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11 Days / 10 Nights
DAY 1:
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
- Arrival to SANTIAGO
DE COMPOSTELA the end of the Pilgrims' way
- Upon arrival pick up your car rental (SEE CAR RENTAL DETAILS)
- Drive to your hotel
- Check-in* Parador (*After 2:00PM)
- Lunch and Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Santiago
DAY 2:
SANTIAGO
- Breakfast
- Visit on your own the Ethnographic museum of the Galician people, plaza de
Abastos market, cathedral & old quarter
- Lunch on your own
- Rest of the day at leisure to explore the city
- Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Santiago
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DAY 3:
SANTIAGO - NOIA - BAROÑA - CORRUBEDO - CATOIRA - CAMBADOS
- Breakfast
- Follow down the UPPER
RIAS BAIXAS coastline passing by many small fishing
- Visit the CELTIC
HILL-FORT OF BAROÑA
- Visit the ancient DOLMEN
OF AXEITOS
- Lunch on your own
- Visit the DUNES
OF CORRUBEDO, a nature beach park with large sand dunes, wild flora &
fauna
- Entering into the RIAS
BAIXAS OF O SALNES, visit the remains of the 17th century defense towers in CATORIA
- Then visit CAMBADOS
village, the heart of Albariño wine country
- Walk around the Plaza de Fefiñanes and quaint streets of this noble village
and visit the winery of the Palacio de Fefiñanes
- Check-in Parador
- Free time before dinner
- Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Cambados
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DAY 4:
CAMBADOS - LA TOJA - SANXENXO - COMBARRO - PONTEVEDRA - VIGO - BAIONA
- Breakfast
- In the morning you can drive to visit the Island of La Toja with the famous
Spa hotel
- Then continue along the coastline passing Sanxenxo and make a stop to visit
the village of Combarro with a quaint port and Horreos (Stone Granaries) lined
along the port.
- Then visit PONTEVEDRA
city´s Archeology & Art Museum, also the old quarter
- Lunch on your own
- Then we drive by highway down toward Vigo and when arriving you will have
views of the BAY
OF SAN SIMON
- Then you could also make a stop in VIGO
city & it´s picturesque bay
- Visit the QUINONES
DE LEON MANOR MUSEUM
- Then drive to BAIONA
village stopping to visit the America beach where Europe first got word of
the discover of America
- In the harbor we will also see the replica of the Caraval Pinta which brought
the word of the discover of America
- Then off to the Castle of Monterreal
- Check-in Parador
- Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Baiona
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DAY 5:
BAIONA - RIBADAVIA - OURENSE - MONFORTE DE LEMOS
- Breakfast
- Today we drive by highway to the historic Jewish quarter of medieval RIBADAVIA
village, heart of the DENOMINATION
OF ORIGIN RIBEIRO
- Then a scenic drive passing by vineyards stopping in OURENSE
city
- Visit: As Burgas Fountain, Plaza Mayor, Pilgrimage Cathedral & Old Quarter
- Walk across the old Roman Bridge to the new part of the city
- Lunch on your own
- Then in the afternoon drive to MONFORTE
DE LEMOS, here we will visit the remains of the Tower and a monastery.
- Check-in Parador
- Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Monforte de Lemos
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DAY 6:
MONFORTE DE LEMOS - LAS MEDULAS - PONFERRADA - ASTORGA - LEON
- Breakfast
- Driving through the mountains leaving Galicia and entering into the region of EL
BIERZO
- Visit LAS
MEDULAS, extensive Roman Empire gold mines
- In PONFERRADA
visit the Templar Castle
- Lunch on your own
- In ASTORGA visit the Cathedral and Episcopal Palace which houses the
pilgrimage museum de los Caminos
- Check-in Parador upon arrival to Leon
- Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Leon
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DAY 7:
LEON
- Breakfast
- In the Morning visit on your own Leon´s important sites: Cathedral, Monastery
& old quarter
- Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Leon
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DAY 8:
LEON - FUENTE DE
- Breakfast
- Drive up to the Picos de Europa and make your way to Fuente De
- Lunch on your own
- Check-in Parador
- Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Fuente De
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DAY 9:
FUENTE DE - ALTAMIRA - COMILLAS - SANTILLANA DEL MAR
- Breakfast
- In the morning drive to visit the Replica CAVES OF ALTAMIRA with a museum
- Drive along the coast of CANTABRIA making a stop in Comillas ending the
day in the noble village of SANTILLANA DEL MAR
- Lunch and Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Santillana del Mar
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DAY 10:
SANTILLANA DEL MAR - SANTANDER
- Breakfast
- Today you could way around Santillana as well visit the city of Santander
- Lunch and Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Santillana del Mar
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DAY 11:
SANTILLANA DEL MAR - BILBAO
- Breakfast
- In the morning drive to visit the GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM (NOTE: If you do not have
time today you could do it the day before as an excursion from Santillana)
- Lunch on your own
- Drive to Bilbao Airport, Upon arrival drop off your car rental (SEE CAR RENTAL
DETAILS)
- Board Plane and return to Point of Origin City
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END OF CUSTOMIZED TOUR SERVICES
CAR RENTAL DETAILS:
CAR RENTAL COMPANY: EUROPCAR
COUNTRY: SPAIN MAINLAND
PICK UP: SANTIAGO - AIRPORT
DATE:
TIME: MORNING (PLEASE ADVISE FLIGHT TIMES AND NO.)
DROP OFF: BILBAO - AIRPORT
DATE:
TIME: AFTERNOON (PLEASE ADVISE FLIGHT TIMES AND NO.)
CAR RENTAL TYPE
DOORS SEATS
RENAULT MEGANE 1.9 DCI
5
5
opel astra 1.7 dti
5
5
(Or Similar type)
RENTAL INCLUDES:
- Manual Transmission
- Unlimited Km´s
- Airport surcharges
- Partial Collision Damage waiver (CDW) & Partial Theft waiver (THW)
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On
this self-drive tour you will experience the charm of Northern Spain´s
Paradores and savor the fine wines and cuisine of each region
you visit...Galicia, Castilla y Leon, Asturias and the Basque Country.
We had a fabulous time on the Camino de Santiago! Everything worked as
it should have and all contact we had with anyone associated with
EATours was very friendly, very helpful and totally professional. You
can be sure that we will be passing the word. A real pleasure... 
