Short Walks on the Spanish Camino for Non-Walkers

Historic Sites, Great Food, and Wonderful Hotels

Come experience the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain

September 26 to October 4, 2025

This tour is designed for those drawn to the Camino de Santiago but who don’t feel they’re up to a full walk on the Camino. Instead, we offer you a trip across Northern Spain along the Camino path, but one where you can walk just a few miles a day (or indeed, not walk at all).

History is a major theme of this tour and we’ll stay in rooms in renovated historic hotels along the way, including monasteries, pilgrim hospitals, and manor houses. And of course we’ll be visiting many places of historical significance.

This trip is also structured to be at an even higher luxury level than other Travel Fever Tours trips as we stay mostly in 4-star hotels and eat very well.

We will begin our journey in Pamplona, not far from the Pyrenees and the French border. We’ll work our way across northern Spain until we come to Santiago de Compostela, the end point of all the Camino routes that snake across Europe.

Each day you’ll have the option to walk a short stretch along the Camino, a stretch that we’ll specifically select for the group. We’ll spend the rest of the day visiting historic sites along the route, including cathedrals, castles, and even Roman ruins.  You’ll have time to explore on your own in the afternoon before we settle down to an excellent dinner.

More about this Tour

Pilgrims from all over Europe have been walking the Camino for well over a thousand years and today it attracts visitors from all over the world.

We will stay in small towns and small cities along the Camino route, all linked by the common heritage of hosting pilgrims as they travel along the Camino. We'll visit the cities of Burgos and Leon, known for their cathedrals and popular downtown areas.

In the mornings, while you’re fresh, you’ll have a chance to walk a section of the Camino yourself. We’ll select the flat, easy-walking sections for you; ones that we know to be particularly picturesque. We will visit ancient churches, castles, and monasteries. We'll add in wine tasting in the La Rioja region, village plazas, and parks. Local guides will share the history with you, while also sharing information about their own lives in Spain.

Our hotels will place you in history itself, as we stay in renovated Paradors and other historic structures.  And we’ll eat quite well. Breakfasts will be in our hotels. Some dinners will also be at our hotel when the restaurant has been well reviewed. Otherwise, we’ll eat at other great restaurants a short walk from the hotel. Lunches will include picnics and village cafes.

Our journey will end in Santiago de Compostela. We’ll stay two nights there so you have plenty of time for a walking tour with a guide, visit the cathedral, attend a pilgrim’s mass, visit a public market, and generally soak in this historic city.

This is a great way to be part of the Camino without needing to walk 500 miles. We do hope you’ll join us.

September 26 to October 4, 2025
Cost: $4450
Maximum group size: 12

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See below for more about this trip’s cost and other details.

Trip Details

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  • September 26 to October 4, 2025 (8 nights - 9 days)

    Costs:

    • Total cost of the tour: $4550

    • Supplement for single occupancy: $575

    • Deposit required to reserve a place on the tour: $450

    (Places in the tour are limited to 12 and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend that you reserve your place early, as this trip is expected to be popular.)

    Payment schedule:

    • $450 deposit. The deposit is refundable through May 15, 2025.

    • $2050 initial payment (Due May 15, 2025)

    • $2050 final payment (Due July 15, 2025)

    All payments are refundable if we need to cancel the trip due to government restrictions or unsafe travel conditions.

    ** Earn a $300 discount when you bring or refer a friend.

  • What’s included in the cost of the trip:

    • You will be met at arrival at a designated airport and escorted back to the designated airport at the close of the trip. Pickup and dropoff will be within specific windows.

    • Guided short walks on the Camino with an experienced guide

    • City walking tours with local guides

    • 8 nights lodging

    • 8 dinners, lunches and breakfasts

    • Transportation along the Camino route


    What’s not included:

    • Airfare

    • Any activity you undertake on your own (outside the group)

  • Our hotels have been chosen because of their historic nature and their comfort. This is a trip where we’ll both eat and sleep very well. The hotels are generally 4-star establishments.

    A list of hotels and links is found elsewhere on this web page.

