| With regards to the entire Spanish tourist | | | | Os Ancares in the East. |
| industry Northern Spain and Galicia | | | | |
| especially have been very much a hidden | | | | If you include Santiago de Compostela in this |
| treasure and hidden within lies a further | | | | region along with Coruna you actually have |
| particular treasure called Northern Galicia. | | | | two of the biggest Cities of the region and |
| | | | two of the major tourist areas, the Costa de |
| Of all of the autonomous regions of Spain it | | | | Morte and Rias Altas. |
| is understandable given its location that | | | | |
| Galicia is considered the most remote and | | | | As has been mentioned, Santiago is the |
| therein lies the charm of Northern Galicia | | | | regions major tourist attraction and in many |
| hidden away longing to be discovered. | | | | ways is the centrepiece of the entire region |
| | | | with regards to the "Way of Saint James" |
| The traditional concept of Galicia was always | | | | having routes leading to it literally from |
| that it was supposedly a poor agricultural | | | | not only all of Galicia but from all of the |
| region and as such the economy would not be | | | | Spain and beyond. |
| the easiest to modernize yet one of the | | | | |
| fasted growing sub sectors within the | | | | Other interesting towns and tourist |
| Galician Economy is tourism and it is this | | | | destinations in Northern Galicia would |
| very real relationship with its historical | | | | consist of Lugo, Betanzos and Mondonedo. |
| past that give the region its particular | | | | There is a nice coastal drive along the |
| appeal. | | | | northern coast and the Rias Altas starting at |
| | | | Ribadeo in the East and travelling through |
| The cultural and language origins of Galicia | | | | Foz, Burela, Cervo, Viveiro, Ortigueira, |
| are very much rooted within the Celtic family | | | | Cediera and Ferrol finally arriving at Coruna |
| of communities found elsewhere in North West | | | | in the west. As had been mentioned, this |
| Europe and has led to Galicia always having a | | | | drive takes in the entire Rias Altas which is |
| sense of looking outwards from their | | | | a beautiful area of the region in itself. |
| regional base as opposed to looking inwards | | | | |
| towards the rest of Spain. | | | | Heading westwards from Coruna you would then |
| | | | take in the area known as the Costa de Morta |
| Because of its location and partisan | | | | - the Coast of Death, so called because of |
| traditions Galicia was always fairly inward | | | | the many shipwrecks found offshore. |
| looking having managed to survive throughout | | | | |
| the centuries without ever really been | | | | The drive from Coruna takes in Caion and then |
| conquered by anybody and this degree of | | | | leads slightly inland to Carballo before you |
| fierce independence has lasted and developed | | | | arrive in Malpica. From there you would head |
| down through the centuries. | | | | south via Laxe and Camarinas arriving at the |
| | | | most westerly part of the Galician coastline |
| In what has been a mountain to climb slowly | | | | in Cabo Fisterra. This drive is |
| but surely Galicia is now trying to manage | | | | characterized by a wild and windswept |
| successfully the twin track of its regional | | | | landscape and the scenery is characterized by |
| lifestyle with a much more modern society and | | | | steep cliffs and a rugged coastline. Quite |
| thankfully this appears to have had very | | | | awesome natural beauty but also this has a |
| positive results with regards to tourism with | | | | strange feature in that at periodic intervals |
| little sign of negative effects.. | | | | throughout the journey you'll find quite |
| | | | distinctive Cruceiros or Celtic crosses that |
| Northern Galicia covers an area north of a | | | | indicate various stations of the Cross and in |
| line to drawn from Santiago de Compostela in | | | | relation to this coastline where accidents |
| the West and Lugo and the Reserva Nacional De | | | | and shipwrecks have occurred. |