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Camino de Santiago – (Way of St. James) 10 Days/8 nights. Price on request 6 Nights Camino de Santiago staying at moderate hotels and Inns, plus 2 Nights Santiago de Compostela, Breakfast and Dinner daily, Professional English-speaking Tour Director during the 6 nights of the Camino (Way), Round trip airport transfers, All Taxes. 1 Free Air and Land with every 16 paying travelers. The priest also travels Free Air & Land in single with 25. Price is net and subject to change according to airfare cost at time of booking
PACKAGE INCLUSIONS Genuine Camino de Santiago trip for the faithful. • Round trip Airfare from JFK (low cost add-ons available from other cities) • Air-conditioned Motor coach throughout the itinerary including WI-FI • Professional English speaking Tour Director during the Camino de Santiago June 18-23. • Local maps, notebooks etc. needed for the Camino • 24-hour Telephone emergency if needed. • Local English-speaking guides for visits to Madrid and Santiago de Compostela • Entrance fees to Cathedral of Santiago and “Botafumeiro” • Travel insurance protection during Camino de Santiago • 8 Nights: 6 Nights at Hotels & Inns during the 6 days of Camino de Santiago 2 Nights in Santiago de Compostela • 16 Meals: Buffet Breakfast and Dinner daily • Sightseeing: 1/2 day city tour of Santiago de Compostela including entrance fees to the Cathedral and the Botafumeiro. • Round trip airport transfers and assistance in English and all taxes.
HOTELS USED (or similar) SARRIA: Hotel Carris Alfonso IX - 3* PORTOMARIN: Pousada de Portomarin - 3* PALAS DE REI: La Cabaña Complejo - 3* MELIDE: Hotel Xaneiro 2* / Pousada Chiquitín - 2* ARZUA: Pensión Teodora - 2* PEDROUZO: Pensión Residencia Platas - 2* SANTIAGO: Tryp Santiago Hotel - 4*
DAY BY DAY ITINERARY Day 1: USA-Madrid, Spain Overnight flight to Madrid. Dinner, movie, and breakfast on board. Day 2: Madrid airport to Sarria Arrival at Madrid airport. Meeting and assistance by your Tour Escort and transfer to Sarria (4 hours) Dinner and overnight in Sarria. Day 3: Sarria - Portomarin (13 miles) Camino de Santiago. Dinner and overnight in Portomarin Day 4 : Portomarin - Palas de Rei (14 miles) Camino de Santiago. Dinner and overnight in Palas de Rei Day 5: Palas de Rei – Melide (8 miles) Camino de Santiago. Dinner and overnight in Melide Day 6: Melide – Arzua (9 miles) Camino de Santiago. Dinner and overnight in Arzua Day 7: Arzua - O Pedrouzo (13 miles) Camino de Santiago. Dinner and overnight on O Pedrouzo Day 8: O Pedrouzo - Santiago de Compostela (11 miles) Camino de Santiago. Dinner and overnight in Santiago Day 9: Santiago de Compostela This morning, after the traditional ceremony of throwing your “sacs” on to the ocean, we will visit the beautiful cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, the town of St. James. We will take part in the morning Pilgrim Mass when the swinging “botafumeiro” is celebrated. The “botafumeiro” is a three-foot high iron incenser that is suspended by a two hundred-foot rope and swung over the heads of the congregation. An impressive feature of the cathedral is the Portico de la Gloria, which is located just inside the main entrance. Through the centuries, millions of pilgrims have touched the central pillar. After a thousand years of embracing and touching, the stone has been left smooth and worn. The relics of St. James, the apostle, repose in the high altar. Pilgrims can follow the centuries-old tradition of climbing the stairs behind the altar to kiss the shells that rest on the golden statue of the saint. Below the statue is the crypt that contains the bones of St. James in a silver reliquary. Farewell Dinner and overnight in Santiago Day 10: Santiago de Compostela -USA After your buffet breakfast, transfer to airport for your return flight back to the US, arriving later today.
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