by hostmaster | 12 Dec 2024 | Culture, Gastronomy, Leisure
The traditional Mercado da Estrela returns to turn Santiago de Compostela into a meeting point for the celebration of Galician talent, crafts and local commerce. It will take place this weekend, from December 13 to 15, in different scenarios of the city, such as the...
by hostmaster | 2 Dec 2024 | Culture, Leisure
This 2024 is about to come to an end. To celebrate it, we bring you a list of plans and other activities so you know what to do in Santiago de Compostela during the month of December. Parties and events III International Tango Festival Campus Stellae –...
by hostmaster | 26 Nov 2024 | Culture
When you think of Christmas, the first thing that usually comes to mind is the figure of Santa Claus or the Three Wise Men, fantastic characters that deliver joy and illusion to the little ones. But many territories have their own particular icons that embody this...
by hostmaster | 20 Nov 2024 | Culture, Leisure
Santiago de Compostela is getting ready to receive a new appointment with international cinema. After the Cineuropa festival, comes ‘Lebanon in 8 mm’, a cycle of screenings that will offer a deep and committed look at the social reality and conflicts in...
by hostmaster | 7 Nov 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The 38th edition of the Cineuropa film festival returns to Santiago with a program of more than 130 films from around the world. It will take place from November 7 to 29 and will host different parallel activities aimed at young people. The event will begin at the...
by hostmaster | 5 Nov 2024 | Culture, Leisure
Santiago de Compostela welcomes the Jaleo! music festival, an event that will take place on April 5, 2025. The event will be held at the Multiusos Fontes do Sar and promises to be one of the great musical gatherings of the year on a spring date. The festival has...
by hostmaster | 4 Nov 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The duo Fillas de Cassandra will give a concert on November 7 at the Sala Capitol in Santiago de Compostela, in an event aimed especially at young people. Admission will be free for people between 18 and 30 years old, or minors from 16 to 18, as long as they are...
by hostmaster | 31 Oct 2024 | Culture, Leisure, Tourism
The penultimate month of the year is approaching the Galician capital and comes with many activities to liven up the cultural scene in Santiago de Compostela. And, as always, we bring you another list so you know what to do this November in Compostela. Parties and...
by hostmaster | 30 Oct 2024 | Tourism
The City Council of Santiago de Compostela, through Turismo de Santiago, has presented a new nature trail to decentralize tourist flows and value the natural heritage of the city. With this new addition, there are now 10 routes created by the municipal corporation to...
by hostmaster | 7 Oct 2024 | Culture, Leisure
Compostela welcomes the ‘Noites Alternas’, a new edition of the alternative program promoted by the Concellería de Mocidade de Santiago in collaboration with the Asociación Cultural e Xuvenil Itaca. This initiative, whichwill run until November 22, offers...
by hostmaster | 1 Oct 2024 | Culture, Leisure
October arrives and with it so do the cold and bad weather characteristic of autumn. But do not be discouraged, because Santiago is still standing with a great cultural offer with which to combat this season. We tell you what to do this October in Compostela. ...
by hostmaster | 9 Sep 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The Curtocircuíto International Film Festival returns to the city with a new edition featuring an innovative program and a strong commitment to equality. It will be held from October 1 to 6 and will screen more than 40 films from 16 different countries, 65% of which...
by hostmaster | 6 Sep 2024 | Culture
This September, Santiago de Compostela will host the XXIII Festival de Teatro Aficionado Agustín Magán, a consolidated event that promotes Galician culture and language. It will take place from September 7 to 27 and will be completely free of charge. The event is...
by hostmaster | 3 Sep 2024 | Culture, Leisure
September is a month of beginnings that comes with a cultural offer to liven up the return of the vacations in the Galician capital. We bring you a new list so you know what to do in Compostela in September. Parties and events Festival Maré (FM), Músicas e Artes...
by hostmaster | 23 Aug 2024 | Culture, Road to Santiago
The Camino de Santiago is one of the most emblematic pilgrimage routes in the world, full of symbols that connect pilgrims with Galician history, faith and culture. One of the best known is the Cross of Santiago, an insignia half cross, half sword of a vibrant red...
by hostmaster | 23 Aug 2024 | Culture, Road to Santiago
Thousands of people come year after year to Santiago de Compostela to visit the tomb of the Apostle in the Cathedral of Santiago. It is the final destination of the Camino and its numerous routes that depart from different parts of Europe. But the remains of St. James...
by hostmaster | 23 Aug 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The festival ‘Cidade Imaxinaria’ returns to Santiago de Compostela to put the finishing touch to the summer with activities for the whole family on September 7, in one of the essential leisure events in the city. The event will take place at the Cidade da...