  • A breakfast buffet will be available at the hotel each morning. For lunch we’ll stop at a local cafe or enjoy a picnic which we can eat along the Camino. Dinners will be at local restaurants or at our hotel each evening.

  • At the start or end of the trip, participants may opt to see other parts of Spain or Portugal. Indeed, all of Europe is in striking distance if you wish to arrive early or extend your trip.

    We can offer advice on how to customize an itinerary to expand your trip.

  • Your deposit is non-refundable after May 15, 2025 unless, of course, the trip is canceled for any reason by Travel Fever Tours. Natural disasters, political instability, or low enrollment would form the basis for canceling a trip. Other payments are not refundable once made.

    You will be contacted once the trip reaches minimum enrollment so that you can proceed with purchase of your flights and make other travel arrangements. In all cases, review of enrollment numbers will not take place any later than the date of the First Installment payment.

Why Travel the Camino

Pilgrims have walked Camino routes starting in all corners of Europe for over 1,000 years. The endpoint is Santiago de Compostela, which is also the endpoint of this Camino tour. We’ll spend two nights in Santiago at the end to enjoy the city and visit the cathedral.

The Camino was originally a religious pilgrimage. Walkers are still referred to as pilgrims, but at this time, few are walking for purely religious reasons. Some walk to consider a loss or weigh a life-changing decision.

We will travel nearly the entire length of the main Spanish Camino, and the distance we travel by van each day will be relatively modest. This will be a relaxed trip. We won’t be constantly getting in and out of the vans and we’ll be sure you have time on your own to explore, shop, or take a siesta.

Recent Trip Reviews

These reviews are from participants on other Camino tours.

“Every place we lodged was impeccably clean and welcoming and sometimes a breathtaking surprise for charm and living history.”
— Linda S
“This was a trip that I’ve wanted to take for many years. It was wonderful, meeting all my expectations.”
— Noel L
“We had the BEST group of travelers, delicious meals and very comfortable accommodations. Each evening was different and delightful!”
— Lois F

Where we will stay

Our hotels have been chosen because of their historic nature and their comfort. This is a trip where we’ll both eat and sleep very well. The hotels are generally 4-stay establishments and include:

What we will eat

Our dinners will be at wonderful restaurants along our route. Some will be at our Paradors and other hotels. Other meals will be at respected local restaurants.  Some restaurants include:

Breakfasts will be at our hotels and lunches will be en route, either at a café or as a picnic in a park. These well-stocked picnics have become a favorite among our Camino walkers. There’s nothing like a picnic with a view.

Transportation

Other than our modest walks, we’ll move from place to place in two eight-person vans with Travel Fever Tours drivers. This gives us the flexibility to go where and when we want, to be flexible, and to tailor the length of walks for those who want to walk less or more in a day.

You will fly into Pamplona airport (or arrive by train if you should wish to visit other parts of Spain prior to the trip). Departure will be from Santiago de Campostela, where we’ll finish our tour. From there you can catch a flight home or take a train or bus to see more of Spain or Portugal.

We will meet you at the airport and drop you back off, to make your travels as stress-free as possible.

Is this Trip for Me?

This tour is designed for those who wish to experience the Spanish Camino but don’t feel they have the stamina to walk all day. We will stay at hotels, right along the Camino, we will see many of the same sights that you’d see if you were walking all day, but you don’t have to walk all day.

For those who do wish to walk some, we’ll take the group to a 2-3 mile section of the path which we’ve selected because of ease and beauty. This will truly give you a full flavor of the Camino, but this walk is optional. You don’t need to walk unless you wish to.  And for those who want to walk a bit more, we’ll be able to make arrangements for you towards the end of most days.

We will have some walking tours of the larger cities we visit and we’ll be walking around cathedrals and other such places. We’ll have some stairs at hotels.  Sometimes the cobblestone sidewalks can be a bit uneven. So you’ll need to be on your feet. But again, this will be a very different tour than when the group walks all day long.

Contact Us if you have any questions about the difficulty of this trip.