Santiago to Lugo

Wednesday 18th

The Empresa Freire bus runs between Santiago and Lugo. We walked up to the bus station and caught the 11.00am 'direct' bus to Lugo. The other leaves at the same time but wanders around the villages en route.
We had used the internet in Santiago to book into the Hotel Metropol in Lugo for 3 nights. We stayed here on the way home from Terry's Camino in 2009. To our delight we were upgraded from a double room to a double with a separate kitchen and dining area - effectively a small apartment, still for the same price. Lovely to be able to store food in the fridge and have a table to eat at. Plates and cutlery provided and also some pots and pans to use on the 2 ring hob, which we didn't use. Plenty of hot water too for showers and washing our clothes, which hung in the shower to dry.

In the afternoon we visited the 'Walls' Museum and the Cathedral before going to the Café del Centro for a steak and salad.

The Roman Eagle, sign of Lugo's Roman past

The kitchen in our rooms at the Hotel Metropol

The north door of the Cathedral in Lugo, with the carving of Christ as Ruler of the Universe

The interior of the Cathedral showing the apse and the altar with its silver reredos and giant monstrance