 It is home to an abbey, the "Real Abadía de Samos", and the Benedictine monastery of "San Xulián de Samos".Pilgrims on the Way of St. James to Compostela often pass through Samos to visit the abbey and monastery.There is a refuge (accommodation) that the pilgrims can use freely at the Royal Benedictine Abbey of St. Julian of Samos.