TUR EXPO GALICIA

Olaia and Ana from Totally Spain very recently had the pleasure of being invited to participate at Tur Expo, a major travel fair in Galicia in North West Spain. Over two days, as well as meeting and renewing relations with our existing suppliers, they met with a whole variety of new and interesting hoteliers, activity organisers, specialist tour guides and more. It was a fascinating two days and especially relevant as 2010 is the Año Santo Jacobeo or Saint James Holy Year which is celebrated those years when the 25^th of July falls on a Sunday. Pilgrims flock to Santiago de Compostela to visit the cathedral and to pray and to receive the Sacraments of Penance, some even wearing the traditional garb.

Totally Spain is preparing a variety of independent trips around this special event.

Following TurExpo Olaia and Ana independently undertook an intensive 5 day Inspection Trip that took them from Santiago de Compostela to Cambados, Pontevedra, Tui, Baiona, Santo Estevo, Monforte de Lemos, Pueblo de Sanabria, Portomarin, Villafranca del Bierzo, Ponferrada, Astorga, Benavente and Leon. They covered a large section of the Camino de Santiago as they visited many hotels along the way, met some pilgrims and enjoyed staying at a variety of very fine Spanish Paradores Hotels. Special thanks to Cristina Codina at Paradores for her assistance with this very interesting and successful trip.

You can view a selection of photos from their trip and the places they saw on our Flickr site here (also see sidebar on the right).