Most people who book a Camino group tour don’t know a single person in the group when they sign up. They’ve decided they want to do this (really do it) but the idea of going completely alone feels like one uncertainty too many. So they choose a departure date, pack their bag, and show up at the starting point hoping for the best.
What tends to happen is this: by the end of the first day, they’ve already learned three people’s names and how they take their coffee. By day three, someone in the group has made everyone laugh so hard they had to stop walking. By the last stage into Santiago, there are people in that group they’ll stay in touch with for years.
We’ve watched it happen hundreds of times. It never gets old.
Our group tours are designed around that dynamic (small groups, fixed departure dates, a shared route, and everything organised so the only decision you need to make each morning is how early you want to start walking). When enough people join the same departure, an experienced bilingual guide walks with you the whole way: not to herd the group from A to B, but to tell you what you’re actually looking at: the history behind the village you just passed through, the legend carved into that roadside cross, the reason Galicia tastes the way it does.
We’ve been doing this since 2006. These are the five tours we’re most proud to offer.
Our 3 Best-Selling Guided Group Tours
1. Camino Portugués from Oia to Santiago de Compostela
- Route: Oia → Baiona → Vigo → Pontevedra → Caldas de Reis → Padrón → Santiago de Compostela x 2
- Duration: 9 days / 8 nights
- Distance: 143 km
- Difficulty: Moderate
Year after year, this is our most booked guided group tour, and it’s not hard to understand why. Starting in Oia, a quiet coastal village perched above the Atlantic, the Camino Portugués Coastal opens with views that stay with you long after you’ve reached Santiago.
The route follows the Galician coastline south to north, passing through the medieval fortress town of Baiona (where the Pinta docked in 1493, the first ship to bring news of Columbus’s discovery of the Americas) before turning inland through Vigo, Redondela, and the elegant city of Pontevedra. The final stages carry you through Caldas de Reis and Padrón, the town where tradition holds that Saint James’s body first arrived in Galicia, before the last beautiful day’s walk into Santiago de Compostela.
It’s the ideal balance: enough days to settle into the pilgrim rhythm, enough distance to earn your Compostela, and a route that combines coastal drama with classic Galician countryside.
2. Camino Francés from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela
- Route: Sarria → Portomarín → Palas de Rei → Melide → Arzúa → Rúa → Santiago de Compostela x 2
- Duration: 9 days / 8 nights
- Distance: 113.5 km
- Difficulty: Moderate
The Camino Francés is the world’s most iconic pilgrimage route, and the stretch from Sarria to Santiago is where that magic is most concentrated. Starting here gives you the full experience (including the 100 km minimum required to earn your Compostela) without needing to take weeks off work.
You arrive in Sarria on day one, settle in, and the next morning the Camino begins properly: shaded oak woods, quiet country roads, and the Romanesque church at Barbadelo appearing around a bend as if it’s been waiting for you specifically. From there the route carries you through Portomarín (a town literally rebuilt stone by stone after a reservoir flooded the original medieval village) past the calm of the Galician cemetery at Ligonde, and into Melide, where stopping for pulpo a feira isn’t optional, it’s practically a pilgrimage requirement. The arrival day into Santiago, with the spires of the Cathedral appearing through the eucalyptus trees above Monte do Gozo, is one of those moments that stays with people for a long time.
Nine days gives you enough time to genuinely settle into the rhythm of the Camino, and Santiago de Compostela.
3. Camino Portugués Inland from Tui to Santiago de Compostela
- Route: Tui → O Porriño → Arcade → Pontevedra → Caldas de Reis → Padrón → Santiago de Compostela x 2
- Duration: 9 days / 8 nights
- Distance: 117.7 km
- Difficulty: Moderate
Tui is one of the great starting points on the entire Camino network. The medieval walled city sits right on the Portuguese border, above the Miño River, and the moment you step out from the shadow of the 12th-century cathedral (one of the earliest examples of Gothic art in Spain) the Camino feels like it has already begun.
From Tui, the inland Camino Portugués carries you north through quintessential Galicia. The terrain is gentle and varied: pine and eucalyptus woodland, the wide calm of the Louro Valley, a Romanesque bridge at Arcade where Napoleon’s troops were defeated during the War of Independence, and the elegant pedestrian streets of Pontevedra, a city with one of the most beautiful historic centres in all of Galicia. You pass through the Albarino wine country on your way south to north, which means the regional wine that pairs so well with the local seafood is never far from hand.
The last main stop before Santiago is Padrón, where tradition holds that Saint James’s body arrived by boat from Jerusalem (and where the original mooring stone, the Pedrón, still sits beneath the altar of the Church of Santiago).
This is the most accessible of our three Camino Portugués tours in terms of price and logistics, and one of the most complete in terms of cultural depth. It works particularly well for groups with walkers of different fitness levels: the stages are manageable, the terrain is consistent, and there’s always something worth stopping for.
New Guided Group Experiences for 2026
Camino Primitivo: Oviedo to Lugo
- Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
- Distance: ~160 km
- Difficulty: Challenging
The oldest Camino in existence, crossing the mountains of Asturias into Galicia through landscapes you won’t find on any other route: high passes, ancient forests, remote villages, and long stretches of trail where you may walk for hours without seeing another soul. Ideal for returning pilgrims ready for something harder. Stamp your credential every day and you’ll qualify for the Compostela: from Lugo, travel to O Pedrouzo (public bus or private transfer) and walk the final 20 km into Santiago on your own.
Variante Espiritual + Wine Experience
- Duration: 7 days / 6 nights
- Distance: 138 km
- Difficulty: Moderate
The Spiritual Variant of the Camino Portugués from Vigo to Santiago, accompanied throughout by wine expert Amanda from The Boutique Adventurer, with vineyard visits, an exclusive bodega masterclass, a wine pairing on board the legendary two-hour boat crossing along the Ría de Arousa, and a farewell dinner inside Santiago’s Mercado de Abastos. The Camino for people who love to walk and eat and drink well while doing it.
Thinking About 2027? Holy Year guided groups are open for booking
2027 is a Holy Year (Año Santo Compostelano), declared whenever the feast of Saint James falls on a Sunday, which makes it one of the most significant years in the Camino’s history and the best time to walk it. Our 2027 guided group departures are already available, with limited places per group.
