Tailor-Made Camino Guided Cycling Experience
Our guided experience combines adventure with comfort, including expert guides, carefully selected hotels, and outstanding regional cuisine along the way. If you prefer more independence, you can also explore the route as a self-guided tour.
The Camino de Santiago, or Saint James’ Way, is one of Europe’s most iconic journeys. Following this legendary pilgrimage route by bike offers far more than a ride—it’s an immersion into over a thousand years of history, culture, and breathtaking landscapes. While the Camino began as a religious pilgrimage, today it attracts travelers from around the world seeking adventure, reflection, and the simple joy of exploring northern Spain at the perfect pace: on two wheels.
Your Camino, Expertly Planned
Let us take care of every detail so you can simply enjoy the journey. Our team will design a personalized Camino experience tailored to your pace and preferences, with a detailed itinerary, maps, and insider recommendations to help you make the most of every stage.
You decide how many days you would like to spend on the Camino, and we’ll handle the logistics. Your luggage will be transported from hotel to hotel, allowing you to ride freely each day. Along the way, you’ll also benefit from the support of our experienced guides and a support vehicle, ensuring comfort, safety, and a truly seamless experience from start to finish.
Detailed Tour Route
As the oldest, most celebrated, and most frequented route in Spain, it’s no wonder the Camino de Santiago is considered a UNESCO World Heritage Route. The various paths traverse many regions of northern Spain, including Navarra, La Rioja, Castilla y León, and Galicia. Some routes extend along the northern coast, through País Vasco, Cantabria, and Asturias. Every stage offers breathtaking landscapes, from the vineyards of La Rioja to the lush, green mountains further west.
At each stage of the route, you’ll enjoy a new gastronomic experience, with each region offering its own unique cuisine. Along the Camino de Santiago, you’ll discover traditional specialities such as Galician seafood and octopus, Asturian and Galician cheeses, local wines, hearty stews, cured meats, and, of course, the famous Tarta de Santiago.
Itinerary
It’s said your pilgrimage starts the moment you leave home. On the first day of the tour, we’ll meet you ate your hotel in Burgos. If you need a transfer from any other city in Spain (Madrid is the nearest international Airport), we can arrange for that.
Dating back to 884, Burgos rises from the banks of the River Arlanzón and offers stunning examples of Spain’s Gothic architecture. Depending on the time of your arrival, we’ll have time to explore the old city centre, visit the cathedral and maybe a short cycle ride to collect our Pilgrim’s Passports. For dinner, we can recommend places that serve tapas and offer typical Castilian specialties.
86 km (53 miles) | 430 m (1411 ft)
A hearty buffet breakfast precedes every day’s cycling. Our route takes us through the changing Castilian landscapes – abundant with crops, wheat, corn, hops and even vineyards. We pass through a multitude of charming villages, stopping for lunch at Hontanas. Later, we pause at Frómista with its Spanish Romanesque style churches to end the day’s cycling at Carrión. Overnight stay and dinner are at the Hotel Real Monasterio de San Zoilo, a spectacular place with a Gothic cloister and a church incorporated.
48 km (30 miles) | 178 m (2579 ft)
Today’s ride takes us past more charming villages to reach Sahagun, where we stop for lunch. This is followed by a minibus ride (90 km) to León, a city founded in the year 68 AD. Our overnight stay is at the magnificent Hotel Parador Hostal San Marcos with its splendid Renaissance façade. A city with abundant architectural richness, Leon also has a multitude of bars. We can recommend places for drinks before dinner. Don’t miss Leon Cathedral, a Gothic gem with imposing stained glass windows.
53 km (33 miles) | 259 m (850 ft)
We’ll cycle to Astorga a city with Roman origins and home to an Episcopal Palace designed by Antoni Gaudí – today serving as a museum to the Camino de Santiago.
Today’s route is gently undulated, the landscapes wide. After lunch, visit to the palace, the cathedral and the pilgrim’s hospital. We stay at the Hotel Casa de Tepa.
65 – 85 km (40 – 53 miles) | 912 m (2992 ft)
Leaving Astorga, we remount the bikes to start a gentle ascent up into the hills. Then comes our first steep climb to reach the Cruz de Ferro (Iron Cross) – Here Pilgrim tradition prompts placing a commemorative stone below the cross. There follows a long downhill ride with superb views – passing by the villages of Acebo and Molinaseca to arrive at Ponferrada. After visiting the main spots, we proceed to Villafranca to spend the night at the Hotel Parador Villafranca del Bierzo. The town is of importance to Pilgrims as a refuge and sanctuary, before starting the most difficult part of their journey.
61 km (38 miles) | 1093 m (3586 ft)
From Villafranca, we cycle about 29 km / 18 miles towards the mythical O Cebreiro pass, stopping in Las Herrerías at the foot of the most demanding peak along the western Camino. If you want to safe your energy and jump this climb, we can organize a taxi ride for you, on your own expenses. Notice also, that we offer the possibility to upgrade this tour to a fully accompanied one, with a second driver in a van with space for up to 7 / 14 participants. In this charming mountain village, we lunch on hearty regional specialties, accompanied by exceptional views over Galicia. We remount the bikes to follow a route through Atlantic forests scattered with small villages, to arrive at Samos. Samos means in ancient languages “place to retire”. This name derives from it’s III c. A.D. monastery that presides the village and the water stream at it’s feet. We stay and dine at the charming family run hotel A Veiga. A Veiga is known to serve the best meat in the region by far.
