Galicia is Spain in a different way

The British Association of Travel Agents ABTA (Association of British Travel Agents) has included Galicia as one of the 12 most amazing and impressive destinations for 2019. And the closest of all to the United Kingdom. Among the many insights from Mr Sean Tripton, ABTA spokesperson, some fit perfectly with the spirit of this blog:

«Galicia is not Scotland, but another Celtic land, in northern Spain, where you can find the best seafood in the country… We choose places for different reasons, but in the case of Galicia the main one is that it is a beautiful place, with great cities, incredible landscapes and good food. Galicia is not very well known in the UK. Around 40 million tourists from the UK travel to Spain, but they go to the Costa del Sol, Mallorca or Barcelona… Galicia is a different Spain… Our intention is to inspire them to be more adventurous and go to other parts of the Peninsula, and Galicia has great cities, excellent food and also has an intriguing atmosphere, very British in some way, with the bagpipes and the weather, but it is not British…»

We can only add that more than 300,000 British nationals are already residents in Spain. And increasingly, in Galicia.