2 Best Sights in Padron, Galicia and Asturias

Padrón was the birthplace of one of Galicia's heroines, the 19th-century poet Rosalía de Castro. The lovely Casa-Museo Rosalía de Castro, where she lived with her husband, a historian, now displays family memorabilia.

The barons who ruled over Galicia's peasants and the rest of its feudal society lived in pazos like this one, 27 km (17 miles) southeast of Santiago de Compostela. Here you can stroll the gardens to the lily pond and lake, where a stone boat stays miraculously afloat.