North West Spain Map

We continue this “northern road trip” to the border between asturias and galicia. The spanish paradores are luxury hotels in castles, palaces, fortresses, convents, monasteries and other historic buildings. There is an old saying that santillana del mar is the town of three lies, since it is neither a saint (santo), nor flat (llana), nor is it by the sea (mar).

Galicia is a historic part of spain and is final destination of pilgrim of cathedral santiago de compo stela and arriving point for most pilgrims is the main square. This map shows cities, towns, resorts, highways, main roads and secondary roads in northern spain. San juan de gaztelugatxe + bilbao (suggested hotel:

To give you some inspiration, here’s what my northern spain itinerary looked like:

Located on spain’s west coast, this cantabrian treasure is less than 30 km (20 miles) from santander and near the caves of altamira that are famous for its prehistoric paintings. Detailed map of northwestern spain published by michelin. This large map of spain will help you figure out how to make your way around the country. Galicia is a historic part of spain and is final destination of pilgrim of cathedral santiago de compo stela and arriving point for most pilgrims is the main square.