Galician Routes & Roots

04/02/2015

We have changed the home page in our website: much more beautiful now.

http://www.galicianroutes.com/

Galician Routes and Roots. Guided routes around Galicia with a difference. There are other ways of visiting and learning about places and cultures

22/01/2015

Maybe it is childish, but I love the fact that Jules Verne dedicated a chapter of his 20.000 Leagues under the Sea to Vigo Bay (Part 2, Chapter 8):

http://jv.gilead.org.il/martin/20000_2-08.html

The Atlantic! a vast sheet of water, whose superficial area covers twenty-five millions of square miles, the length of which is nine thousand miles, with a mean breadth of two thousand seven hundred- an ocean whose parallel winding shores embrace an immense circumference, watered by the largest rive…

21/01/2015

Nice Galician landscape (maybe nicer without the eucalyptus at the back?): vía Maltrato da Paisaxe _Sección do Galicia Confidencial Tendencias

Cabazo, eucaliptos, vacas, millo vello, marco grande, estaca de pastor, verde, orballo: ()

19/01/2015

We can think of many more than just ten reasons to visit Galicia, but here is a good summary of what you may find (leaving Mario Casas aside…) if you decide paying us a visit:

http://www.expatsblog.com/contests/278/top-10-reasons-to-visit-spains-best-kept-secret-galicia

Top 10 Reasons to Visit Spain’s Best Kept Secret: Galicia by Ali Berlinski - Expat Contests at Expats Blog

18/01/2015

One of our latest music favourites, Neko Case (and Her Boyfriends), here playing live “The Tigers Have Spoken”: wonderful Americana music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-awKrK1MeQ

"The Tigers Have Spoken" They shot the tiger on his chain In a field behind the cages He walked in circles 'til he was crazy And he lived that way forever An...

17/01/2015

Fourteen photographers show their favourite pictures of El Camino in an exhibition in Germany: vía

Catorce exponen su particular visión del en http://goo.gl/dvVo2D

Turismo de Galicia inaugurará, este viernes 16, en la ciudad alemana de Erfrut la muestra fotográfica ‘Miradas en el Camino de Santiago’, una exposición itinerante que muestra la visión particular de destacados fotógrafos sobre el Camino de Santiago.

14/01/2015

- If you really want to experience something different, follow this advice from lonely planet and stop “flocking to Barcelona or Costa del Sol”:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/travel-tips-and-articles/77390

Read The ultimate guide to Galicia by Lonely Planet

12/01/2015

We want to start this 2015 season with a reference to (surprise!!) Galicia’s archeological heritage: the article includes some inaccuracies (in particular, the information related to the socio-political situation of Galicia/Spain) but we believe you may find the information about the archeological sites pretty interesting, especially when the author points out that “the 5,000 or more stone defended hilltops are a defining feature of the Galician landscape” or summarizes the “Galician Archaeological Heritage Network or GAHN [as] based on four themes: megalithic sites, rock art, hillforts and the Roman World”. Enjoy!!

http://www.world-archaeology.com/features/galicia-leading-the-way-in-spain.htm

David Miles journeys to Galicia to see how the regional government is leading the way in Spain in conserving and presenting their archaeological sites

01/01/2015

This is how some people start a a new year in Vigo: happy 2015!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCsaeqFdvwI&feature=youtu.be

31/12/2014

The Grateful Dead doing “Good Lovin’”. Never listened to this version before and when I did this morning, I thought it was a good way to wish you all a wonderful 2015 and enjoy “good lovin’” every single day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB1erm6yMw4

Good Lovin' by the Grateful Dead. It's from their 1978 album, Shakedown Street. Uploaded by request of FrijolesKilla

20/12/2014

I know, it bears repetition, but I can't help it... we love Nein: vía

Happy owlidays.

20/12/2014

We love Nein... Merry Christmas Everybody! [Ho, Ho, Ho!]... vía

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