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Includes  Why Go? DE Galicia, a unique region with its own language and distinc- COMPOSTELA. . . .507 tive culture, is home to Santiago de Compostela, the goal of COSTA DA MORTE. . 514 several hundred thousand people who set out yearly on the RÍAS ALTAS. . . . . 517 storied Camino de Santiago pilgrim trail. Santiago is one of A Coruña...... 519 Spain’s most beautiful and magical cities, and an exception- ally good reason for any traveller, pilgrim or not, to make RÍAS BAIXAS . . . . 526 their way to Spain’s northwestern corner. ...... 535 But Galicia is much more than Santiago. The wild coast- ...... 544 line is frayed up and down its 1200km length by majestic rías (coastal inlets), and strung with cliffs, beaches, islands and fishing ports that bring in indisputably the best sea- food in Spain. Inland is a labyrinth of deep-green valleys and hills, speckled with stone-built villages, aged monasteries, Best Places to Eat vineyards and farms that put top-quality meat on Galician ¨¨El Silabario (p539) tables. Nor is Santiago Galicia’s only exciting city: A Coruña, ¨¨Restaurante Paprica Vigo and Lugo are all contemporary cultural hubs with (p545) heady nocturnal scenes. ¨¨O Curro da Parra (p512) ¨¨Abastos 2.0 (p512) ¨¨Adega O Bebedeiro When to Go (p520) Santiago de Compostela °C/°F Te mp Rainfall Inches/mm 40/104 8/200

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