Camino de Santiago:
YoCamino Travel
Personalized independent and accompanied Camino experiences, on and off the beaten path
Upcoming Trips
Fall 2025:
Portuguese Coastal Camino Guided Trip
Porto, Portugal to Pontevedra, Spain
September 28 to October 10
THIS TRIP IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.
We will walk the beautiful Portuguese coastal Camino de Santiago northward from Porto, making stops at beaches, fishing villages and the lovely town of Viana do Castelo. Then we take a boat across the estuary marking the Spanish border and continue on foot along the Atlantic shore to the large and bustling seaport of Vigo. We’ll spend a night along the way at the stunning Parador de Baiona, a converted old seafront palace in the beautiful coastal town of Baiona.
The walk ends in historic Pontevedra, whose green energy and urban planning strategies have made it one of Europe’s most livable and sustainable cities: much of the city center is car-free. And it’s beautiful too: its medieval core, whose extent is second only to that of Santiago de Compostela, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
12 nights, $1925 per person double occ.; $350 single suppl.
Spring 2026:
off the beaten track on the
Camino Vasco Interior
Bayonne FR to Burgos ES
Our inaugural off-the-track venture primarily aimed at more or less seasoned pilgrims seeking a unique, relatively relaxed and uncrowded Camino. This trip offers up-close perspectives and engagement with the Basque community, whose ancient and beautiful heartland we will be traversing.
We begin in France, in the medieval yet modern cathedral city of Bayonne and its lovely nearby beach-cum-border town, Hendaye. The walk takes us from the Spanish border through the foothills of the Atlantic Pyrenees to the Basque political capital Vitoria-Gasteiz, and onward through the wine lands of La Rioja to our final destination: the magnificent old city of Burgos.
mid-April/early May, 11 to 14 nights FURTHER DETAILS TBA
Top: Santa María Gate, Burgos
Center: Basque village house (Ziga)
Bottom: Venta de Belate, Camino de Baztán
¿Por qué caminar? Why walk?
Twelve years ago I got myself a Camino Francés guidebook and took a train to León, excessively outfitted and unsure what to expect. I intended to walk the 300 kilometers/200 miles to Santiago de Compostela. Everyone has their own reasons for walking the Camino. And why not walk it? People have been doing just that for over a thousand years, so who am I to argue with a tradition like that? It was beautiful, historically rich, I met kind and interesting people, I walked alone for many meditative miles. It rained, of course, but I was hooked.
I’ve been exploring the ancient walking ways to Santiago since then, of which there are surprisingly many, winding their way across the peninsula always toward Compostela. The French Way, Camino Francés, is only the best known and most heavily traveled; there are many others connecting all corners of Spain and Portugal to Santiago. Underfoot, the dirt paths, medieval cobblestones and Roman paving slabs remind us that humans not unlike us have trod these paths for many centuries.
Camino Francés, Oct 2013 León to Santiago
Camino Frances, Apr 2018 León to Santiago
Camino Francés, Oct 2019 Pamplona to Burgos
Camino Aragonés, Oct 2022 Somport FR to Burgos
Camino Francés Oct 2022 Burgos to León
Via de la Plata, Apr 2023 Mérida to Santiago
Camino Baztán, Sep 2023 Bayonne FR to Pamplona
Camino del Norte, Oct 2023 Hendaye FR to Oviedo
Camino Portugues Interior May 2024 Viseu PT to Ourense
Camino Francés Oct 2024 León/Villafranca del Bierzo to Santiago
Via de la Plata, Mar-Apr 2025 Sevilla-Mérida/Cáceres
Camino Mozárabe, Apr-May 2025 Quéntar/Granada to Córdoba
Camino Portugués de la Costa, Sep-Oct 2025 Porto PT to Pontevedra
Our Services
Planning and organizing independent walks/pilgrimages for individuals and small groups
Planning, organizing and leading guided walks/pilgrimages for small groups (>10)
Services include route planning, information on reaching the starting point and leaving the endpoint, accommodations reservations, arranging bag transport en route, itinerary maps and detailed descriptions, and troubleshooting responsiveness. Air travel, interpreting services and meals/drinks not included.
Guided walks are fully accompanied by an experienced bilingual leader, a former academic with deep knowledge of the history of the Camino and of the Iberian peninsula as well as of contemporary Spanish politics and culture.
