The Camino de Santiago - Plane
WAY OF SANTIAGO - TRAVEL BY PLANE AND WALKING ROUTES
PROGRAM
Duration: 7 days - 6 nights
1st day: departure for Spain
Departure of Participants from Malpensa airport in the early afternoon with Easy Jet flight to Bilbao (operational subject to reconfirmation). Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.
2nd day: BILBAO - BURGOS - LEON (km 320)
Breakfast at the hotel and free lunch. In the morning departure for Burgos. Arrival and visit of this beautiful city: the Cathedral, the third largest in Spain, after that of Seville and Toledo; the Certosa di Miraflores and the beautiful alleys of the historic center. In the afternoon departure for Leon. Arrival, hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight stay.
3rd day: LEON - PONFERRADA (km 103)
Free breakfast and lunch. Departure of the group on foot for the Leon-Villadangos del Paramo stage (about 20 km). The other participants will be able to visit Leon with its Cathedral and its historic center. Arrival in Ponferrada in the afternoon. Hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight stay.
4th day: PONFERRADA - CEBREIRO - SAMOS - SARRIA (km 97)
Breakfast at the hotel and free lunch during the trip. Departure towards the Cebreiro Pass, with the typical pre-Roman houses. Possibility to make a stretch of the walk on foot (about 15 km). Stop in Samos to admire the imposing Benedictine monastery and continue to Sarria, a pleasant town built around a hospice for pilgrims. Hotel accommodation: dinner and overnight stay.
5th day: SARRIA - LABACOLLA - SANTIAGO (km 120)
Breakfast and continuation of the pilgrimage to Santiago through the sweet and green hills of Galicia. Free lunch. In the afternoon, stops in Labacolla, a place where pilgrims stopped to prepare for the meeting with St. James and Monte do Gozo, the Monte della Gioia, from where you could have a splendid view of the sanctuary and the city of Santiago. From Monte do Gozo you can walk the last stretch to reach Santiago de Compostela (about 6 km). Upon arrival, hotel accommodation: dinner overnight.
Day 6: SANTIAGO
Breakfast and dinner at the hotel. In the morning meeting with the guide and visit of the splendid medieval historic center dominated by the imposing and very rich cathedral where are the relics of San Giacomo. In the afternoon time available to complete the visits and for individual activities. Overnight.
7th day: SANTIAGO - return to Italy
After breakfast, transfer to the airport and departure with Ryanair flight to Milan Malpensa (operational subject to confirmation)
