What to skip in Santiago de Compostela
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- Is a Santiago food tour worth it?: It depends on what you are buying. At EUR 30 to 68 per person, a Santiago food tour buys a guide who orders for you, explains the dishes and turns dinner into a social evening, and reports from solo travelers and first-timers are warm. But Santiago's food scene is unusually open to self-guiding: the Mercado de Abastos, Rua do Franco and the old town's counters put the same pulpo, empanada and tarta within easy DIY reach, so confident eaters can skip the tour and eat just as well.