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Ditto the above. Also since you are going back to Madrid and you love art, you might allow a day or two there (at least) and visit El Prado and the Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia.
Thank you for the recommendation for Bellas Artes, Ourson! I'll make sure to plan time for it.If you end up in Bilbao to see the Guggenheim, just hit the souvenir shop and then go to the Bellas Artes, the gallery just down the street from the Guggenheim. It contains an extraordinary collection of Spanish painting from the 1880s on, with an emphasis on Basque art-- I think that the collection is more memorable than the Guggenheim (which, by the way, is an utterly splendid building). Northern Spain is full of wonderful romanesque churches-- devout RCs can always check out the largest piece of the True Cross at Liebana, south of Potes, south of San Vicente de la Barquera (local buses!) west of Santander, or Avila, where Saint Theresa used to hang out.
So I'm going from Sarria to Santiago, starting October 5th and ending October 17th, my birthday. (I know that's very short days, but I'm very slow (chronically ill with pain issues) so I want to give myself plenty of time). I've gone ahead and booked about half my albergues and I'm going to wing it the rest of the time. I don't go home until the 29th, so I don't have to be back in Madrid until then. I think I want to spend an extra day or two in Santiago, but that still leaves me more than a week. Recommendations for what to do with that time? I love art, I'm quite religious so churches/cathedrals are always great, I love animals (good zoos?), I love the ocean/beach.
Thanks!
So I'm going from Sarria to Santiago, starting October 5th and ending October 17th, my birthday. (I know that's very short days, but I'm very slow (chronically ill with pain issues) so I want to give myself plenty of time). I've gone ahead and booked about half my albergues and I'm going to wing it the rest of the time. I don't go home until the 29th, so I don't have to be back in Madrid until then. I think I want to spend an extra day or two in Santiago, but that still leaves me more than a week. Recommendations for what to do with that time? I love art, I'm quite religious so churches/cathedrals are always great, I love animals (good zoos?), I love the ocean/beach.
Thanks!
I'd go to Burgos and the cathedral there is awesome. The stainglass windows are remarkable. I also liked Astorga a great deal and you can visit a number of very beautiful smaller churches there. Leon is worth a visit too. I extended my stays in each of these several days, and attended masses in each a lot. I think my favorite little village was O'Cebreiro. So pretty. Truly you cannot go wrong in making a plan. It is a beautiful country with beautiful prople.So I'm going from Sarria to Santiago, starting October 5th and ending October 17th, my birthday. (I know that's very short days, but I'm very slow (chronically ill with pain issues) so I want to give myself plenty of time). I've gone ahead and booked about half my albergues and I'm going to wing it the rest of the time. I don't go home until the 29th, so I don't have to be back in Madrid until then. I think I want to spend an extra day or two in Santiago, but that still leaves me more than a week. Recommendations for what to do with that time? I love art, I'm quite religious so churches/cathedrals are always great, I love animals (good zoos?), I love the ocean/beach.
Thanks!
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