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7 days / 6 nights accommodation
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Luggage transfer during the stages
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Complete documentation
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Pilgrim’s Credential
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Free scallop and pilgrim’s t-shirt
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Travel insurance
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1 FREE Teacher for every 20 students
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MP (Breakfast and dinner)
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Travel Itinerary
Arrival in Sarria, welcome meeting, handing out of credentials and gifts, first night of accommodation. This is the moment to explain to the students how this school trip will work during the French Way.
After spending the first night in Sarria, the students will begin to share emotions and reflections on the journey that awaits them. Early in the morning, after breakfast, you will head for Portomarín. 24 km of nature await you, where the color green will accompany you throughout the Camino. You will pass through rural areas full of pastures and small villages, crossing forests and small rivers.
The religious heritage is the protagonist in this stage, the Romanesque churches of Ferreiros and Barbadelos are real treasures that deserve a visit. Along the way they will be stamping their credentials, socializing with each other and with the first pilgrims, with whom they will later become familiar as they will share with them many of the stages of their Camino.
Around midday they will cross the bridge over the river Miño and arrive at Portomarín, the village flooded by the Belesar reservoir. If you do your Camino in autumn, you can still see the remains of the old village.
After climbing the steps of the Roman bridge that leads to the Chapel of As Neves and going up to the village square, you will see the spectacular Romanesque Church of San Nicolás, moved stone by stone next to the Church of San Pedro from the old village.
After dinner, time to sleep and regain strength for the next stage.
On this day, after getting up early, washing up and picking up their backpacks, many will already feel the weight of their first kilometres in their legs. Once breakfast has been eaten, the teachers or guides will be able to make a short presentation or introduction to the stage ahead, where they will be able to exchange opinions, resolve doubts, and stretch to prevent injuries during the Camino.
In this stage they will combine road and mountain for 25 km of route. After climbing some slopes, it is worth taking a detour a few metres to visit the Castromaior hillfort, one of the most important archaeological sites from the Iron Age in the northwest of the peninsula, which bears witness to the Celtic past of the Galician community. Given its excellent state of preservation, the walled enclosure, the moats and the layout of part of the castro are recognisable.
In the village of Portos, huge ants will welcome you and invite you to rest and have a snack. From here you can visit the Monastery and the Church of Vilar de Donas, declared a National Monument in 1931 and linked to the famous Order of the Knights of Santiago and the Templars.
Once in Palas de Rei, after having lunch and settling into their accommodation, the students will have the whole afternoon free to rest and share with their classmates and teachers their feelings, experiences and reflections on these days of coexistence.
Once they have said good morning, packed up and had breakfast, the pupils will set off for Arzúa, a town known for its famous cheese. At this stage the first blisters and small injuries usually appear, so we recommend you to make sure you have a good first aid kit before leaving Palas de Rei. Today will be above all a day of effort, overcoming and companionship, as it is also the longest stage: 29 kilometres separate them from their destination.
More or less at midday you will arrive in Melide, halfway along the way you can take the opportunity to taste the famous Galician octopus.
All this effort will be rewarded when you reach Ribadiso de Abaixo, where you can swim in the river and enjoy the beautiful scenery and magical surroundings.
Once in Arzúa, the mind and body will need to rest, so it is usually a quiet afternoon. You can take the opportunity to visit the church and again share opinions and experiences as a group.
(There is the possibility of splitting this stage in two, spending the night in Melide, ask for more information).
After the daily routine, after the assembly or presentation of the stage, the young people will head to O Pedrouzo. This stage is a little smoother than the previous ones, up and down between small villages, streams and eucalyptus forests, the latter becoming more and more present as you get closer to the Galician capital. You will also be in luck, today your feet will hardly suffer: you will walk on well-kept tracks, with flat and comfortable terrain, finding plenty of bars, shops and places to rest.
There is less time left to finish the trip and we are already beginning to take stock of the journey; boys and girls discover how, with each kilometer walked, little by little they have been filling their backpack with experiences, reflections, new friendships, dropping doubts and concerns along the way and perhaps picking up new ones that will accompany them for many more kilometers on other different roads.
Today is, for many, the most special stage of all. The day will begin with overflowing excitement and joy for all. One last effort and you will reach Santiago de Compostela.
As this is a relatively short and easy stage, we recommend getting up a little earlier than usual to arrive on time for the pilgrim’s mass and make the most of the day in Santiago.
On arriving at Monte do Gozo, students will discover the reason for the name of this place: the tingling in the belly, that pleasant sensation that will invade them when they see the towers of the Cathedral in the distance, closer and closer.
As you descend into the city, blisters, injuries, tiredness, etc. They will disappear until they vanish completely in the most magical moment of the whole way: The entrance to the Plaza del Obradoiro. Hugs, tears, joy for arriving and sadness for ending, a unique moment that will remain engraved in everyone’s memory forever. So just enjoy it.
After embracing the Apostle, they cannot forget to collect their Compostelas at the Pilgrim’s Office after handing in the credentials they have been stamping all along the Way; this is the Diploma of the effort, deserved by each and every one of them.
Finally, you can take advantage of the afternoon to stroll through the majestic old town and enjoy your last day as pilgrims.
Free day to visit Santiago de Compostela. After leaving the lodge our services are over.
A day of farewells, the end of a journey and the beginning of many, is what we always say to our pilgrims. Today girls and boys will wake up with one more road in their lives; but not a road of kilometers, but a road of experiences: a road in which emotions and feelings have been splashing them, without realizing it, at every step they took, a road that invited them to stop, to see everything that goes unnoticed in their daily lives, to see what could be improved, to reflect and to be better people. A path that will be projected in their lives and will give them the opportunity to continue walking free towards their own goals.
This is the end of your school trip on the French Way.
Map of the Way
Type of accommodation
In private hostels in Sarria
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Services included
Optional Services
Service | In private hostels in Sarria |
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Full board supplement | 90€ per person |
Extra night in Santiago de Compostela | 25€ per person |
24 hour accompanying monitor | Consult |
Transportation from the school | Consult |
Full board supplement | ||
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In private hostels in Sarria | 90€ per person | |
Extra night in Santiago de Compostela | ||
In private hostels in Sarria | 25€ per person | |
24 hour accompanying monitor | ||
In private hostels in Sarria | Consult | |
Transportation from the school | ||
In private hostels in Sarria | Consult | |
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