Useful links and information

In order to save you time sourcing travel resources like flights, car hire and information about Galicia on the internet, here are some useful links. Anything that is underlined will take you to the site in question.

International flights and airports to and in Galicia

Galicia has two international airports, one 10 km outside the capital city of Santiago de Compostela and the other on the outskirts of la Coruna, some 45 minutes from Santiago.

Direct flights from the UK use the carriers

• Ryanair (book through the internet).
• Iberia (booked through opodo) (book through the internet).

Their routes are as follows

• Ryanair fly daily from Stansted, London, to Santiago de Compostela and three times per week from Liverpool to Santiago de Compostela. A new direct route from East Midlands airport (Birmingham) to Santiago de Compostela will commence in spring 2007 flying 3 times per week.
• Iberia fly direct from London Heathrow to la Coruna airport daily.
• There are no direct flights from the USA and north America to Galicia, but some carriers do fly direct to Spain from where an easy connection can be made to Santiago de Compostela or la Coruna airports from Madrid or Barcelona.

Car rental companies based in Galicia

Car rental companies operating out of Galicia and offering pick up and drop off facilities at one or both of the airports mentioned above include.

• Holiday Autos (book through the internet). This company uses local car suppliers like Hertz and Avis, but often proves cheaper than both.
• Hertz car rental (book through the internet). A multi-national reliable car rental company.
• Europecar (book through the internet).
• Sixt rent a car (book through the internet).

Accommodation in Galicia

Use the links below to obtain hotel details and make bookings in Galicia. We have provided you with 3 different companies who in total cover nearly all of the “quality” hotels in Galicia.

• Galicia as a whole through Bookings.com
  la Coruna through Bookings.com
  Pontevedra through Bookings.com
  Santiago de Compostela through Bookings.com

• Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say about hotels in Galicia

• Hotel club This large website enables you to search the various towns and cities in Galicia for hotel accommodation. They have one of the biggest selections available.

Tourist information about Galicia

• GaliciaGuide.com A 400 page English language guide about the whole of Galicia.
• Turgalicia.es The official Galician multi language guide to the region with some useful content and information.
• Wikipedia Galicia For a factual resume of Galicia and the places in it, this is a good information source.