Galicia, Spain

Galicia is well-known to the tens of thousands who arrive on foot each year at the end of the pilgrimage known as The Way of St James (in Spanish: El Camino de Santiago).

The cathedral in Santiago de Compostela - the third-most important pilgrimage site in Christendom, after Rome and Jerusalem. Photo / Peter Calder

Image 1 of 8: The cathedral in Santiago de Compostela - the third-most important pilgrimage site in Christendom, after Rome and Jerusalem. Photo / Peter Calder