Editorial

Editorial Methodology

Compostela Guide publishes reviewed Santiago de Compostela guidance with a narrow published pages. Cathedral, Pilgrim Office, airport, station, luggage, opening-hour, ticketing, and price details should be reverified against official sources before precision matters.

Source and update policy

Core claims should tie back to official or primary sources where possible, and records that need deeper editorial context remain retrievable but outside the controlled sitemap until they are ready.

How we evaluate local recommendations

Our local recommendations are based on a mix of editorial research, source checks, field notes where available, local context, and feedback from people who know or have used the place.

When useful, we speak with local residents, hospitality professionals, repeat visitors, and independent contributors to understand how a place works in real visitor situations. We use this input to judge whether a recommendation is practical, consistent, and useful for the guide's intended audience.

We may also consider private feedback about customer experiences. Private comments are treated as confidential: we do not publish names, identifying details, screenshots, or direct quotes without permission. Private feedback is used only as an internal editorial signal, and we look for repeated patterns before relying on it.

A place is recommended only when the overall evidence supports it: location fit, consistency of experience, service reliability, value for the intended visitor, and alignment with the guide's purpose. Paid placement, partnership interest, or owner outreach does not guarantee recommendation.