camino santiago 8 day bicycle tour

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Spain We have just experienced the trip of a lifetime – what a fantastic way to explore a country and to appreciate its beauty, people, food and wine. We were made to feel very welcome, stayed in amazing accommodation, had the best wines and a lot of laughs. Catherine and Ben went out of their way to make us feel special and nothing was ever too much trouble. This was a trip to remember and one to tell everyone about. We now have wonderful memories to share with our family and friends. GREG AND SHIRLEY ROBERTSON, MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA Camino Santiago – 8 Days Trip Details Dates: 23-6-2012 to 30-6-2012 8-9-2012 to 15-9-2012 Price: €2890 Single Supplement: €500 Duration: 7 nights/8 days (Pick up in Léon) Included: all breakfasts, 5 dinners w/ wine + more Accommodation: Mountain lodge, Luxury B&B, Rural Hotels Daily Mileage: 60 km / 37 miles daily average Activity Level: Moderate Tour Interests: St James, Pilgrimage, Romanesque architecture, Wine ‘...a pilgrimage across northern Spain to the sanctuary at San- tiago de Compostela, is the finest journey in Spain and one of the two or three best in the world.’ So wrote James Michner in his monumental book on Spain, Iberia. For a thousand years since the bones of St. James were reputedly discovered in Santiago, common people, bishops, priests, kings, popes and saints have made this famous pilgrimage. Our tour will echo their footsteps following the first guide book ever written by a monk in the 12th century - the Codex Calixtinus. ...Some of the Trip Highlights Join pilgrims from all over the world to ride one of the oldest pilgrimage paths in history. Visit the remarkable cathedral of Leon with its astounding stained glass windows. Visit countless ancient monuments that date back to the beginning of Christian times. Stay in luxurious monasteries & village inns. US Telephone: 1-970-672-0116 | EU Tel & Fax: (+351) 21 242 4604 | [email protected] Santiago O Cebreiro Astorga León

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...Some of the Trip Highlights Trip Details uS telephone: 1-970-672-0116 | eu tel & Fax: (+351) 21 242 4604 | [email protected] ● Stay in luxurious monasteries & village inns. GreG and Shirley robertSon, Melbourne auStralia ● Visit the remarkable cathedral of leon with its astounding stained glass windows. ● Visit countless ancient monuments that date back to the beginning of Christian times. Astorga León

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Spain

We have just experienced the trip of a lifetime – what a fantastic way to explore

a country and to appreciate its beauty, people, food and wine. We were made to

feel very welcome, stayed in amazing accommodation, had the best wines and a lot of laughs. Catherine and Ben went out of their way to make us feel special

and nothing was ever too much trouble. This was a trip to remember and one to

tell everyone about. We now have wonderful memories to share with

our family and friends.

GreG and Shirley robertSon, Melbourne auStralia

Camino Santiago – 8 Days

Trip DetailsDates: 23-6-2012 to 30-6-20128-9-2012 to 15-9-2012Price: €2890 Single Supplement: €500 Duration: 7 nights/8 days (Pick up in léon)Included: all breakfasts, 5 dinners w/ wine + moreAccommodation: Mountain lodge, luxury b&b, rural hotelsDaily Mileage: 60 km / 37 miles daily averageActivity Level: ModerateTour Interests: St James, Pilgrimage, romanesque architecture, Wine

‘...a pilgrimage across northern Spain to the sanctuary at San-

tiago de Compostela, is the finest journey in Spain and one of

the two or three best in the world.’ So wrote James Michner

in his monumental book on Spain, iberia. For a thousand

years since the bones of St. James were reputedly discovered

in Santiago, common people, bishops, priests, kings, popes

and saints have made this famous pilgrimage. our tour will

echo their footsteps following the first guide book ever written

by a monk in the 12th century - the Codex Calixtinus.

...Some of the Trip Highlights

● Join pilgrims from all over the world to ride one of the oldest pilgrimage paths in history.

● Visit the remarkable cathedral of leon with its astounding stained glass windows.

● Visit countless ancient monuments that date back to the beginning of Christian times.

● Stay in luxurious monasteries & village inns.

uS telephone: 1-970-672-0116 | eu tel & Fax: (+351) 21 242 4604 | [email protected]

Santiago

O Cebreiro

AstorgaLeón