Galicia, Spain · Europe
Santiago de Compostela sits on the route: 20 minutes from Teo, 47km from Fervenza do Ézaro.
Santiago de Compostela is in Galicia, Spain, with about 100,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Teo, about 10 km away.
Santiago de Compostela, alternatively abbreviated to Santiago or Compostela, is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is located in the province of A Coruña, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of SantiagoRead more
de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route since the 9th century. In 1985, the city's Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Santiago de Compostela has a very mild climate for its latitude with heavy winter rainfall courtesy of its relative proximity to the prevailing winds from Atlantic low-pressure systems.
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Within an hour or so of Santiago de Compostela: Fervenza do Ézaro (47 km), Combarro (52 km), Tower of Hercules (57 km), Cabo Fisterra (59 km).
Santiago de Compostela is in Galicia, Spain, about 10 km from Teo.
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Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
Full driving guide for Spain4 notable places within an hour's drive.
waterfall
The Xallas river ends its run by plunging some 40 metres down granite slabs almost directly into the Atlantic: reputedly the only river-mouth waterfall of its kind in continental Europe. Minutes' walk from the car park below Monte Pindo.
47 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
A storybook fishing village of granite horreos and seafront crosses lining a tidal harbour on the Pontevedra ria.
52 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
The world's oldest working Roman lighthouse, standing guard over the Atlantic in A Coruna for nearly 2,000 years.
57 km · about 65 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The 'end of the world' lighthouse on a wild Atlantic cape where Camino pilgrims traditionally finish their journey watching the sun sink into the ocean.
59 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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