73 km (45 miles) | 960 m (2800 ft)
Today’s ride takes us trough a typical Galician landscape: green fields and apple fields, small old villages and Romanesque chapels that show you the Way. We follow the stream on a shady small regional road that takes us to Sarria. Sarria marks the last 100 KM to Santiago de Compostela. To be eligible for the Compostelana (the Pilgrim’s Certificate in Santiago), a walking pilgrim will have to walk at least these 100 km. A biker needs to fulfill at least twice that distance. We’ll have taken on almost 5 times that distance by the time of our arrival in Santiago de Compostela. On our way, we’ll ride by Castro Maior, a fortified settlement overlooking the Miño river. Inhabited from the IV c. b.C. till the I c. A.D., it’s carved structure makes it a unique example of a settlement of the ancient regional civilizations. The Miño River was damned at Puertomarín, fluding the old village. During the Franco era, the fantastic Romanesque church was taken out of the valley, saved from the water and rebuild stone by stone in the center of the new village. Close to Mellide, we will ride by mini bus (25 km) to our hotel in Arzúa, 5 km further south to the village in the country side: a Pazo de Brandeso. Here you can relax in this spacious traditional grand-land-house transformed into a hotel, fully inmersed in nature, before our short last ride tomorrow to Santiago de Compostela. Arzúa is famous for its soft and creamy cow cheese.
42 km (27 miles) | 511 m (1677 ft)
We cycle the final 42 km of the Camino. Like all pilgrims do since 1200 years, we’ll en-joy the first glimpse of the cathedral from the Mount of Joy, just before entering the city. This final day of our pilgrimage is short but challenging – four hours cycling ending in Santiago at the Pórtico de la Gloria (Façade of Glory) by the cathedral – an unforgettable view. We proceed to the Pilgrim’s office, where you collect your official document: a fine certificate confirming that you have completed the pilgrimage. Our accommodation is at the Hotel Palacio del Carmen. Santiago de Compostela is historically one of the three most important pilgrimage-cities in the world, with Jerusalem and Rome, and still welcomes pilgrims from all over the world to this day. Our hotel is centrally located, convenient for exploring the streets and bars of the historic centre. Later, we dine together to celebrate our having successfully completed the cycling pilgrimage adventure together.
If you want us to arrange for a longer stay in Santiago de Compostela, for a ride back to Madrid, for further excursions around Galicia, do not hesitate to contact us about this.
We offer the best rated Madrid City Tours. And of Madrid’s surroundings (Segovia, Toledo, Aranjuez and the wine region of Madrid) as optional DAY TOURS. This would be a very beautiful way of wrapping-up your bike tour in Spain.
Getting to Burgos (Departure Point)
Your trip begins in Burgos, northern Spain.
The most convenient airports are Madrid (MAD) and Bilbao (BIO). Barcelona (BCN) is also an option, though travel takes longer.
Travel times to Burgos: Madrid (~2–2.5 hours by train, bus, or car); Bilbao (~1.5–2 hours by car or bus); Barcelona (~5–7 hours by train or car).
We recommend arriving the day before departure. The exact meeting point and final details will be shared after your request.
How to book this tour
We require a deposit of 10% of the tour price per person upon reservation, final payment 6 weeks before departure.
Included
- 8 nights accommodation in high standard hotels hotels.
- Daily luggage transport between hotels.
- Reinforced continental breakfasts, buffet breakfasts in 4-star hotels and Paradores.
- 7 x sitting lunches with traditional Spanish set menu, including drinks
- Dinners except León (D3) and Astorga (D4). No drinks included.
- Bilingual tour guide / local expert, speaking Spanish, English, French and German (on request only).
- Support vehicle, driver providing full technical support.
- Snacks and beverages along the Camino.
- Hundreds of photos to browse through when you’ve finished the tour (we’ll be documenting everything from the moment we start the ride).
- All applicable taxes.
Not Included
- Travel to Spain and transportation to the tour start point.
- All lunches and dinners not mentioned above and any personal expenses.
- Two dinners not included (6 dinners included).
- Any transfers.
- Rental bicycles
- Support van for personal transport
– please request a quote. - Tips and any personal expenses
- Travel insurance
- Anything not specifically mentioned under “Included”
Accomodation
Carefully selected to ensure comfort, quality, and a relaxing and unforgettable journey.
Accommodation is carefully selected, combining elegant 4–5-star hotels, historic properties, and charming boutique guesthouses along the Camino de Santiago. Each stay offers comfort, character, and a genuine connection to the landscapes and heritage of northern Spain.
As an example, you may stay at one of Spain’s Paradores, historic properties that combine traditional architecture, local character, and modern comforts, offering a distinctive and comfortable experience along the Camino de Santiago.
Check available options
Departures & Prices
Choose the option that best fits your schedule and start planning your cycling journey.
Prices are per person in a double room for 2027
Departure daily from May 1st to November 15th.
Bear in mind that the months of July and August are quite crowded on the Camino/ the Way and temperatures are much higher.
2027
PREMIUM Accomodation
May – Nov
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3250€
Supplements on request
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+675€ Single Supplement
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Trek eBike or Road bike
Below you’ll find essential information about our bike rental options.
Trek E-Bike
+290€
Road bike
+220€
+50€
New helmet in all sizes
+20€
Rear pannier
(12kg | 26lbs cap. each)
Front handlebar bag included when possible (not available on e-bikes)
BIKES
We offer a carefully selected range of bicycles to suit different riding styles and preferences.
Each bike is well-maintained and ready to ensure an unforgettable journey.
Merida Crossway Hybride Bike 27 Gears
Aluminium frame, front suspension, 27-speed (triple crankset)
Sizes Available: S, M, L (similar in XL)
Trek Road Bike
Carbon frame, Shimano 105 components
Sizes Available: 54
Orbea Road Bike
Aluminium frame, Shimano 105 components
Sizes Available: 54
Trek e-bike Verve 4 Plus
Aluminium frame, front suspension, 9-speed, disc brakes, electric assist.
Sizes Available: S, M, L, XL