“There is no historical reason why Santiago should be a place of historical pilgrimage, why the cunning monks of Cluny should foster its international reputation or why that joyful shrine should exist at all. It is only an illusion; but so long as it has been in the Spanish mind… it has achieved a kind of truth.” Jan Morris – ‘Spain’
In 1998 I won a competition in the Times newspaper for an all expenses paid weekend to a chateaux in Cahors in France. This was the result of answering three simple questions about the Apostle Saint James and the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, which were about pilgrimages and seashells. I was glad that I knew the answers and ever since had the place on my ‘to visit’ list.
Have Bag, Will Travel 
So its probably better to use national atesa rent a car for santiago, the cars have more scratches and they will probably give you a scallop shell if you ask them nicely, they make good ashtrays.
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