Private tours in Santiago de Compostela

For more than a thousand years people have walked across Europe to arrive at one square in Santiago. The cathedral was built over a tomb identified in the ninth century as that of the apostle James, and the city grew up around the arrival. It is granite, damp and beautiful, and it smells of rain and roasted peppers. Tour Travel & More organises 100% private tours of Santiago with a licensed official tour guide, a luxury vehicle with chauffeur and a travel coordinator available 24/7.

The cathedral and the old town

The Pórtico de la Gloria is Romanesque sculpture at its peak, carved by Master Mateo in the twelfth century and restored to its original polychrome. Inside, the Botafumeiro — a 53-kilo censer swung by eight men across the transept — is used on set days, and your guide will know whether yours is one of them. Around the cathedral, four squares and a maze of arcaded streets.

The last kilometres of the Camino

You do not have to walk five hundred kilometres to understand the Camino. Starting at Monte do Gozo, where pilgrims first see the towers, and walking in through the old town gives you the arrival itself — which is the part that moves people. We can arrange as much or as little of the walk as suits your group.

Galicia on a plate

The Mercado de Abastos is the second most visited place in the city after the cathedral, and for good reason: you buy the fish and a nearby kitchen cooks it for you. Percebes, pulpo á feira, empanada, Albariño and Ribeiro. Galicia eats extremely well and charges much less for it than it should.

Finisterre, the rías and the coast

Ninety minutes west, Cabo Fisterra was the end of the known world and is still where pilgrims go to watch the sun drop into the Atlantic. The Costa da Morte, the Rías Baixas and A Coruña's Tower of Hercules are all comfortable day trips with a private vehicle and chauffeur.

With Tour Travel & More, Santiago is the arrival and everything around it. Send us your dates and a travel expert will design your private tour with an official guide and the driving taken care of.