Santiago de Compostela: Guided Walking Tour

Join our exclusive full-day Santiago excursion from Vigo. Enjoy guided tours, free time, and stress-free travel. Book now to secure your spot.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Vigo - Passenger pick-up at the Port of Vigo. The activity’s start time is approximate and depends on the boat’s arrival at the port. We will contact you the day before to confirm the pick-up time with the guide.
  • Vigo - Transfer from the Port of Vigo with a guide. The guide will provide an explanation in English about the Galicia community,…
What's Included
  • English speaking official guide during the transfer
  • Use of radio-guides for a better experience during the walking tour
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Guided walking tour in Santiago de Compostela
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

We are a local company that works with official and qualified guides and we have a high commitment to quality. On the day of the excursion, our official tour guide will be at the port when the boat disembarks to begin the excursion and will be there waiting for you with an orange umbrella and our white bus. The departure times of the excursion are only…

Location
Rúa Cánovas del Castillo, 11
Rúa Cánovas del Castillo
the guide will wait at the port with an orange UMBRELLA with the logo of OptimusTours
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Loi_t
Dec 6, 2024
St James church in Santiago. - St James church in Santiago much smaller than Vatican but much bigger than others. Maria has good knowledge of the areas and she gave us very good guidance.
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Brian_k
Dec 6, 2024
Value - Valuable trip with reasonable price Nice drive Historic site Nice local food Beautiful scenery n knowledgeable guide
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Resort02860260351
Dec 3, 2024
Santiago cathedral and town - Maria was an excellent and knowledgeable guide. We thoroughly enjoyed the excursion. There was plenty of time to cover Santiago.
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Theelliotts493
Dec 2, 2024
Perfect trip as we came into Vigo on a cruise ship - Extremely well organised trip from start to finish. Before we had even arrived in Spain we were sent a WhatsApp message including all the meeting point information. This tour was perfect for us as we came into Vigo on a cruise ship. I would highly recommend as pick up and drop off is at the port and guarantees you back before the ship sails. Saved us getting our own transportation as Santiago de Compostela is about an hours drive away. Maria our guide was excellent given lots of information along the way. We also had some free time. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend.
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Ann_o
Nov 24, 2024
Very educational and informative! Great tour guide Mireia!! - Wonderful Excursion! Very knowledgeable tour guide, Mireia!!! Very friendly, patient and vast knowledge of history and area!!
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Bahaie_j
Nov 22, 2024
An amazing excursion to Santiago. - We had a very good day. Our guide Mireya explained us very well all monuments, churches and buildings of Santiago. We had free time to have lunch and to buy the Santiago cake. We returned to the ship on time.
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Harrye_z
Sep 27, 2024
Awesome - A lot of history, beautiful arquitecture, excelent food. The weather during this time of the year was challenging
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Wallace_t
Dec 4, 2024
Lots of Walking - Good experience but too much walking for an 80 year old with mobility issues. Bus boarding was close to ship. In Santiago, walked 1/4 mile to main square and was able to sit in cathedral and attend mass while the rest of the group toured 4 more squares. Guides Maria and Yolanda were very accommodating.
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Family4mi
Dec 2, 2024
Nice outing beyond Vigo - We enjoyed this tour. We had about 40 on the tour. Our tour guide, Maria, was easy to understand. The big bus was clean and driven expertly by Gustavo. Upon departing the ship, we were directed by port officials to exit right and wait across the street for private tours. We were told 8:30 - 9:00 am pickup. The bus pulled in exactly at 8:30 am and parked where the cruises ship tour buses were located opposite of where they directed us. Nevertheless, short distance between the two spots and orange umbrella easy to see. Most people arrived at 8:30, with stragglers arriving just before 9. Maria provided us with interesting information as we drove the hour to Santiago and then again about the main buildings in the square. Another guide met us in Santiago to take around half the group. When walking, we were provided headphones to hear the guide. After the commentary on the main buildings of the square, we were given 1 1/2 hours to ourselves. Suggest guide might enter the cathedral and provide some insight as to what we were seeing there before separating. We walked into the cathedral which is free unsure with what we'd find. Beautiful! Around the back of the gold center of the cathedral is a line to enter walkway down and around to hug St James. So happy to have discovered this experience inside the church. Upon exiting the church, we walked around the town. It was soon 1:00 pm, the time to meet the guide. The tour bus was comfortable, the guide personable and the area safe to walk around. Public restrooms were available exiting the bus and down some stairs near cathedral. The guide suggested several restaurants which turned out to be closed on Mondays. We wish the tour had been an hour longer to have time to both eat lunch and walk around. The tour is 6 hours from 8:30 am first pickup time to about 2:30 pm drop-off. Suggest adding half hour at end if time permits to drive around Vigo. Note: though we booked this tour on Trip Advisor with limited reviews, it appears to be part of same tour sold on Viator with many good reviews. We recommend this tour.
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Joe_s
Sep 27, 2024
Not Trustworthy - The tour originally was set to leave at 10 AM. When we left the ship the tour already left at 9:45. The operator said they sent e-mails about the time change but I never received one. I guess it's time to start blasting on social media since they offer no refund and just said I missed the tour.
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