After breakfast you will leave for that day’s start point, which will be between 40-50 mins journey by car each day. You’ll walk on a suggested route, but you will be free to stop off at any point.
Each day’s walk will be for between 4 ½ to 6 hours – between 20 and 25 kms.
Walking the Camino de Santiago route
A typical walking day will look like this
Breakfast at around 8 o’clock either outside in the summer kitchen, or at the large dining table inside the gite.
After breakfast you will leave for that day’s start point, which will be between 40-50 mins journey by car each day. You’ll walk on a suggested route, but you will be free to stop off at any point.
Each day’s walk will be for between 4 ½ to 6 hours – between 20 and 25 kms.
You can stop for lunch during the hike, and you will be collected at a predetermined place later each afternoon.
You will be whisked back to Walnut Lodge, ( again around a 40-50 mins journey by car) where you can relax, swim, snooze, maybe enjoy a cocktail. You will have your evening meal with your hosts and fellow walkers, typically this will include an appetiser, a main dish with sides and a dessert. ( please let us know if you have any food intolerances )
Wine is included with the meal. After dinner we’ll chat about the following day’s walk and the highlights and landmarks to look out for.
You will be staying in one of the two guest bedrooms in the main house , or one of the two guest bedrooms in the gite – each two rooms share a shower room and separate toilet.
There are washing machines on site so you can wash and dry any laundry you need for subsequent days. The pool is available for your entire stay, and will be very welcome after a day of hiking.
The property benefits from a very large 3 acre garden, so there is plenty of room if you would like to relax with a book under a tree. There is a a covered outside summer kitchen to eat in, a covered outside terrace, a dining area near to pool and a large dining area in the gite.