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The train takes longer because you need to change trains in Vigo. The bus takes about 3.5 hours depending on where you get off in Porto. A Coruña is fantastic and only takes a half hour to get there by train. You can walk the Paseo Maritimo... -
Or a bus to Lugo. Walk around the Roman walls then relax with some tapas.
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Frankly, yes. I believe it takes 3 hours (each way). I think the bus is quicker, and even that takes something like 2.5 hours each way Why not just take a train to A Coruna? Short trip, pleasant seaside town
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Yes. Spend the day in Santiago. So much to see and experience. You could just spend the day in the Obradoiro sharing the joys of all your fellow pilgrims as they arrive. You could explore the city beyond its "classic" sights. You could spend the...
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We have one extra day after we finish the Camino in Santiago that we are debating how to use: would it be crazy for us to take a train to and from Porto (our start)?
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joramos reacted to Pilgrim9's post in the thread Looking for Books on the Arab Occupation of Spain with
Thank you.
Many years ago I took a number of their courses including "The Other 1492", and "Turning Points in Medieval History" by Dorsey Armstrong, PhD, and several of their Greek history courses. They were all well worthwhile, in my opinion. At that... -
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Be sure to get your Alhambra tickets a couple of months in advance. There is only one source for tickets and they can't be resold. This spring we started looking a month before and had a tough time getting two tickets...
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i think they were much more fundamentalist. Many christians and jews had to leave and some of them went to the Escuela de Traductores de Toledo.
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The book The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise is on my reading list. The author, Dario Fenandez-Morera has a PhD from Harvard and is a professor at Northwestern University. I've listened to interviews with him regarding this topic and his...
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joramos reacted to Rita Flower's post in the thread Looking for Books on the Arab Occupation of Spain with
Buen Camino!.
I joined a tour of the Alhambra with a knowledgeable local guide with university level studies. It was amazing. It felt like I was bring introduced to a family member.
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