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What you should know about Playa de las Catedrales
What you should know about Playa de las Catedrales Table of Contents Discover the Cathedral of Santiago If you go to Ribadeo you can not miss one of its landmarks: Playa de las Catedrales. Then we bring you all you should know about this unique beauty site Galicia travel products Where is Playa de las Catedrales Thus, Playa de las Catedrales is the way in which the so-called Aguas Santas beach is also known, located on the coast of the province of Lugo and about ten kilometers west of the town of Ribadeo. It is considered
What to do if you travel with children to Santiago de Compostela
What to do if you travel with children to Santiago de Compostela Table of Contents Are you going to travel with children to Santiago de Compostela? Are you going to take a family trip to Santiago de Compostela? We bring you a series of plans and places to visit if you travel with children to Santiago de Compostela. visit the Cathedral of Santiago Visit the Cathedral of Santiago It’s something you don’t have to stop doing if you go to this place and it’s a perfectly fitting plan if you have children. De este modo,
Galicia Travels: win 2 times the Tripadvisor prize for his trip to Fisterra
Galicia Travels wins the Tripadvisor award 2 times for the trip to Fisterra Table of Contents Galicia Travels wins the Tripadvisor award 2 times Galicia Travels is in luck. It has been awarded for the second time with the Tripadvisor award for our excursion to Fisterra. Ever since the adventure of Galicia Travels began in 2018, with the help of Elvio Esposito, Ashraf Hilal and Martín Villamil, the truth is that they have not stopped growing. A company that was born “with the aim of bringing more Galicia and Spain to pilgrims and tourists arriving
The best routes and trails in Santiago de Compostela
The best routes and trails of Santiago de Compostela Table of Contents Trails OF Santiago de Compostela For all those who like to travel, while not losing contact with nature or the opportunity to practice some type of sport, these routes and trails of Santiago de Compostela can be great options. Here are some of the most important ones you can do. Galicia travel products Mount Fecova to Granxa do Xesto The first of the trekking routes through Santiago is the one that goes from Monte Fecova to Granxa do Xesto, passing through Monte Pedroso. It is
A tour of the Rías Baixas
A tour of the Rías Baixas Table of Contents Tour of the Rías Baixas Without a doubt, take a tour of the Rías Baixas will allow you to know first-hand an incredible landscape, in which sea and mountain mix. Next, we bring you some of the points that you cannot miss visiting. Galicia travel products Pedras River One of the points to consider is the call Río Pedras, a point in which stands out for leaving behind numerous waterfalls and pools. It is a point of reference for bathers looking to enjoy the best natural
Take a tour of the old town of Ourense
Take a tour of the old town of Ourense Table of Contents Old town of Ourense If you want to know the history of the Galician thermal city, nothing like a tour of the old town of Ourense. Next, we bring you the most emblematic points that you can know in the city. Galicia travel products As Burgas As Burgas is for many one of the most important constructions of the city. This great bridge over the Minho, which originated over the Middle Ages, is one of the most important points of Galicia. “Praza do
5 Hiking trails through the Ribeira Sacra
5 Hiking routes through the Ribeira Sacra Table of Contents Hiking routes through the Ribeira Sacra If you like to do sports and nature you can not leave aside, the hiking trails that you can do Ribeira Sacra. Next, we bring you the details about them. Galicia travel products 1. Route of the Belesar vineyards in Chantada The so-called Belesar Vineyards Route departs from the village of Belesar and passes by the shore of the Miño river. It is a simple route of only 4.6 kilometers that can be done in just under two hours.
