Camino Frances: Points of interest

Cultural and natural places linked to this walk in the Appy catalogue. Check each location and description to plan your visit.

• Abadía de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación

  Convent of Cistercian nuns, still a working community. It runs a hostel reserved for walkers with a credencial, and the nuns sell sweets to support the church and the community.

• Monastery of Saint Pelagius of Antealtares

  A Benedictine monastery born to watch over the newly found tomb of the Apostle James, with twelve monks at first.

• Monastery of Santa Clara, Carrión de los Condes

  Monastery, in Carrión de los Condes, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• San Martiño Pinario monastery

  The second largest monastery in Spain after El Escorial, built around 899 by Benedictine monks and by the sixteenth century the most powerful in Galicia.

• Monastery of San Francisco do Val de Deus

  A Franciscan convent founded in the early thirteenth century on land the Benedictines of San Martiño Pinario gave in exchange for a basket of fish a year, still delivered in the late 1700s.

• Palacio de Rajoy

  18th-century neoclassical architecture palace. Designed by Carlos Lemaur.

• Monument to Saint Francis

  20th-century monument, designed by Francisco Asorey, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, at 256 m elevation, 12 m tall, built in marble.

• Pazo do Espiño

  Villa, designed by Jesús López de Rego, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

• Museum of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

  20th-century museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

• Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago

  Museum of Pilgrimages and Santiago. 20th-century museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as cultural heritage.

• Granell Museum

  Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

• Monte Pedroso

  Natural landmark, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, at 461 m elevation.

• Museo Casa da Troia

  Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

• Museo do Mosteiro de San Paio de Antealtares

  Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

• Museo de Terra Santa

  Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

• Colección dos Gabinetes de Ciencias do Antigo Instituto de Santiago

  Museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

• Fountain of the Horses

  Fountain, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Church of Saint Fructuosus

  18th-century church in Churrigueresque style, designed by Lucas Ferro Caaveiro, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Church of Saint Michael dos Agros

  Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Church of María Salomé, Santiago de Compostela

  Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Church of San Bieito do Campo

  Church in Neoclassical style, designed by Melchor de Prado y Mariño, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Church of San Fiz de Solovio

  Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Iglesia de la Compañía

  Church in baroque style, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Church of Sant Mary of the Way

  Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Church of Santa Susana, Santiago de Compostela

  Church, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

  A Romanesque cathedral begun in 1075 and consecrated in 1211, with a Baroque Obradoiro front from 1738 to 1750 built to shelter the Portico de la Gloria.

• Hostal of the Reyes Católicos, Santiago de Compostela. Chapel

  Chapel, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.

• Casa de los Cubiertos

  Palace, in Puente La Reina – Gares, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.

• Church of San Pedro, Puente la Reina

  Church in Gothic art style, in Puente La Reina – Gares, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Church of Santiago, Puente la Reina

  16th-century church in Romanesque art style, in Puente La Reina – Gares, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.

• Puente la Reina

  Unknown, in Puente La Reina – Gares, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, 110.0 km long.

• Ponferrada Castle

  A Templar fortress built in its present form between 1178 and 1282 and enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries.

• Santo Tomás de las Ollas

  Historic village, in Ponferrada, Spain, at 599 m elevation.

• La Martina

  Historic village, in León Province, Spain, at 490 m elevation.

• Campo

  Historic village, in Ponferrada, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, at 562 m elevation.

• Puente Boeza

  Bridge, in Ponferrada, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Compostilla

  Historic village, in Ponferrada, Spain, at 510 m elevation.

• Torre del Reloj

  Sixteenth-century clock tower built over the Arco de las Eras, the only gate of the medieval walls still standing.

• Museo de la Radio

  21st-century museum, in Ponferrada, Spain.

• Museo de El Bierzo

  20th-century museum, in Ponferrada, Spain.

• Monte Pajariel

  Natural landmark, in Ponferrada, Spain, at 810 m elevation.

• Monastery of San Juan Bautista

  Monastery, in Burgos, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Church-Convent of the Salesas

  Monastery, in Burgos, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Castle of Burgos

  9th-century castle, in Burgos, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Puente de San Pablo, Burgos

  Bridge, dedicated to Paul the Apostle, in Burgos, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, built in stone.

• Puente de Santa María

  Bridge, in Burgos, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, built in stone.

• Puente Bessón, Burgos

  Bridge, in Burgos, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Puente de Castilla

  Bridge, in Burgos, Spain, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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