Day 1 : Burgos
After meeting you at your hotel we'll travel to the city of Burgos, founded in 884 and one of the key communities along the Camino de Santiago. After fitting the bikes and having a chance to walk around the city, we’ll have dinner in a restaurant facing the Cathedral. We’ll also get our Pilgrim Credentials – the all-important document that shows our pilgrim progress – at the main pilgrim hostel in Burgos. Get ready to get holy and rolling!.

Day 2 : Carrión de los Condes 43 km
After breakfast we’ll take the van and head to the village of Castrojeriz, where we’ll begin the day’s cycling. We’ll cross the twelfth-century Fitero bridge, which guided pilgrims across the Pisuerga River; head through Frómista, with its Spanish Romanesque architecture; and go through several other charming villages before stopping for the evening in Carrión de los Condes. Carrión is the final resting place of Saint Zoilus (Zolio in Spanish), who was executed at Cordoba under Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). His relics have been enshrined, along with those of nineteen other martyrs, in the twelfth-century Renaissance Benedictine monastery of San Zoilo de Carrion

Day 3 : Léon 43 km
From Carrión de los Condes, we’ll ride to the town of Sahagún. Known as the “Spanish Cluny” for its association with King Alfonso the Sixth, who worked to reform the Church in Castile. Considering its small size, Sahagún contains some of the most important Arab-influenced churches in Castile. After having lunch in Sahagún, we’ll travel by van to the historic city of León, founded in 68BC and home to the cathedral with the most beautiful stained glass windows in Spain. We’ll spend the late afternoon visiting the cathedral, wandering around the atmospheric streets of the Barrio Húmedo (renowned for some of the best tapas bars in Castile).

Day 4 : Villafranca 35 km
The serious climbing begins after our van transfer from León to Astorga. After visiting Astorga’s cathedral, pilgrim’s hospital and Episcopal Palace (designed and built by Antoni Gaudí) we’ll take to the road and ride to the highest point on the Camino a gradual climb of 800 metres/2,624 feet. Of course, the great part about that is the 12 kilometre downhill ride that follows as we head into the town of Ponferrada! After visiting the Templar Castle in Ponferrada, we’ll travel by van to the town of Villafranca del Bierzo, where we’ll stay in a converted monastery.

Day 5 : Portomarín 60 km
Though the climb on Day four is the highest on the Camino, it isn’t necessarily the toughest – Camino fanatics all agree that the worst climb is the ascent to O Cebreiro, which we’ll do by minivan. After visiting the restored village and its mountaintop chapel (with astounding views if the skies are clear) we’ll get on the bikes and enjoy the 23 kilometre-long descent into Triacastela. We’ll ride through (and visit) the Monastery of Saint Julian in Samos, and follow back country roads through pine and eucalyptus forests through to Sarria (where we’ll break for lunch) and Portomarín, which sits on the banks of the Miño River and which was moved and rebuilt in the mid-50s to make way for a power dam.

Day 6 : Santiago Compostela 38 km
The final day of the tour is short but stiff. After a quick van transfer to the town of Arzúa, we’ll bike the final kilometres through rolling countryside, past the Lavacolla hill (where pilgrims would tidy themselves up before reaching Santiago) and the Monte do Gozo, where, in medieval times, pilgrims would catch their first glimpses of the Cathedral of Santiago. From there it’s a quick ride into Santiago itself, where we’ll wind through the narrow streets to reach the Praza do Obradoiro, home of both the Cathedral of Santiago and the Parador, the former Palace of the Catholic Kings. In the evening we’ll have a fairwell dinner and a walk through the lamplit streets of the Old Town.

Day 7 : Departure
After breakfast, we'll return to Madrid by van.