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El Camino de Compostella

Does Rick Steves ever have a walking tour of the El Camino de Compostella. We want to do on our own, but don't know how.

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Not that I have ever seen. But there are lots of companies offering tours, supported and unsupported, of the walk. It is easy to do it on your own. There are guidebooks dedicated solely to walking the El Camino. Check your local library. I was always going to do it on a bike so I have a pretty good collections of guidebooks related to doing it via bike. I can send you the titles of you like.

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Day Five of Rick's "Best of Basque Country" begins with walking a portion of the Camino - from just north of Pamplona. The portion is broken up into several sections - the first being the most challenging. There are rest breaks and travelers have the option to walk all, some or none of the Camino sections. The total walking distance is approximately 6 miles.
The tour bus follows the travelers and, upon completion of the walking portion, the next destination is San Sebastian.

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We did the Camino in the fall of 2017. Tui to Compostela in 7 days. We received our certificate for doing 100 km. We used Camino Ways which transported our bags between hotels. Would highly recommend them if you don’t want to carry a backpack.

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My wife and I walked the camino five years or so back -- Pamplona to Santiago . I know of no tours per se. Outfits like CaminoWays (mentioned above) and others will pre-book hotels, luggage transfers and airport transfers.

Buen Camino!

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Thank you to everyone for your responses. I will look into using Camino Ways.
Jan

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Check out Road Scholar’s tour, The Greatest Road in Europe:Camino De Santiago

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Marlycamino has guided walking tours of the camino. Most popular is the French route from sarria to Santiago. I’m doing their buen camino lite tour in may. 10 days to walk 100 km. Nice lodging, dinners, breakfasts, luggage transfer, sag wagon, and guide checking on you daily. The guides dont walk or lead you. You walk the 8-10 miles a day on your own, but the company is there at checkpoints and to bring you to your hotel at the end of the day. It’s expensive, but comparable in price to a 10 day rick steves tour.

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You might want to learn more about walking the Camino by studying this site and the forum on it. You don't say who "we" are or what your comfort level is, so it is hard to offer suggestions on how to do it. Do you want Albuergues or hostels or private hotel rooms? I'm testing the lay of the land there in May so I am not an expert or even knowledgeable, but there are so many fun sources at the above site and on YouTube that will help you work it all out. It strikes me that it is not difficult to do it all yourself, depending on you, what level of service you want, and what you want to do. Buen Camino

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Wray posted the best site to use for information about walking any of the Camino routes.
Message me if you like, as have walked the Portuguese Camino from Porto and planning #4 Camino Frances, leaving in a few weeks. It is very, very easy to plan this on your own, from booking places to sleep to luggage transport. There is no real reason to pay extra to a company to do this for you.
I have a trip report posted about my Camino last spring, walking from Pamplona to Santiago.