Description
The French Way is the Camino de Santiago route with the greatest historical tradition and the most internationally recognized. Its layout through the north of the Iberian Peninsula was precisely established around 1135 in the Codex Calixtinus, a fundamental book of the Jacobean heritage.
This guide, attributed to the French cleric Aymeric Picaud, demonstrates the political-religious desire to promote the Compostela sanctuary and facilitate access to it, but also demonstrates the existence of a demand for this type of information. When this book is made, the pilgrimages reach their maximum apogee and the French Way the greatest influx – if we exclude the current moment – Santiago becomes the destination of pilgrims from all over the Christian world.
SERVICES INCLUDED
Transfers from the airport (Santiago de Compostela or Vigo), train or bus station to the starting point.
Lodging reservations: we will stay in the best hotels, rural houses, pazos... available along the route and nearby, according to our experience and knowledge. A list will be sent to you.
Full board: breakfasts, lunches and dinners, being able to choose between a variety of first and second courses in places where they make good food and of our confidence. Note: Alcoholic beverages and snacks are not included.
Horses, equipment, saddle bags and waterproof clothing if necessary.
Guide on horseback
Staff to take care of horses and change luggage daily between lodgings
Support vehicle
Truck prepared with boxes and spare horses, in case it is necessary. We believe that since the horse is so important in this event, it may be necessary to take precautions and have them at hand.
Activity and liability insurance
To justify the completion of the route, we take care of requesting the pilgrim's credential, stamping it along the way to get the Compostela card at the end of the route.
Languages: Spanish, English, German, French
AGENDA
Arrival. Transfer from airports, train or bus stations, hotels in Santiago de Compostela, Vigo or previously agreed point closest to the stage from where you will start the Camino de Santiago on horseback. Reception / Lodging / Dinner.
8.00 - Breakfast / 9.00 - On horseback / 11.00 - Short stop (drink, snack, coffee) / 11.30 - On horseback / 14.00 - Lunch / 16.00 - On horseback / 18.30 - Approximately arrival. Rest, free time. / 20.30 - Dinner / 22.00 - Rest, free time.
It will be possible to enter on horseback to the Praza do Obradoiro (Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela). Return to hotel, breakfast. / 12.00 - Transfer to the departure point: airport, train or bus stations in Santiago de Compostela, if leaving the same day. Completion of our services.
Please contact us and we will provide you with more information.
- Phone: +34 639 503 815
- Caminos de Galicia. Caritel 2 Ponte Caldelas. 36829 Pontevedra
- E-Mail: caminosgalicia@hotmail.com