The story behind the Santiago’s cake
The story behind the Santiago’s cake Table of Contents The famous Santiago’s cake Are you planning a trip to Santiago de Compostela? Without a doubt, there are many things you can do and visit, as we have already told you in Galicia Travels, but another activity you cannot miss is enjoying its gastronomy. Galicia travel products What you should know about Santiago’s history In this sense, today we delve into the history of the area’s emblematic dessert par excellence: the cake of Santiago. This delicious dessert, finished with the most distinctive Santiago’s cross, is made
A brief history of the Way of Saint James
A brief history of the Way of Saint James Table of Contents History of the Way of Saint James As you know, in Galicia Travels, we have made a series on the different routes that can be done when making the Way of St. James. We then delve into the very history of the Way itself: its origins and other details. Galicia travel products Origin of the Way of Saint James To know the origin of the Way of St. James We have to go back to the time of Jesus Christ and, specifically, to
F.A.Q. - Frequently asked question
To be a travel agency and comply with the laws, it is necessary to comply with a few government laws, have several compulsory insurances and obtain the famous agency identification code. This code is essential to be able to start the activity as a travel agency. Our Travel Agency’s Code is XG-682. By law, in addition, any tourist company is obliged to show the identification code by all means: for example, on the website you can always see it at the bottom of the page, but it is also mandatory to put it in all advertising material. So, if you ever happen to see brochures without this code, do not trust too much, that advertising may be illegal and perhaps the insurance has not been paid.
- Administration Insurance is an insurance that changes according to the government of the region and is also called insurance or surety policy, since the most advantageous way to provide this insurance is through surety insurance, since the amounts are usually very high (in Galicia € 100,000). It is the individual guarantee offered to agencies and the region.
- Collective insurance is for workers and serves to protect the workers and employees of the company. It is governed by collective agreement.
- Civil Liability Insurance provides coverage for all the activity and for any type of claim, such as material, personal and economic damage. The objective of having this insurance is to guarantee that the company can respond to claims from third parties.
For many different reasons:
- It is a young company, where the creators and SEO participate actively and daily in all its activities and no one puts more heart into an activity than who has created it.
- In the agency we speak many languages (7 different languages) and, in addition, depending on the occasions we collaborate with guides and tourism professionals who speak many more languages, being able to cover almost all, of course, according to availability.
- The guides always receive training from the founders. A good guide, according to our philosophy, not only knows a lot of information, but also provides the right information at the right times and dedicates himself to the tourist as if he were his servant, since as Benigni said in a famous movie: “SERVING IS THE SUPREME ART , GOD IS THE FIRST SERVANT, GOD SERVES MAN BUT IS NOT A SERVANT OF MEN “
- Because before being employees, founders and owners of the company, first of all, we are tourists, we love to travel and discover the world, so we know very well the wishes of a traveler.
- Because we have won a very important award for our work
We are very proud to have won the 2020 Tripadvisor award for the most beautiful excursions in the world. Tripadvisor is one of the most important and well-known platforms for tourism activities in the world. And this platform has awarded the Traveler’s Choice award to our best excursion to Finisterre and Costa Da Morte, placing it among the 10% of the most beautiful activities in the world.
Although in recent years we have focused mainly on “incoming” tourism in Galicia, we work all over the world, in fact there are many group trips that we organize throughout Europe and Morocco. The founders also have experience of guiding almost all the cities of Europe, before starting with our company. For example, in Morocco there are not so many companies and guides that go many times from Spain. Our guides are even experts in this country, not easy to control in tourist matters.
Galicia Travels focuses mainly on the subject of group travel, this because our philosophy is that trips can be as cheap as possible, so that everyone can travel, savor the art of the tourist and get to know the world, always letting culture be with us. This does not mean that we only dedicate ourselves to groups, in fact, for example, in activities around Santiago and on the Camino de Santiago, it is not necessary to have a group. Finally, we also offer package tours, logistical support for other tourism companies, etc.
Answering this question is very easy, we invite you to see what our clients say about us on the various platforms. At Google, for example, we are the only tourism company with a lot of votes (around 300 at the end of 2021) and with an average of 4.9 / 5. No other company has nearly as many votes, or an average as high. As well as in Google, in the other platforms such as Trustindex, Tripadvisor, Booking, Getyourguide, etc.