[1] The street's origins lie in the line of the ancient Roman road XIX on Antonine Itinerary, the remains of which can be found beneath the current pavement.

The centre of the pavement of Real Street is marked by a line of small blue lights that indicate the route of the Portuguese Way to Santiago de Compostela.

It replaced another fountain dating from the 16th century, which was shaped like a pear and ended in a pine cone.

[14][15] The street is also home to iconic restaurants such as the Cre-Cottê creperie and a charming hotel, the Boa Vila, which opened in 2009.

[16][17][18] At numbers 1 and 3 of the Real street, what remains of the former 17th-century Counts of San Román Pazo, which was the largest palace in the city and whose main façade overlooked the Curros Enríquez square, forms part of the present-day houses.

At number 10, opposite the Teucer square, is the Marquis of Aranda's Pazo (mayor of the Kingdom of Galicia).

Nine lineages are represented: Barbeito (castle from which a dog emerges), Padrón (large column or stone and two scallops), Vega de León (tower), Falcón (arm holding a falcon), Montenegro (M with crown), Cru (tree and two lambs), Navarro or Lera (pieces like bells in a row), Mariño (three waves surmounted by a scallop) and Salazar (thirteen stars).

At the end of the lower part of the street, on the corner of the Celso García de la Riega square and close to the Burgo bridge, stands the Old Mail House, of Gothic origin, distinguished by its main façade with a basket-arched entrance, an alfiz along the façade and a coat of arms bearing the arms of the Ibaizábal, Villegas, Aldao and Salazar families, and another smaller square coat of arms on the side façade on the Real street, bearing the coat of arms of the Murga family.