The Way of Saint James from Leon: 309 kilometers / 192 miles by foot (16 days / 15 nights)
 | Accommodation & breakfast in hotels + luggage transfer from hotel to hotel + Travel documents + Insurance
The "Way from Leon": For those who have the time and are fit enough for the challenge of walking 15 days, this is a spectacular route crossing impressive landscapes and monumental sites. |
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Description
This route offers spectacular natural settings and inspiring cultural sites, including the magnificent cathedral city of Leon. Enroute there are numerous reminders of the pilgrims past who travelled the route including crosses, statues and grain silos. In the valley of Ponferrada, O Cebreiro welcomes us to the gates of Galicia and leads us to the fabled Santiago de Compostela.
Route and distances in kilometers:
| Leon | |
Villadangos | |
Astorga | |
Rabanal | |
Molinaseca | |
Cacabelos | |
Ambasmestas | |
Cebreiro |
 | 21,8 |
| 27,1 |
| 20,7 |
| 25 |
| 23,5 |
| 23,9 |
| 13,7 |
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| Cebreiro | |
Triacastela | |
Sarria | |
Portomarin | |
Palas | |
Arzua | |
Rua | |
Santiago |
| 20,5 |
| 21,5 |
| 22 |
| 24,5 |
| 27,8 |
| 17,6 |
| 18,8 |
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The offer includes 15 nights in hotels, breakfast, and luggage transfer from hotel to hotel.
All hotels are tourist class and are located directly at the Way of St. James or very near to. Depending on availability you may also be accommodated in good hostals, pensions or country houses ("casas rurales") which in quality are at least equal to the corresponding hotel. All rooms have private bath/shower and toilet. All prices are per person in a double room. For single room supplement see below.
Your luggage (guideline: 1 suitcase/rucksack of max. 20 kg per person) will be transported from hotel to hotel, so you do not have to carry a heavy weight during the Way.
Your travel documents will be awaiting you at your hotel. It includes your "Credencial" (Pilgrim's Passport), labels for your luggage, your travel insurance and a 24h emergency telephone number.
For a supplement you may also add dinner in all the hotels. The menu usually consists of 2 dishes, bread, wine, water, and dessert. All hotels offer good regional cooking.
In Santiago de Compostela you will stay in a 3* hotel with central location very close to the cathedral. If you wish, you can of course book additional nights.
From Santiago, you will start your return trip on your own. Or, maybe you wish to make also the last part of the Way of St. James: from Santiago to Fisterra or a Day Trip to Fisterra.
Please do not hesitate to consult how to get to Leon (e.g. from Madrid Airport). Transport can be organized for you as well as eventually necessary additional overnight stays in Madrid or another city.
By filling-in and submitting this form, you are sending a non-binding booking request directly to the provider of this service (tour operator, travel agency), who will contact you in order to agree with you all details, payment method and shipping of your documentation.
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