Arlene Harris returns to stunning Santiago de Compostela in Spain

Almost 30 years years after visiting Santiago de Compostela as a teenager Arlene Harris returned with her family to see if this corner of Spain was as special as she remembered.

When I was 14 years old, I went on my first relatively-solo adventure — flying from Shannon to London Heathrow, changing planes (and terminals) and catching a flight to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain.

Admittedly, I was accompanied through the UK airport by a kindly Aer Lingus steward (much to my teenage disgust) but I was travelling on my own to stay with a Spanish family in Galicia where I would spend two months.