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Camino for Families

Plan a Family Camino

One of our favourite Camino de Santiago trips to organise is a family Camino. This is because we help families to forge precious memories with one another that will last a lifetime. There are many types of families and combinations of family members who walk the Camino together. Whether it is parents or a solo parent walking with their children, spending time with cousins, father-son and mother-daughter bonding, or grandparents taking their grown-up children – the Camino is for all types of families!

A walk on the Camino de Santiago offers a unique family bonding experience. You get to spend as many days as you like walking, exploring, and spending time with each other.

For parents, this offers an excellent opportunity to connect with your children. For children, it is an adventure where they can learn about the world and see their parents in a new way. Siblings can grow apart as they get older, and the Camino can bring you back together. Cousins ​​can share a holiday with a difference on this pilgrimage through Spain, with plenty of stories to tell.

We are also seeing an increase in skip-gen family holidays on the Camino, grandparents taking their grandchildren on holidays (or the other way around!). These trips are a wonderful experience. Grandparents can spend more time with their grandkids, and parents get some time off.

No matter what size or shape your family is there are options on the Camino de Santiago for you. Additionally, we have shorter walking days options for younger kids, older people, and people with mobility challenges. We can arrange bicycles too if you’d like to change up your active family holiday!

Organise a unique family reunion on the Camino. It will be a family holiday you will never forget!

Why Choose Follow the Camino for Your Family Holiday?

We are the original Camino Tour Company

We have been leading the way in Camino de Santiago tour planning since 2007. Follow the Camino was the first tour operator on the Way of Saint James and our team has decades of experience between them. Our team have walked thousands of kilometres of the Way across Spain, Portugal, and France.

We know our stuff.

We have planned hundreds of family Camino de Santiago holidays

Over the last decade, our team has planned thousands of Camino itineraries for every type of group. They have come from all over the world and had all types of families. We have planned pilgrimage itineraries for each of them – and they have loved them!

That is why our reviews are so great and our ratings are so high. You can read them on TripAdvisorFacebook, and Google.

We know all of our suppliers and know what they offer for families

Our team gets to know the accommodation and service providers that we use along the Camino de Santiago. That means that we can pick the best options for your family group. Whether you are looking for places that have extra activities for the kids or super comfy rooms for the grandparents – we know who to ask.

We also try to work with a lot of smaller businesses – so we are supporting family businesses as well!

We customise all our Camino itineraries to each family group’s unique needs

Every single Camino holiday that we plan is customised. Your dedicated Camino Planner will learn about your family so that they can create the ideal trip for you. They can add extra rest and exploring days, recommend the best route, and make bookings a breeze. If you need anything extra – they know all the best additional experiences and upgrades too!

From planning short walking days and bag transfers to recommending ice cream stops – we have you covered on your family Camino.

Following the Portuguese coast around to the Vigo estuary on this section you will get the opportunity to stay in the beautiful coastal cities of Baiona and Vigo before rejoining the traditional Camino Portuguese from Redondela to Santiago de Compostela. With a mixture of beaches, forests, and towns there will be much to keep your kids entertained along! If you would like to spend a few extra days in Santiago after this trip, we can arrange an apartment option.

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Following the coastline for the first few days you then move inland to follow the traditional route to Santiago from Redondela.

For those who would like to do the famous Last 100km of the French Way from Sarria to Santiago but covers less km per day, the Camino Frances Short Walking Days package is ideal for you. You will still experience the beauty of the Camino while taking it all in at your own pace. Once you reach Santiago de Compostela, you can head for the magnificent cathedral and claim your Pilgrim Certificate (Compostela).

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Most popular section of the Camino, hilly with many shaded sections. Guaranteed to meet people.

Have your walking days shortened and still experience the Last 100km of the Camino Portugues. The Camino Portugues gently winds along ancient paths, running through woodlands, villages, farmlands, vineyards, and historic towns. With these shorter walking days, you will have many chances to explore at your leisure and enjoy your time. You can still receive your certificate of completion upon arrival in Santiago de Compostela.

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Gentle terrain that gets gradually hillier as you approach Santiago de Compostela.

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The Camino Frances is a pilgrimage from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France over the Pyrenees and across the north of Spain to Santiago de Compostela and the tomb of St James. Passing through famous Spanish towns and cities such as Pamplona, Burgos, Leon and Ponferrada, you have plenty of opportunity to enjoy the unique culture of this region. The walk will have you traversing varying landscapes from the mountainous Pyrenees, to the flat plateau of Northern Spain to the undulating hilly landscape of Galicia. To complete the full Camino Frances' length you need to have a reasonable level of fitness and also more than a month free to give you the time to walk and incorporate a few rest days along the way.

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The most iconic route the Camino Frances has a variety of terrain, hilly, flat and never boring!

This route is the starting point of the Camino Frances. It begins in France at the town of St-Jean-Pied-de-Port and finishes in Pamplona, the town famous for its ‘Running of the Bulls’ festival in San Fermin each July, described by Ernest Hemingway in his novel The Sun Also Rises. At first, it follows the Route de Napoleon over the Roncesvalles Pass (at an elevation of 1,500m) into the Basque country, and then crosses into more gentle terrain in the great region of Navarra.

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Napoleon Route forbidden from the 1st November to the 1st April. Alternative route via Valcarols must be taken.

Starting in the mountain-hugging town of Ponferrada and finishing in Santiago de Compostela, this section crosses both the Castilla y Leon and Galicia regions. Leaving the mediaeval city of Ponferrada, this Camino crosses the magnificent O’Cebreiro Mountains before heading towards the heart of Galicia and its lush green hills. This section can be physically demanding and requires a good level of fitness, but it is also a highly rewarding leg of the Camino, offering beautiful landscapes and numerous cultural sights. Our cycling packages are not suitable for novice bike riders – your bike will come presented in a box which you need to be able to assemble yourself. You will also need to be familiar with fixing a flat tyre / loose chain. The cycling tour packages are aimed at experienced riders.

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