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Myths, Legends & Queimada: VV COO Michelle Bentubo

  • Highlights of Santiago de Compostela
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A tour of Santiago de Compostela's fascinating -- though at times dark -- history, including a local meal and traditional Queimada ritual.
Start your tour of Santiago de Compostela at the Plaza de Cervantes, the site of some of the Inquisition's darkest moments. After learning all about the city's past, enjoy appetizers at Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos, once a royal hospital, before heading to a spirited Queimada show and tasting. In this ritual, blue flames dance over a clay pot of aguardiente, sugar, lemon, and spices, as a haunting incantation is recited to ward off evil spirits.

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Duration

7.5 hours

Type

CULTURED

Accessible

No

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  • Head down to Oia for free time to explore on your own

  • Queimada ritual and tasting - see the blue flames dance over a pot of aguardiente, sugar, lemon, and spices, as an incantation wards off evil spirits

  • Appetizers at Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos, once a royal hospital

  • Stroll the Plaza de Cervantes, which witnessed some of the Inquisition's darkest moments

  • Guided historic tour of Santiago de Compostela

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  • This Shore Thing is not wheelchair accessible

  • Approximately 1-hour drive to/from your Shore Thing

  • Comfortable walking shoes are recommended

  • Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes of free time

  • Light bites and refreshments provided

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