Christmas in Galicia: Hiking at Castro de Baroña

I'm so happy my friend invited me.

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When my friend told me she was headed to Galicia with her husband for the Christmas holidays, I had only one question:

Can I come??? 🥹

To my surprise, they happily extended an invitation. My friend had been talking nonstop about Santiago de Compostela for a year and was excited to show me her favorite city. Her husband also looked forward to showing off his hometown and giving me a taste of life in the countryside.

Santiago is the capital of Galicia, a northern Spanish autonomous community. But I didn’t see it until my last day of the trip. Instead, we headed to a coastal town in A Coruña, one of Galicia’s provinces.