På gång i Santiago de Compostela (Camino de Santiago), Spain under året

Mest folk — Christmas and Reyes, Christmas holidays i Spain

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas and Reyes (15 dec – 6 jan)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Mest folk — Holy Week, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays i Spain

• Helg

  Holy Week

  29 mar – 5 aprTrångtBoka tidigt

  Quieter and wetter than the Andalusian version, and the first serious week of pilgrim arrivals. Cathedral masses are standing room only and the botafumeiro swings most days. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Holy Week, Camino walking season

• Säsong

  Camino walking season

  1 apr – 15 okt · vanligtvisLedsäsongTrångtBoka tidigt

  Most people walk between April and October, and the last hundred kilometres from Sarria are a queue in July and August. May and late September are the two weeks worth aiming for.

Pågår fortfarande: Holy Week (29 mar – 5 apr)

Mycket folk — Camino walking season, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Festas da Ascension

  1 maj – 5 jun · vanligtvisStor festival

  The city's other fair, forty days after Easter and so usually in May: a livestock fair on the Santa Susana hill, pulpo stalls in the Alameda and a week of concerts. Locals rate it above July. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Camino walking season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Camino walking season, Summer holidays i Spain

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Camino walking season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Festas da Ascension (1 maj – 5 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Camino walking season, Peak pilgrim summer

• Säsong

  Peak pilgrim summer

  1 jul – 31 augSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  Spanish holidays and the busiest Camino months land together. The pilgrim office queue for a compostela can run to two hours and beds in Sarria need booking rather than walking into.

• Festival

  Festa do Apostolo

  20–26 julReligiös högtidTrångtBoka tidigt

  Fireworks off the Obradoiro facade on the night of 24 July, then the saint's day on the 25th, which is also Galicia's national day. When the 25th falls on a Sunday it opens a Holy Year, next in 2027. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Camino walking season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Camino walking season

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Camino walking season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Peak pilgrim summer (1 jul – 31 aug)

Mest folk — Camino walking season, Summer holidays i Spain

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Camino walking season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Camino walking season, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Magosto, chestnuts and new wine

  20 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvisPlocksäsong

  Braziers of chestnuts and the year's young wine around 1 November, in a month when the pilgrims have gone and Galicia is doing what it does for itself.

Pågår fortfarande: Camino walking season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Magosto, chestnuts and new wine (20 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christmas and Reyes, Christmas holidays i Spain

• Helg

  Christmas and Reyes

  15 dec – 6 janJul & nyår

  Granite, rain and lit arcades, with the cathedral half empty for the first time all year. Most of the pilgrim infrastructure along the route is shut until spring. Källa ↗