Booking Information

Book Your Walking Holiday

booking procedure.

Please fill in our online booking form or call us on 01242 254353 if calling from the UK or 44 1242 254353 from outside the UK with your initial enquiries. We will send you a detailed booking form by email.

You may simply purchase one of the packages as listed in the Pilgrimages section, or one tailored to your requirements. We will check availability according to the date requested. We will then require a deposit to confirm the booking.

Full payment will be required no later than 6 weeks before departure . All accommodation details and maps etc. will be forwarded upon final payment.

Accommodation

For our packages listed under 'Pilgrimage Holidays' we use small hotels and guest houses throughout. All rooms will have private bathrooms. The average standard would approximate to 1 and 2*. Dinner is generally included in the price and where it is not (usually because there is a wide variety of options in the town in question), this is mentioned in the text. The Via Francigena may occasionally make use of a hostel but private facilities will be used where possible. Upgrades may be requested in certain places - please ask.

In Spain, it is possible to book a 'Parador', which is comfortable - sometimes luxurious - accommodation located in somewhere special that is filled with history - from old manor-houses to former monasteries and medieval castles, all converted into comfortable hotels. There are some 90 of these hotels across Spain, including several along, or close to, the Camino Frances on the Way of St. James of Compostela.

Ryanair

Ryanair fly to Santiago de Compostela and several other destinations along the route, please ask.

www.ryanair.com

Easyjet

Easyjet fly to Toulouse, Biarritz, Santander Bilbao, Asturias Oviedo, and Madrid, Rome and Elsewhere.

http://www.easyjet.com

Flybe

Flybe currently serve Bergerac, Toulouse and Perpignan from Birmingham; Bordeaux, Bergerac, Toulouse and Perpignan from Southampton; and Bordeaux, Bergerac and Toulouse from Bristol.

http://www.flybe.com

Vueling

Vueling is a Spanish airline that flies from London Heathrow to La Coruna (good for the last stage). It also offers good internal Spanish flights

www.vueling.com

TRAIN

Raileurope

For bookings from London to all destinations

www.raileurope.com

SNCF

All French national rail timetables (including connections via Eurostar), with the facility for buying tickets. (See also the next link.)

www.sncf.com

SNCF English

The new UK TGV website enables you to book your TGV journey along with your connections across the European rail network, including Eurostar.

http://www.sncf.co.uk

RENFE

Complete Spanish rail network, expresses and regional, timetables from anywhere to anywhere, fares and you can even book tickets.

http://horarios.renfe.es

FEVE

To return slowly along the north coast, take the narrow-guage FEVE railway from Ferrol via Oviedo and Santander to Bilbao.

http://www.feve.es

BUS

Eurolines

From London's Victoria Coach Station, serves both Bayonne (from where there's a regular train service to St Jean Pied-de-Port) and Santiago. Extensive Service throughout Europe.

http://www.eurolines.com

ALSA

Gives all the ALSA bus services in Spain, and allows you to buy tickets.