Forest of Galicia Nature · Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, A Coruña Image of Santiago de Compostela, not of the place itself. A planting of some twelve thousand native trees - oaks, chestnuts, birches, alders and bay laurels - over 34 hectares on the slope of Monte Gaiás, crossed by five kilometres of footpaths. Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Santiago de Compostela