The Plaza del Obradoiro in Santiago is the culmination of the pilgrimage
The Obradoiro in Santiago: On a rainy night (there are many such nights in Santiago, it won't be difficult to find one) you have to stay under the arcades of the town hall -the Raxoi manor- and contemplate the facade of the cathedral growing moss in the rain. Silence, stone and water and who needs more.
Maria Pita Square in A Coruña:
The statue of María Pita in the center commemorates the woman from Coruña who plunged, yes, a pike, into the chest of one of Drake's Englishmen who came to invade the city. After spending a few minutes evoking the figure of this woman -or that of the corsair drake , whose life was not uninteresting- the imposing presence of the town hall, one of the few modernist buildings in Galicia, can be compared with the structure of the other buildings: arches, balloons and the emblematic white galleries of the city. To round off the visit, it is worth coming to ** La Penela ** to have a potato omelette and roast beef.
Plaza de María Pita, a tribute to courage
Firewood Square in Pontevedra : The best perspective is achieved inside the City Museum, from the balcony with a balustrade that connects the buildings that comprise it; that is the point at which to save -in a silicon memory or in our heads- the view of the arcades, transept and little houses with small wooden windows that make up one of the most harmonicas and coquetuelas from Galicia . The fans (that there are) of the film "The language of butterflies" you will recognize it as the setting for the final scene in which the boy chases the teacher yelling “tilonorrinco! spiritromp!”
Firewood Square in Pontevedra
Fefiñáns Square in Cambados: Large, spacious and presided over by the Pazo of the same name, there is little doubt about the best activity to do here: have a glass of Alvariño while deciding which of the many wineries to visit.
The Pazo de Fefináns gives its name to the main square of Cambados
Celanova Main Square: The small town is one of those places with literary roots that provide a plus of tradition and charm. Some of the most famous Galician poets and writers were born here and wrote about the place. To pay homage to them and add a bit of romance to the visit, it is recommended shelter in the shadow of the Monastery of San Salvador and read, for example, a poem by Celso Emilio Ferreiro which begins like this: “Nacin (modestia fóra) /nun lugar where o mundo/chámase Celanova”.
Plaza Mayor de Celanova, the perfect place to read Celso Emilio Ferreiro
Plaza of Spain in Lugo: Alameda, Town Hall, Círculo de Bellas Artes, gardens with rosebushes… yes, it is the bourgeois life of the provinces that appears here in all its splendor. You have to abandon yourself to it and emulate the neighbors by dedicating yourself to those lifelong activities that are as simple as they are pleasant: vermouth and coffee . And always keep a hole in your stomach, because the abundance of tapas in Lugo should be world famous.
The Spain of Lugo
Ribadavia main square: The beautiful town of Ourense is the perfect place to travel to the Middle Ages and especially to evoke the Jewish presence in the region. A visit to Jewish Information Center of Galicia , in this square, is the previous step to walk the narrow streets of the Jewish quarter, with its surprises included. In addition, as the Jews were the main promoters of the commercialization of Ribeiro wine, it is appropriate to have one -or more- glasses in honor of their work.
Plaza Mayor de Ribadavia, the prelude to the Jewish quarter, during 'A Festa da Historia'
To Quintana in Santiago: If it is Xacobeo year, the queue of pilgrims waiting to enter through the Holy Door will occupy half of the square. You can choose between joining them to complete the rite or simply sitting on the stairs at the foot of the house with the vine and looking to the left at the long wall of the nunnery of San Paio de Antealtares . The barred windows of the enclosure maintain the feeling of sobriety but there was one from which a lot of colored flowers sprouted. Quite a silent declaration of intent.
Plaza de la Quintana: sitting in the shadow of the Cathedral