Walk the Camino from Pamplona, Spain
The Pilgrimage Route from Pamplona to Santo Domingo, Spain
April 5 to 14, 2027
Join us for a guided Camino journey through northern Spain
We are again offering this walk along the Camino starting in Pamplona in Spring 2027. This is our favorite stretch in Spain and is especially good for those walking on the Camino for the first time.
For over 1,000 years pilgrims have walked the Camino from the French side of the Pyrenees across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela, near Spain’s western coast. While the path was originally for the deeply religious, today there are as many different reasons to walk as there are pilgrims.
Each day, you’ll follow a guide who will offer more context about the history of the Camino and provide tips & tricks for long-distance walking. And the reward for a long day on your feet is indulging in delicious tapas and drinking local wine.
We’ll spend the night in both small towns and small cities at comfortable hotels with private rooms and bathrooms. While most pilgrims sleep in dormitories, we prefer to have a hot shower and soft bed waiting for us each night in private rooms with private bathrooms.
A video gallery of photos from this stretch of the Camino in Spain.
This walk on the Camino is run together with the OSHER chapter at Boise State University.
From Pamplona to Santo Domingo
This walking tour will introduce you to the Camino by guiding you westward for 10 days, starting in Pamplona near the Camino’s start. To enable you to focus on your walking and the lovely scenery along the way, we have organized your lodging and planned your meals – and we will transport your bags each day to ease your load. Plus, we pick you up and drop you off at the airport to make your travels simple and easy.
The adventure starts in Pamplona, a fascinating, small Spanish city. While no bulls will be running in the streets in April, Pamplona offers much to see.
Over the following days, you can walk as much or as little as you would like. We can help you select the prettiest 5 mile section, or you can walk onward to the day’s endpoint which will normally be 10-12 miles. The decision is yours, and you can naturally decide along the way based on how you feel. Our van will be always available to coordinate snacks and lunch and we can pick up anyone, at any point, who has walked far enough for the day.
The entire Camino is nearly 500 miles and takes about 35 days. After your 10 days walking with us, you are free to continue further on your own, or you may wish to return in future years to tackle additional portions of the Camino.
Dates: April 5 to 14, 2027
Location: Northern Spain
Cost: $4350 (see below for details)
Maximum group size: 15
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This trip is run in partnership with the OSHER chapter at Boise State University. Learn More about travel with this organization and how to become a member.
Receive a $350 credit on a future trip when you refer a friend. Learn More.
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Questions about payments, costs, our cancelation policy and more? Consult our Frequently Asked Questions.
Trip Details
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April 5 to 14, 2027 (9 nights - 10 days)
Total cost of the tour: $4350
Supplement for single occupancy: $550
Deposit required to reserve a place on the tour: $600
(Places in the tour are limited to 15 and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend that you reserve your place early!)Payment schedule
$600 deposit is due when you make your reservation.The remainder of the cost will be due in 4 installments on:
September 1, 2026
November 1, 2026
January 1, 2027
March 1, 2027
Each installment payment will be $938. The cost of a single room is additional and will be due November 1, 2026. You can pay in fewer installments if more convenient for you.
Cancellation Policy:
If you cancel up to 90 days prior to the trip’s start, any payments you’ve already made will be held for you so that it can be applied to a future trip. If you are within 90 days of the trip’s start, we’ll have already incurred substantial costs related to your reservation and so we won’t be able to offer you a credit. Instead, you will need to file a claim through your travel insurance. More information is found in our FAQ.If we need to cancel a trip for another reason, such as a natural disaster at the trip’s destination, the trip will be rescheduled. You will also have the option to apply the payments you’ve made to another trip.
** Receive a $350 credit on your next trip when you bring or refer a friend. Read More.
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Pick-up and drop-off at designated airport at designated times
9 nights lodging
9 dinners with appropriate amounts of alcohol and breakfasts
8 lunches
Special activities throughout the week
Local transportation by van and driver
Transport of luggage
Walking guide each day
What’s not included:
Airfare
Travel Insurance
1 Lunch
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Lodging will be at small hotels along the route. Unlike other tours that ferry you back and forth from central hotels, we stay directly on the route in a new and interesting town each night. Each room, either single or double, has its own bathroom.
We will stay two nights at the same hotel Logroño as we take a rest day.
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Dinners will be taken at local restaurants throughout the trip. Breakfasts are included and will be at our hotel. Appropriate amounts of beer or wine are included with dinners. On some days, we may have our main course of the day at lunch, rather than at dinner.
