Explore Camino Frances the most famous route to Santiago de Compostela
Across Castilla y Leon province, enjoying the sunshine & the magnificent scenery.
Induldge yourself in rooms en-suite in selected hotels in along the way and enjoy a high level of comfort.
Time travel along 1000 years of history and meet people from every horizon

The French Way is the most traditional of all the pilgrims' ways to Santiago and the best known internationally.

5th section of the Camino Frances. Starting from Sahagun, a medieval town renowned for its architecture, and finishing in Leon, one of the greatest cities in Spain. The Camino crosses the vast Castilian Plateau (900m), and its wealthy villages.

At each stage, you are guaranteed a great level of comfort and gastronomy. The trail marking is extremely well done with the “Scallop Shell” showing you the way. The walk requires a good physical condition. However, it’s a highly rewarding walk including numerous great cultural highlights

Day 1 - Sahagun
You will be pre-booked in a traditional hotel in the heart of the town.

Town: ATM, Shops, all facilities. Accommodation: 4* hotel in the centre of the town, en suite

DAY 2 – Sahagun to El Burgos Ranero (5h, 17km, +100, -20m)
In Sahagun, you will leave "Tierra del Campo" behind, moving on through the cereal and grain-covered plateaux of Leon. This part of the countryside is also characterised by small valleys and riverbeds which began life when water started collecting in the rocky surface of the terrain, and remained there due to the high amount of clay lying deeper underground.

Town: small village, shops Hotel: 1* hotel family-run, en-suite Meal: Breakfast, 3 Course dinner

DAY 3 – El Burgos Ranero to Mansilla de las Mullas (5h15, 19km, -100m)
Going down from the plateau towards the capital of the province, Leon, you pass the first lovely village of Reliegos, and then downwards to the river Grande and Esla. En-route we will have the chance to take the "via Traiana", another route to Santiago this time starting in Bordeaux, France.

Town: Very small village. There is only couple of house + your hotel + 1 bar +1 restaurant... great fun! Hotel: 1* hotel, en-suite Meal: Breakfast, 3 Course dinner

DAY 4 – Mansilla de las Mullas to Leon (5h, 17km, +130m -90m)
You will continue alongside land that has been set aside for irrigated crop growing, before seeing the first signs of industrial activity up ahead. From Portillo Hill you will be able to make out the beautiful city of Leon.

Town: ATM, Shops, all facilities. Hotel: 3* hotel in a 16th C. monastery. unforgetable! Meal: Breakfast

DAY 5 – Leon, end of the trip
After breakfast we bid you farewell.

We recommend you to visit Leon, a former Roman encampment, now a large town. The historic center is well preserved and worth visiting. Over the course of time, León became the capital of the kingdom in the Middle Ages, a historic enclave on the Pilgrim's Road to Santiago de Compostela. Not to Miss: The Pulchra Leonina (the "Sistine Chapel" of Spanish architecture) & the old "Hospital de San Marcos".

Meal: Breakfast

• Luggage transfered from Hotel to hotel
• Rooms en-suite
• Half-Board during the hike
• Detailed Walking Notes
• Map
• Pilgrim passport

• Flights
• Insurance
• Drinks
• Dinner 1st and last nights