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Santiago City Tour: History, Squares & Market
4.8
109 Ratings
Santiago de Compostela
Enjoy this amazing tour with official guides to experience the city like a local, getting to know the fascinating history of Santiago, the beautiful squares around our Cathedral and the food market.
Enjoy this amazing tour with official guides to experience the city like a local, getting to know the fascinating history of Santiago, the beautiful squares around our Cathedral and the food market.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Plaza del Obradoiro - Meeting point: the guide will be waiting for you with an orange umbrella.
- Praza das Praterias - Explanation of the Romanesque façade
- Praza da Quintana de Vivos - Explanation of the Holy Door and Monastery
- Praza da Inmaculada - We will learn about the history of the Monastery of San Martín Pinario, the…
- Plaza del Obradoiro - Meeting point: the guide will be waiting for you with an orange umbrella.
- Praza das Praterias - Explanation of the Romanesque façade
- Praza da Quintana de Vivos - Explanation of the Holy Door and Monastery
- Praza da Inmaculada - We will learn about the history of the Monastery of San Martín Pinario, the Azabache and much more.
- Mercado de Abastos de Santiago - Gastronomic market explanation

What's Included
- Guidance by an official tourist guide
- Guidance by an official tourist guide
What's Not Included
- Entrance to Santiago Cathedral
- Entrance to Santiago Cathedral
Location
Praza do Obradoiro
At Praza do Obradoiro, the guide will be waiting for you with an orange umbrella.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(109 Ratings)
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Jwils642
Jul 6, 2025
Fantastic - short overview of the cathedral’s history and some great recommendations of where to go! - Irene was a fantastic guide - humorous and informative. Kept a great pace and highlighted facts and pointed out things that’d you’d easily miss if you were walking round by yourself. So good we’ve booked on the cathedral tour tomorrow!
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Roam27355997207
Jun 29, 2025
Best Guide for Touring South Africa - In June, 2025, my wife and I and another couple hired Gabe to show us around Cape Town and the surrounding wine country. We had used Gabe twice before when he was a safari guide to four countries in South Africa and a second time for a guided tour along South Africa's garden route.
My wife and I have been traveling extensively for over 20 years and have hired hundreds of guides. Without a doubt, Gabe is among the very best. He can put together almost any type of tour from golfing, to birding, to big game watching to city tours and especially wine country tours. Gabe speaks several languages and has an amazing knowledge of history, wildlife, native birds, S A Sports and can converse clearly on almost any subject about Africa. On our recent tour, one member has mobility issues. Gabe made sure she was comfortable and had the space for the equipment she needed to get around including a specious van with comfortable seating. Whether it is a Big Five safari adventure, a week golfing in SA, a birding adventure ( We identified over 100 species new to us on one of Gabe's tours), a foodie tour of SA, or an in depth tour of Cape Town's four major wine regions, Gabe will make certain your entire party is looked after. Gabe will furnish you estimated costs so that there are no surprises and customizes each tour to your needs. He is absolutely one of the best guides you will ever encounter. Gabe can be reached at gabetours157@gmail.com.
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Lukec764
Jun 19, 2025
Best hour spent. - Great historical information on the formation of the basilica and the surrounding area. A must when you want to find where to go during your visit.
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955jacquis
Jun 16, 2025
Great experience with friendly entertaining guide - Miri was bubbly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. A really entertaining experience and very useful start to our stay in Santiago. The earbud provided further enhanced the tour. Would definitely recommend
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Z8752dnangelc
May 28, 2025
MARIA, THE LOCAL GUIDE WHO TAUGHT ME SANTIAGO ON MAY 20 AT 11 AM - Maria is an amazing professional. Transfer knowledge, empathy, humor and affection. The BEST experience I have ever had on a Free Tour and have done more than 100
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Fiona_o
May 20, 2025
Very worthwhile - Unfortunately I didn't get the guides name! She was absolutely lovely. Very funny and witty. Made us all laugh. She was very knowledgeable and obviously enthusiastic about the old quarter of Santiago. We learnt a lot about the area.
I Would recommend this little tour. It's short and sweet and we didn't have a lot of time. Am so sorry I didn't get her name. She describes herself as short! Good goods come in small packages! (One small thing is maybe she could speak a little slower). Everyone had earpieces and she speaks in English but sometimes you have to concentrate hard to understand everything with the unaccustomed Spanish names and words and the outside noise interference. Otherwise very good..
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Rogergcarrillo
Mar 6, 2025
Great tour - Well organized and thorough description. Careful explanation, informative, answered questions. Friendly approach. I would recommend it
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Redbricks1
Feb 15, 2025
Great town tour - The guide was friendly and extremely knowledgeable. Great tour - the guides have to be well qualified and that really showed.
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Ristina711
Dec 23, 2024
• Great Experience with Kadek - "Kadek was an excellent guide for our jeep tour. He explained the history and culture of the area in detail, which made the trip even more special. The views of the sunrise were magical. A must-do in Bali!"
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Patrick_p
Nov 19, 2024
Great orientation! - I enjoyed the tour by Veronica. She had lots of knowledge of the history of the city and buildings, which was great. Also, visiting the food market was excellent, I plan to return there tonight for dinner.
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