by hostmaster | 12 Aug 2024 | Tourism
Santiago de Compostela is a city full of narrow streets and corners in its historic center, so much so that it can seem like a real labyrinth. In fact, it is home to the narrowest street in Galicia and the second narrowest in Spain. Compostela was originally a walled...
by hostmaster | 6 Aug 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The evenings in Santiago de Compostela will come alive thanks to the new edition of Festival C, from August 5 to 29, which will bring thirty cultural proposals. These activities include music, dance, poetry, cinema, storytelling, puppets, circus and performances by...
by hostmaster | 6 Aug 2024 | Leisure, Tourism
The heat has settled in Galicia and there is nothing better to combat it than a good dip. Despite not being on the coast, Santiago de Compostela has a privileged position, as it is close to a large number of river beaches where you can enjoy the summer. Today we talk...
by hostmaster | 2 Aug 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The Feito a Man festival returns to the city with its 21st edition to turn the streets and squares of Compostela into a vibrant music stage. It will take place from August 5 to 24 and attendance to the performances will be completely free. The event is organized by...
by hostmaster | 2 Aug 2024 | Culture, Leisure
Summer is still going strong in Santiago de Compostela. This month is full of activities with which you can make the most of this city, whether you are a resident or a tourist. We leave you a list of events so you know what to do in Compostela in August. Parties and...
by hostmaster | 11 Jul 2024 | Culture, Leisure
Santiago de Compostela will be the scene next July 27th of the Santiago Urban Fest, an event dedicated to urban music pioneer in Galicia. It will take place in the praza Roxa, from 15 to 23 hours, and thirty artists will participate. This festival, organized by the...
by hostmaster | 11 Jul 2024 | Culture
The parish of San Xoán de Fecha, in Santiago de Compostela, is preparing to host next Saturday, July 13, the third edition of the Festival Rupestre e de Proximidade ‘O Fechiño’. This event, organized by aCentral Folque, promises to be a day full of...
by hostmaster | 11 Jul 2024 | Culture, Leisure, Tourism
The Festivities of the Apostle return to Santiago de Compostela from July 19 to 31, with a program with activities for all audiences and that highlights the culture of the city. The festivities maintain classics established in previous editions, such as the different...
by hostmaster | 11 Jul 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The little ones of Compostela will be able to enjoy the summer thanks to ‘A Festa Pícara’, an event that will feature a variety of theater activities, music, puppets and workshops. It will arrive on July 23, as part of the Apostle’s Festivities of...
by hostmaster | 11 Jul 2024 | Culture
The Colexiata de Santa María do Sar in Santiago de Compostela will host, on July 13 and 14, the festival Folk na Beira do Sar. The event, which is part of the Xornadas de Cultura e Convivencia no Camiño da Prata Folk na Beira do Sar, will feature cultural and...
by hostmaster | 2 Jul 2024 | Culture, Leisure
Festigal 2024, the popular music festival in Santiago de Compostela, has announced the artists that will animate the Galician capital on July 24 and 25 during the Apostle’s festivities. The event is promoted by Galiza Nova and the Galiza Sempre Foundation...
by hostmaster | 2 Jul 2024 | Culture, Leisure, Tourism
The heat arrives in Santiago de Compostela, and with it so do many activities to make the most of your stay in the city. Therefore, we bring you a list of events so you know what to do in July in Compostela. Parties and events Atlántica, International Festival...
by hostmaster | 13 Jun 2024 | Culture, Gastronomy, Leisure
More than fifty Galician brands of fashion, jewelry, basketry, decoration, ceramics and even food will participate this Sunday in ‘Sabor a novo’, an event that wants to value craftsmanship and local trade. It will take place at the Pazo de San Lourenzo and...
by hostmaster | 13 Jun 2024 | Leisure, Shopping
The streets of Compostela will be filled with music, parades, children’s entertainment and lots of gifts as part of ‘Prima 24’, the local commerce festival that will take place on June 14 and 15. The event returns with a fourth edition with which it...
by hostmaster | 6 Jun 2024 | Culture, Leisure, Tourism
The sixth month of the year is here, and with it comes a variety of cultural events to celebrate the warm weather and welcome the summer. Here is a list of what to do this June in Compostela. Concerts Water from Your Eyes – June 5 at 9 p.m. at Sala...
by hostmaster | 4 Jun 2024 | Culture, Leisure
For ten days, Santiago’s Praza da Quintana will be transformed into the epicenter of Galician literature thanks to the eighth edition of Compostela Book Week (SELIC) and its Book Festival, from June 7 to 16. The event will host some twenty exhibitors, including...
