Our tour guide Irene has so much personality and knowledge and is friendly and easy to interact. She felt very welcoming! Irene answered all our questions with detail and knowledge. She is very well educated and knowledgeable of the history of the area. When asked, she gave us very good recommendations for restaurants. All proved to be excellent! My husband and I highly recommend her as a tour guide.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Official Tour Guide
- Ticket to the Cathedral Museum (only if you choose the Private Cathedral Tour)
Excludes
- Portico de la Gloria (there is an option to add it by contacting us and paying the ticket supplement 15€)
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- The meeting point is Plaza do Obradoiro, the main square in front of the cathedral, guide with ORANGE UMBRELLA. The meeting point is Plaza do Obradoiro, the main square in front of the cathedral; look for the guide with the ORANGE UMBRELLA
Return
- The tour finishs near the Alameda Park
Itinerary
Meeting point: The guide awaits you in the Plaza del Obradoiro with an orange umbrella.
If you choose the option of the Private Historical Centre Tour, you will enjoy the city walking through its streets declared World Heritage Site with a guide who will make you experience the city in the most authentic way.
Choosing the Cathedral and Museum Private Tour option, you will discover (no queues and entrance tickets included) the Romanesque remains of the Cathedral and experience a journey back in time to the discovery of the remains of the Apostle. A newly restored Cathedral that shines like never before.
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Reviews
Virginia was a great tour guide. Very detailed and humorous at times. Learned a lot and would recommend having Virginia as your tour guide.
Our private tour was curated and lead by a very talented guide, I am sad that I do not remember her name in order to give this young woman recognition for her outstanding efforts throughout our tour. We enjoyed every aspect of our tour experience! Thank you - highly recommend.
We really enjoyed our tour with Andrea! His clear and engaging explanations brought the cathedral and the city’s major sights to life. We also appreciated his good sense of humour and his passion for some of the fascinating artefacts we discovered along the way. A very enjoyable and informative experience!
Maria was an excellent guide. She had a strong knowledge of the historical and religious history of both the town and the cathedral. Gave us some good tips for time on our own. Highly recommend her!
So informative and — when you get right down to it — essential to unlocking the historic details and getting the most out of our visit to this extraordinary place! Maria’s thorough expertise and pleasant and professional demeanor made it a true joy!
Meria was an wonderful tour guide! She was well versed in the history of the area and in Santiago de Compostela. We had a wonderful tour with her and would recommend anyone touring the old town and beyond to use her as your guide! Great job! Thank you so very much!
It was a very special. Patricia was very informative, enthusiastic, and accommodating. She knew and respected the cathedral rules and was able to provide for all we wanted to see and do easily. Lovely! Fabulous experience.
Adrián was an amazing Tour guide!! He took the time to explain everything so well , the City and the weather were perfect!!
Caroline did a wonderful job! She has excellent English and she was very knowledgeable and personal! I really enjoyed it!
We had a fabulous tour with Mireia. She was extremely knowledgeable about the history and culture of the city. She answered questions and was extremely accommodating. I would highly recommend this tour and, especially, recommend Mireia as a guide. Fabulous!
This private tour was very informative and enjoyable. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and was able to personalize the tour based on our interests. His sense of humor added to our overall positive experience.
The private tour was amazing! Our tour guide Jorge from wegalicia tours was so knowledgeable and fun! He really went above and beyond! Thank you Jorge !
This was a superb tour. Our guide Mireia is knowledgeable, engaging, and speaks excellent English. Three hours just flew by. Mireia taught us the history of the cathedral and the city of Santiago through a series of lively and fascinating anecdotes. We also learned a ton about the Galician language and culture. Mireia had a wealth of tips about where to eat and shop, and which special Galician dishes to try. She was very kind and looked after us well, even walking us to the restaurant a little out of town where we had a dinner reservation. We felt the tour was very reasonable and the perfect way to start our Santiago adventure.
Jorge was extremely knowledgeable and good natured. His English is great, it was the perfect way to visit old town for the first time. We did a private tour which I highly recommend.
Great experience by knowledgeable host. We learned and enjoyed so much. Ended with noon mass with standing room only. Great end to the tour!!
WOW! What an amazing experience! Ticiano, my Brasilego guide from WeGalicia was not only a wealth of knowledge but a compelling storyteller! He brought the history of the Cathedral de Santiago de Compostela to life. The rich history became tangible and meaningful thanks to Ticiano's ability to bring it to life!
Jorge is fantastic and exceeded our expectations in every way! Very knowledgeable about the entire city, beginning with the Cathedral. His passion is infectious and his insights were invaluable. We left feeling that we knew way more than when we started. We would highly recommend him to anyone doing a private tour!
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A tour of the key elements of the cathedral outside and the beautiful rooms of the museum/cloister. It also features a walk around the market and a few key buildings in the old town. You need to know that our guide Irene was excellent - enthusiastic, energetic and knowledgeable — keeping it light and fun and carefully guiding us around crowds.
What a wonderful way to get the inside story of Santiago both historical and contemporary! Virginia, our guide, was knowledgeable and clearly loved sharing the information and insights of all that we were seeing. Highly recommend this small tour!
Maria is a local and very knowledgeable guide. She explains things very well with a broad perspective and lots of background. A very enjoyable experience!