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To extend your trip, you can arrive early in Pamplona or you can spend sometime in Madrid or Barcelona before moving on to Pamplona. Pamplona can be reached by train from anywhere in Spain.
Likewise, you can visit these places following the walk or indeed any place in Europe.
We recommend an early arrival to guard against canceled or late flights and to catch up on your sleep.
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Yes, you may cancel your trip if you need. Up to 90 days prior to the trip’s start, any payments you’ve already made will be held for you so that it can be applied to a future trip. If you are within 90 days of the trip’s start, we’ll have already incurred substantial costs related to your reservation and so we won’t be able to offer you a credit. Instead, you can file a claim through your travel insurance.
Contact Us as soon as you know you must cancel and going forward, let us know what future trip you’d like to join and we’ll set it up for you.
You will not be responsible for any payments that have not yet been made.
Any credit you have with Travel Fever Tours may be applied to a different person’s account, if you like. Credits are valid for a period of three years.
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.
Note: This is a walking trip. It will involve a fair amount of walking each day. Our experience has shown that you should be able to walk at least 5 miles at a time and you should be willing to train by walking three or more times a week prior to the walk. There are hills. While most are moderate, you should be able handle reasonable ascents and descents.
What it is like to walk on the Camino?
We put this question to a group who has previously walked with Travel Fever Tours on the Camino. Here is a video of their thoughts from an online discussion we recently hosted. We hope this will give you an inside look at the Camino experience, as well as the nuts and bolts of walking the Camino in Spain and Portugal.
Watch our recent Camino discussion on YouTube.
“We couldn’t have asked for a better experience! It’s truly remarkable what Bob and his team put together. From the hotel selections to the restaurant choices, and the seamless flow of information that kept everyone informed about where we needed to be and when—everything was thoughtfully planned.”
“Absolutely fabulous trip. well-planned, from accommodations to meals and the walking itinerary. Cicely and Bob are a phenomenal duo, and I would travel with them again in a heartbeat!”
The route across northern Spain
We will meet you at the Pamplona airport and continue into Pamplona, a wonderful northern Spanish city with a great tapas scene in the evening.
Then we will set off on the path, covering about 10-12 miles a day (although you can do less or more, depending on your preferences). Each day is different. Some are shorter and some are longer.
Our experience has shown that 10 miles is a reasonable daily goal for most people. For anyone who decides they would like to do less, our van can pick you up and deliver you to the day’s endpoint.
The route is mostly comprised of back roads and paths and rarely travels through urban areas. You’ll see local flora and fauna, be able to stop and take pictures, and consider life’s big questions as you walk.
Our driver and van will setup a picnic lunch for you each day. And the van will transport your bags, so all you’ll need to carry is a simple day-pack.
There are many places online to learn more about walking the Camino (and don’t forget to check out the YouTube videos). A more detailed itinerary will be available after you register. Our end point is Santo Domingo de la Calzada, just east of Burgos.
Meet your guides
Your guides on this walking trip will be Bob Lawson, co-founder of Travel Fever Tours, from Putney, VT, and his brother, Don Lawson of Kent, CT. Bob and Don have led Camino trips more than seven times on four routes for Travel Fever Tours.
Bob has walked the full length of the Camino in Spain, as well as sections in France, Ireland, and several routes in Portugal. Don is an avid hiker and has led groups on two sections of the Camino in Spain and one in Portugal.
In addition to Camino tours, Bob has led groups for Travel Fever Tours in France, Italy, Slovenia, Portugal, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Costa Rica, and Austria.
Bob Lawson
Don Lawson
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Is this trip for me?
In 2027 we’re leading two walks on the Camino. In April, we start in Pamplona on the eastern end of the pilgrimage route and in October 2027 we start in Porto, Portugal.
Of there two trips, this one is slightly more difficult, but neither are particularly difficult.
This is a walking trip. It will involve a fair amount of walking each day. Our experience has shown that you should be able to walk at least 5 miles at a time and you should be willing to train by walking three or more times a week prior to the walk. There are hills. While most are moderate, you should be able handle reasonable ascents and descents.
All sections are on well maintained surfaces without rocks, roots or mud (and off main roads). And of course our van is available to help you skip an early morning hill or shorten the distance in the afternoon.
Vegetarians and Vegans can be accommodated on this trip.
Contact Us if you have any questions about the difficulty of this trip.