by hostmaster | 3 Jun 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The avant-garde music of the 20th and 21st centuries takes Santiago de Compostela by the hand of a new edition of the Xornadas de Música Contemporánea, from June 5 to 20. Under the slogan ‘Kaleidoscope’, they will offer a modern and varied artistic...
by hostmaster | 29 May 2024 | Tourism
Tourism in Santiago de Compostela continues to grow and break records. International tourist stays in the city increased by 10% in the first four months of the year, with more than 150,000 foreign visitors . Compostela hotels recorded a total of 358,774 overnight...
by hostmaster | 22 May 2024 | Culture, Tourism
The Conxo neighborhood of Compostela is getting ready to celebrate the fifth edition of the Festa do Banquete de Conxo, from May 24 to 26. These festivities commemorate the fraternization banquet that took place in 1856 between people of different social classes as a...
by hostmaster | 15 May 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The play ‘Made in Galiza’ takes the stage of the Teatro Principal with a claim in favor of the Galician language, on May 16 and 17, for the Día das Letras Galegas (Day of Galician Letters). Sarabela Teatro ‘s production adapts the play of the same...
by hostmaster | 14 May 2024 | Culture, Leisure, Tourism
On May 17, the Día das Letras Galegas (Day of Galician Letters) will be celebrated, one of the most famous festivities in which an important figure in Galician literature is honored. This year is dedicated to the poet and essayist Luísa Villalta and the City Council...
by hostmaster | 14 May 2024 | Culture, Leisure, Tourism
The Plataforma Performing Arts Festival returns to Santiago with its fifth edition from May 16 to 25. This year’s program includes more than a dozen activities such as performances, workshops, meetings, exhibitions and conferences focused on film, music, dance...
by hostmaster | 13 May 2024 | Culture
The children’s play ‘Thumbelina’ comes to Compostela on May 18 at Teatro La Salle on the occasion of the Día das Letras Galegas. It is designed to make the whole family enjoy this timeless tale. The story narrates the adventures of Thumbelina after...
by hostmaster | 2 May 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The Cidade da Cultura of Santiago de Compostela will host one more year the Holi Gaiás race, which is in its sixth edition. The event will take place on Saturday, June 8 with a circuit designed for all audiences. As in previous years, this circuit will return with its...
by hostmaster | 30 Apr 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The month of May arrives to the Galician capital with a great cultural offer to celebrate the good weather. As always, we have made a complete list of all the concerts, events and performances so you know what to do in May in Santiago de Compostela. Concerts...
by hostmaster | 30 Apr 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The Ascension Festival, which returns to Santiago de Compostela from May 8 to 12, has revealed its complete program with concerts, dances, attractions and other traditional activities not to be missed. The festivities will begin with concerts by Santiago 40 Pop, at 9...
by hostmaster | 26 Apr 2024 | Culture
Santiago de Compostela is a city full of places worth visiting. So much so that it is sometimes difficult to choose which one to go to. Therefore, we have left this decision in the hands of our supporters. In this article, we tell you which are the must-see places in...
by hostmaster | 25 Apr 2024 | Culture, Leisure
With only two weeks to go before the start of the Fiestas de la Ascensión de Santiago, to be held from May 8 to 12, the first confirmation has been revealed: the orchestra Panorama. This has been revealed by the group from Caldas de Reis from their social networks, by...
by hostmaster | 18 Apr 2024 | Culture
Spring is here and, with it, comes the good weather. That is why it is at this time of the year that literature fairs reappear in the streets of Galicia. One of the first is the Santiago de Compostela Book Fair, which will be held from April 27 to May 5. This event is...
by hostmaster | 18 Apr 2024 | Culture, Tourism
After the success of its first edition, the ComposFest music festival returns to Santiago de Compostela on May 10th during the Ascension Festivities. The event is a proposal of the SD Compostela in collaboration with the Concello de Santiago. The ComposFest 2024...
by hostmaster | 17 Apr 2024 | Road to Santiago
Maryjane Dunn, a U.S. researcher and university professor and recipient of the Aymeric Picaud International Award, has said that interest in the Camino de Santiago in the United States is spreading “like wildfire.” This he said in an interview he gave to...
by hostmaster | 3 Apr 2024 | Culture, Leisure
The SantYaGo 10K race returns to Santiago de Compostela on April 27th with its eighth edition. It has a 10-kilometer route that runs through the old part of the city in a fun competition that is already a classic among its inhabitants. This sporting event was born as...
by hostmaster | 3 Apr 2024 | Culture, Leisure, Tourism
April has arrived and, with it, Compostela welcomes a great variety of concerts, theatrical performances and cultural events to cheer up its citizens and visitors. Here is the list of what to do in April in Santiago de Compostela. Concerts Belén Aguilera...
