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The spectacular Spanish region that the British haven t discovered
Galicia looks like Cornwall, with the added benefit of warmer weather and better food and wine
Las Catedrales, where the rocks form a series of extraordinary arches
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Galicia is one of those places where people live very well indeed but don’t really feel the need to shout about it – which might explain why, despite being a popular holiday destination for Spaniards, relatively few Britons make it there.
In the northwest corner of the country, bordered on two sides by the Atlantic and separated from Portugal by the Miño river, it is roughly the size of Belgium – about 180 miles from north to south. Galicia looks more like Cornwall, Wales or Ireland than other parts of Spain and shares with them a strong regional identity, with its own language and a Celtic heritage.