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Progress with the pilgrims to this green and pleasant land For centuries, Galicia has been the focal point for the faithful walking the Camino de Santiago. Today, this lush, beautiful province is experiencing the beginnings of a stampede
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Mail on Sunday
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September 26, 2004| Author:
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Most people think of Spain as scorching dry plains and concrete
coastal sprawl. But a growing number of Britons are discovering the
emerald green north-west of the country, the Celtic province of
Galicia. Several hundred British families now live in the area and
property prices are rocketing.
Galicia is probably best known for being the culmination of one of
the world's most famous pilgrimage routes, the Camino de Santiago,
which winds across the north of Spain from the French Pyrenees.
Back in the 12th Century, about a million pilgrims walked the
route to honour the burial place of St James ...