Mary (Meira) was our guide and she was excellent. Our information given throughout the tour was just what we wanted. I highly recommend her and the tour!
Miri was absolutely wonderful. She was clear, patient and incredibly knowledgeable. We greatly enjoyed the tour and our conversation with her.
Irene was great. She was friendly and funny. We learned a lot about Santiago de Compostela as Irene was very knowledgeable. She also spoke fluent English.
Mireia was a wonderful tour guide with exceptional knowledge at all levels. She was fun and funny and insightful.
Very interesting and informative tour. We learned a lot about the history of Santiago og the historical relations between Church, munkes, Kings ad different religions. Thanks to our guid Miri, which had a huge knowledge and a series Way of telling, sometimes with a touch of humor
We really enjoyed our tour of Santiago de Compostela with Mireya. She was knowledgeable, friendly, and very patient with our 5-year-old son. Mireya made an effort to keep him engaged in a natural, age-appropriate way, which we truly appreciated and made the experience easier and more enjoyable for us as a family. A lovely guide and a great way to explore the city.
A wonderful, super friendly tour guide Maria. Her kindness comes directly from heart, you feel it. She is very interesting in her clients, is very flexible, always interested in the belongings of her clients. She is a great personality of Santiago!
This was a really insightful tour of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Miri was our guide and was totally engaging throughout the tour. The background on the cathedral’s history, art and architecture during the visit gave a greater appreciation of its significance. Thoroughly recommend this tour.
Our guide Irene was so knowledgeable and kind. She made the tour educational and rich with history. The stories to help us learn about St. James and all the museum relics was incredible. The service we attended was in honor of the Pilgrims so after we finished our Camino hike was refreshing. The intense infuser was exciting to watch as it nearly hit the ceiling, though not quite. Amazing.
The guide, Silvia, is very efficient, pleasant, helpful and meticulous. Thank you for a truly memorable experience. Thanks also for providing a good guide. I learned so much in a day.
Incredibly informative tour about the Cathedral, surrounding buildings and historic city. Delores our guide was charming, warm and engaging. She was so incredibly knowledgeable and so enthusiastic in informing us about the history, religion, architecture ,and culture of Santiago Del Compostela Cathedral and surrounding environs. Additionally she was so very gracious in acknowledging my faith based need to go to confession while touring the Cathedral . I/we found her and this experience extraordinary. Thank you so very much !
Wonderful, well organized tour of the cathedral and the museum and the square. Our guide, Miri was knowledgeable, fun, and brought sense of humor to the tour.
Silvia was a fantastic tour guide, showing us what Santiago de Compostela was all about. The cathedral was beautiful and the museum showed us the amazing historical artwork associated with it.
We had Sylvia as the main tour guides and Natalie who was training. We had a great time. Sylvia was very personable and knowledgeable and provided both personal and historical information regarding the different foods we tried. All the bars and restaurants we visited were excellent. Both Sylvia and Natalie were very kind patient and open. We had great conversations throughout the tour. We would highly recommend the tour and especially Sylvia and Natalie. We thoroughly enjoyed our time.
Maria was very knowledgeable and took the time to answer all our questions. We learned so much about the history of the cathedral and some about the city and Galician people which rounded out the educational experience.
Great walking tour..we learned so much about Santiago and having a private tour was definitely worth it. Our guide was knowledgeable and fun!
Was a fabulous tour. The tour guide did an amazing job. We were only three in this group so it felt super special. She was very knowledgeable. Beautiful experience!
Irene is a fantastic tour guide. She was more than a guide, she was a host in a place she obviously loves. We were privy to secrets and interesting stuff which she delivered with just the right amount of flair and humor, reasons why we truly enjoyed learning more about Santiago de Compostela. She accommodated our queries and gave us loads of tips, mostly on food, noting that we are such foodies. The time with her flew by so fast and we were very grateful to have her with us even for a bit.
Our guide was lovely and gave us a very unique and interesting look at the city. Showed us sites and explained the history of the city.
Ana was a knowledgeable and accommodating guide. We learned a lot and she worked at our pace. It was a lovely way to spend the morning in Santiago de Compostela.
We enjoyed the private tour through the Cathedral and Museum at Santiago de Compostela with Anna. She shared lots of background information and covered many different areas of both spaces.
Excellent tour! Was the perfect way to learn about the history of Santiago de Compostela and the Cathedral. Our guide (Mari) was awesome!
Guide was very knowledgeable and considerate. Her English language skills were excellent. We strongly recommend her.
Miri was the most outstanding tour guide for this trip. Her English is impeccable, her knowledge great for the historic parts of Santiago and the basilica are fantastic, and her pace and company were extraordinary.
Very professional, engaging and knowledgeable guide. Easy and pleasant to follow. At the end of the tour, she was genuinely interested in our satisfaction
Our guide. Patricia was absolutely excellent! She was incredible informative and made the experience so engaging. What truly set her apart was how genuinely personable she was, not scripted in the slightest. Her passion and knowledge made our tour unforgetable!
We did this the day following the Camino Inglis with Irena as our private guide. She was very informative and entertaining in giving us the history and legends surrounding the Catedral. She also had us paced ahead of other larger groups and it was at a good pace to see everything we desired.
A superb history Tour. Carlos, the tour guide, was very knowledgeable of Santiago de Compostela and Spain history which he shared with us excellently. A must do while visiting the city.
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