The Greatest Road in Europe: Camino De Santiago

After you enroll, we’ll ask you to provide or update your personal information and preferences, which includes your health information, lodging and meal preferences for your program.

A passport is required for this program. It must be valid for at least 6 months after your return date.

This information about travel documents pertains to participants holding U.S. passports. Non-U.S. citizens should refer to their country's requirements to ensure they have the necessary documentation for travel.

United States citizens don’t need a visa for any of the countries you’ll be visiting. Non-U.S. citizens should refer to their country's requirements to ensure they have the necessary documentation for travel.

If Road Scholar is arranging your air travel to and from the program, and you travel on the scheduled start and end dates, you’ll receive free round-trip transfers from the airport to the hotel.

Arrival day is on October 8, 2025

Meet the group at Hotel Rice Palacio de los Blasones in Burgos

Start of Trip:  2:00 p.m. hotel check-in; 6:30 p.m. Orientation followed by Welcome Dinner.

Getting to the site: From Terminal 4 of the Madrid airport, take a direct bus to Burgos (the Estación de Autobuses de Burgos bus station) and walk about 1/2 mile to the hotel. It will take approximately 2.5 hours and costs approximately 20-35 Euro. You can either buy your bus ticket upon arrival or online at www.alsa.es/en. A taxi from the airport to the first hotel will cost approximately €350.00. You can book a taxi by contacting https://kiwitaxi.com/en/spain/madrid+airport-%3Eburgos?cur=EUR .

Getting to the site by train or bus: Available but not an easy transfer on your own.

Your trip ends on: Monday, October 20, 2025 in Porto at HF Tuela Porto

End of Trip: 10:30 a.m. after breakfast; 12:00 p.m. hotel check-out. Breakfast available depending on transfer time.

Getting to the airport: From the HF Tuela Porto take a taxi to the airport in Porto. It costs about 20 - 25 Euro and takes about 15-20 minutes.

Information if you are purchasing your own airfare: Transfers for Independent Travelers: Road Scholar no longer offers complimentary transfers to participants with “Program Only” Status. However, THE ARRIVAL TRANSFER on this program is an exception to that policy due to the distance to the first hotel. If you have booked air with Road Scholar and are arriving early or booked your own air, there is a possibility to reserve a seat on the arrival transfer. Reservations on the arrival transfer can be made by contacting rseuropeprograms@roadscholar.org no later than 30 DAYS prior to the program start date. Please note that we will not have a Final Transfer Schedule until approx. 7 weeks prior to the program start date and it will be included in your Final Information Packet. As long as your flights fit the parameters below, we will be able to confirm your ability to join a transfer if you reach out prior to that time, but no other details will be available prior to the Final Information Packet. YOU MUST INCLUDE YOUR PROGRAM NUMBER AND DATE IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR REQUEST. If you arranged air on your own, please include your flight information and date of arrival with your transfer request. The transfer schedule is based on the times of arrival for Road Scholar booked flights and will vary from departure to departure. TO ENSURE THAT YOUR FLIGHT ARRIVES WITHIN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD AS RS BOOKED FLIGHTS, WE REQUEST THAT YOUR FLIGHT ARRIVES NO LATER THAN 10:00 A.M. There is no guarantee that the final transfer schedule will coincide with independently booked flights that arrive later than 10:00 a.m. Please note: Participants who have purchased Road Scholar airfare are protected against airline change fees; however, anyone who has not purchased Road Scholar airfare will be required to make their own adjustments and may incur fees imposed by the airline. If you wish to purchase airfare through Road Scholar, please call (800) 241-1404.