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Xacobeo 2021/22 A celebration of the spirit of Galicia

3 January, 2021
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| Categories: Camino de Santiago, Fiesta, General information, Natural, Nature
Xacobeo 2021

    More than a decade waiting and it has finally arrived. Xacobeo 2021, the third of this 21st century. Only 14 times each century. To join the celebration, the Xunta de Galicia has developed this video which is a celebration of the spirit of Galicia. It is not a tourist or commercial video, not even a religious one: it is pure joy and feeling of living this wonderful land. With music and artists from all over the world. With poems. With testimonies of all kinds. And, above all, with wonderful images of Galicia. In Galician Country Homes we join...

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Residency in Spain: new rules

14 June, 2020
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Find out everything in this article With the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union and other international circumstances, the conditions for residing in Spain as a foreigner have varied, with new requirements depending on the type of residence requested and the personal and professional conditions of the applicant. Below you will find all the information in this regard offered by the Government of Spain. 1. NON-PROFIT RESIDENCE WITH NO GAINFUL ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS Not being a citizen of a State of the European Union, the European Economic Area European Union or Switzerland, or family members of citizens of...

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Brexit: survival guide

31 January, 2020
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Article published today in expansion.com Many of our clients are restless about what will happen to them after today, January 31, 2020, when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. We publish here an excerpt from the excellent article appeared today in the prestigious Spanish economic newspaper Expansión. London embodies the Schrödinger paradox thanks to a Withdrawal Agreement initialled with the European Union that includes a transition period until December 2020 (at least). The countdown has begun, and eleven months is the courtesy that Brussels and the United Kingdom extended to each other in negotiating their future relationship. A highly...

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And not only wine…

25 July, 2019
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| Categories: Buying, Cooking, Food, Restaurant

Galician beers "1906", from Estrella de Galicia, are among the best in the world. It is already known that Galician water is special. And that Galicians know how to transform it into wonderful things. To eat and to drink. And it is not by magic: it is knowing how to do every step of the process well and work hard. And of course, everyone recognizes it. World Beer Challenge, much more than a contest. Only the best beers enter here. And in this edition of 2019, "The 1906 family of beers maintains its position in the best beers in the...

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Galicia, a land of water and wine…

20 July, 2019
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| Categories: Cooking, Food, Natural, Wine

It is not just rivers, green meadows and leafy forests, rocky shores and endless beaches. Galicia is also a gastronomic culture that has been appreciated for thousands of years. Its natural conditions lend themselves to the cultivation or growth of vegetable and animal species that are highly valued at the table, from the Romans to our days. Today we bring to this window of the natural life of Galicia one of the Galician elements with more strength and development inside and outside Spain: the wines of Galicia. Following this link, you will find a Galician liquid delicacy. ©Photo: https://www.galiciaenvinos.es/

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“Betting on the rehabilitation of abandoned homes is a bet for the future”. Mark Adkinson

8 April, 2019
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Extract of the article appeared in the newspaper EL ECONOMISTA on 03.29.2019 Galician Country Homes is another that recently jumped to the press because it put on sale an abandoned Galician village on the beach by 312,000 euros. A set of five buildings that add about 600 square meters and that rise on a farm of eight hectares.   Mark Adkinson, owner of Galician Country Homes, confirms to El Economista that foreigners are the ones who have more interest in acquiring abandoned rural properties. The truth, approximately 70% of its customers are. Adkinson explains that the main reason for buying...

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“Galicia is a different Spain”

30 November, 2018
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  The British Association of Travel Agents (ABTA) has included Galicia as one of the twelve most amazing and impressive destinations for the year 2019. And the closest of all to the United Kingdom. Among the many perceptions of Mr Sean Tripton, spokesperson for ABTA, there are some that fit perfectly in the spirit of this blog: "Galicia is not Scotland, but another Celtic land, in the north of Spain, where you can find the best seafood in the country ...   We chose places for different reasons, but in the choice of Galicia, the main one is that it is a...

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NOTARIES. IF YOU HAVE ANY LEGAL DOUBTS IN THE PURCHASE OR SELLING OF A PROPERTY IN GALICIA, ASK THEM: IT IS FREE

25 September, 2018
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Some of our clients ask us for legal advice when buying a property in Galicia. They even ask for a trusted lawyer to advise them. Our answer is always the same, "Go to the notary who wants, always advise you in an impartial way, legally safe and free. In Galicia, there are several who can do all this in English." For this reason, today we left a bit of the usual theme of this blog: Galicia and the Galician way of life. We believe that this issue is interesting for most people who come from all over the world to...

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THE KINGS ARE BACK

12 January, 2017
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| Categories: Natural, Nature, River, Water

  A living and wild being that represents the quality, the life of those waters: the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). And it not only represents it, but is a perfect scientific indicator of the level of purity of the rivers by which it come up, coming from the sea to spawn. Including Galician rivers, like Eo River a natural border between Galicia and Asturias. This photograph, taken on last day of 2016, shows a dozen salmon going upstream in River Eo as it passes though Pontenova, Lugo.  This means that the kings of the river are back, as every year, in the most...

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HEROIC VITICULTURE, PLEASURE FOR THE GODS

28 June, 2016
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| Categories: Cooking, Food, Natural, Nature, River, Views, Wine

                          Romans planted the vineyards thousands of years ago. Since then, the River Sil Canyon takes care of their green properties without rest. Since then, people of Ribeira Sacra, in the South of Galicia, practices an incredible way of producing wine: heroic viticulture is the official name in all the world. And in this area of Galicia it has the qualification of being the most risky of all. Working on more than 30% slopes. No machinery, not even animals to help. Hours of selecting grapes and carrying them on...

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ARDE LUCUS, A CITY BURNS IN FIESTAS HALFWAY THROUGH JUNE EVERY YEAR SINCE IT GOT TO TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF AGE

18 June, 2016
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| Categories: City, Fiesta, Tradition

Lucus Augusti, which means “the grove of Augustus”, this is the name that the ancient Romans gave to the city of Lugo. A city that is proud of its past, of its culture and its history.  Every year just before summer comes it is transformed into a city of the Roman Empire. With its camps, its markets, parades, circus spectacles of all sorts. ARDE LUCUS lasts for a few days only but it is well worthwhile looking back twenty centuries into the past and to integrate oneself into the multitude of more than a million people who come to transform...

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Let’s go to the fair!

30 May, 2016
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| Categories: Buying, Food, Natural, Nature, Shopping, Tradition

  This is a country that still has strong agricultural and livestock producing roots, so the fair is the genuine market for the farmers. They existed long before the large commercial centers, the stock markets and the general stores. The markets are held in the open air and have old fashioned flavors, medieval, comparable to the most traditional fairground food pulpo a feira, that with a good glass of wine helps one to continue through the fair looking for opportunities, haggling prices and seeing natural life and people in front of your eyes. We have fairs in almost all the...

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