These are images that resumes summer round here.. This is the view from Combarro's restaurant Alvarinas as part of the Food and Wine tour I propose you. In the picture food and wine were on their way..! Rice with seafood and scallops!
These are images that resumes summer round here..
This is the view from Combarro’s restaurant Alvarinas as part of the Food and Wine tour I propose you.
In the picture food and wine were on their way..! Rice with seafood and scallops!
Spring has arrived to Santiago de Compostela! I sort of..Instagrammed images, and sensations on a sunday of may 2013 in this fascinating town of Galicia. Enjoy! The new season has really started and it shows in Santiago de Compostela streets; people everywhere; some of them pilgrims freshly arrived and meeting with enthusiasm in the streets and in the Obradoiro Square; others weekend visitors. All of them enjoying a sunny Sunday morning with their families before a typical sea food lunch in the Franco street – the most popular even if I would add the Rúa da Raiña as well.. And the locals of course, already in the habit of watching this number of people arriving more and more each year to this Christian European corner. It’s always a pleasure for me to show them and to walk through history telling tales related with the town and the region; we go from symbols, to local wine and great food, to the life in Santiago in general. Who lives in this old part of town some ask me..where can they get some good restaurant…In that sense the offer is big and from time to time you discover new places that have just opened. I discovered this morning a new Italian takeaway – Sicilia in Bocca, Rúa das Orfas 24 - which is mainly dedicated to Sicilian gastronomy! Why not? We are becoming more and more international and enjoying an Arancina in the alleys of Santiago can be a real experience! Along with that, I was providing the English Tour morning visit of Sunday morning tht starts from Platerias Square at 12 (for just 12 €/person, recognizable for the yellow umbrella); in this occasion I described the town to nice people coming from Texas and Canada. We have been lucky too to be
Spring has arrived to Santiago de Compostela! I sort of..Instagrammed images, and sensations on a sunday of may 2013 in this fascinating town of Galicia. Enjoy! The new season has really started and it shows in Santiago de Compostela streets; people everywhere; some of them pilgrims freshly arrived and meeting with enthusiasm in the streets
Well, it looks like the new season in tourism terms wants to start! Before Easter arrives, Galicia this weekend has fantastic events a.ssociated with America being discovered History, Quality Traditional Food created by galician cows and Camellia flowers arrived here from Japan 200 years ago.. In Baiona, an attractive coastal town in southern Galicia, they celebrate annually at this time of the year the Arribada - the Arrival. in 1493 the caravel Pinta, arrived to this village back from America, spreading all around Europe, from here, the news that a new continent was discovered. So locals and more and more people from other areas come to Baiona to enjoy medieval shows of falconry, archery, a market and a very particular recreated atmosphere of those times, with people dressed in medieval clothes. Official Website of the Arribada In Arzúa, in Pontevedra province, celebration is about maybe the most famous cheese from Galicia, the Appelation of Origin Arzúa Ulloa cheese. 40 thousands fans and more will be there for the 38 edition of the Festa do Queixo enjoying this great food along with some local home made honey as well. Honey and quince are infact ideal to be tasted with this cheese. Shows and events will culminate with galician traditional music artist Cristina Pato on sunday evening. Official Website of the Festa do Queixo Pontevedra instead this weekend will host the 49 edition of the Camellia Contest, choosing among all the local producers the best one. The exhibition will develop in an historical building of the Museum of Pontevedra, the edificio Sarmiento. More and more visitors are attracted by these wonderful gardens spread in the region. Some of them in particular are part of a recent project called the ‘Route of the Camellia’. This gives you the chance to know from
Well, it looks like the new season in tourism terms wants to start! Before Easter arrives, Galicia this weekend has fantastic events a.ssociated with America being discovered History, Quality Traditional Food created by galician cows and Camellia flowers arrived here from Japan 200 years ago..
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