Casa do Deán

Santiago de Compostela


The Fundación Catedral office here gives out free tickets for unguided visits to the cathedral's Pórtico de la Gloria between 7pm and 8pm Monday to Saturday. Fifty general-public tickets are available each day, on a first-come-first-served basis, for 15-minute visits to the Pórtico between 7pm and 8pm the following day (tickets given out on Saturday are for Monday). Take your ID document.


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