for 4 million passengers per year. The access to the town is ensured by public transportation (bus http://www.aena.es/en/santiago-airport/public-transport.html) and taxi at fix rate of 25 € / trip.
The airport of Santiago de Compostela has several direct international connections with Bassel, Bologne, Frankfurt, Geneva, London, Milan and Paris.
It also ensures 4 daily connections with Madrid and 3 with Barcelona airport http://www.aena.es/en/santiago-airport/airport-destinations.html
There are two other airports in the vicinity of Santiago.
- The airport of A Coruña is located north of the province, only about 58 km from the city of Compostela http://www.aena.es/en/a-coruna-airport/airport-destinations.html and
- The airport of Vigo http://www.aena.es/en/vigo-airport/airport-destinations.html at 90 km south from the center of Santiago de Compostela.
STAY IN SANTIAGO
Santiago is a very touristic place and there are many accommodation possibilities http://www.santiagoturismo.com/aloxamentos-santiagoturismo
You might find an important number of hotels with charm. Some of them are rather small and do not allow the pre-booking. You might contact them through their reservation webpages and check the availability yourselves. We present you here a personal selection of these establishments.
A Tafona do Peregrino **, Arias Nunes **, Algalia *, Altair ***, Capitol Boutique ***, Casa da Troia ***, Costa Vella **, Entrecercas **, Fonde de San Roque *, Arco de Mazarelos *, As Artes *, Avenida *, MV Bonaval **, Hotel Lux ***, Hotel Montenegro **, Miradoiro de Belvis **, Moure **, Real *, San Miguel ***, Literario San Bieito ***
