Transfers to the Camino de Santiago
We take you from Madrid to the town where your stage begins, and collect you wherever you stop walking. One vehicle, one driver, a closed price, and a boot that takes the packs.
- Stages covered
- Ten
- Most requested
- Sarria
- Closest to Madrid
- Burgos, 2 h 50
- Passengers
- Up to 4 with packs
Camino de Santiago
Almost everyone who comes to walk the Camino lands in Madrid first, and then has to reach a starting point that is nowhere near it. The public routes to Sarria, Ponferrada or Roncesvalles mean one or two changes and arrival times that do not fit a walking day. A private transfer leaves when you choose and stops where you are actually sleeping.
Sarria is the one most people ask for: it sits just over 100 kilometres from Santiago, which is the minimum you must walk to be given the Compostela, and it is five stages from the Obradoiro. But the stage you start from depends on how long you have, and every classic start below has its own price, from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Sarria.
What we do is the run out from Madrid: we collect you at your address, we take you to the stage start you name, and the service ends there. Moving walkers between stages once the Camino has begun is the work of the local companies along the route, and they do it better than we would from here.
- Ten classic stage starts, each with a price
- Up to 4 pilgrims with packs
- Departures at first light, or the night before
- From your Madrid address to the stage start
What the run to the Camino includes
Straight to the stage start
From your Madrid address or from Barajas to the town where you begin walking. No connections, no waiting room, no stage lost to a timetable.
Room for the packs
Four passengers with rucksacks, poles and boots. Nothing travels on your lap and nothing gets dragged through a station.
We leave when the walking demands
Arriving the night before to start at first light is the normal request, not an exception. You choose the hour.
A closed price
Agreed before we set off, for the whole car, and it covers the run from Madrid to the stage start you name.
What each stage start costs
One fare for the whole car, up to four pilgrims with packs, agreed before we set off. Burgos, León and Sarria have a page of their own; the rest are booked from here.
| Stage start | One way, the car | Per person (4 sharing) |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port | €669 | €167 |
| Roncesvalles | €659 | €165 |
| Pamplona | €539 | €135 |
| Logroño | €439 | €110 |
| Burgos | €329 | €82 |
| León | €449 | €112 |
| Astorga | €449 | €112 |
| Ponferrada | €529 | €132 |
| O Cebreiro | €619 | €155 |
| Sarria | €679 | €170 |
Indicative estimate for a one-way journey from central Madrid on a weekday, for up to 4 passengers with luggage. Tolls and rest stops included. Confirmed as a closed price when you book, before the journey starts.
Every stage start, one by one
- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port — 460 km, about 5 h 45, from €669
- The traditional kilometre zero of the Camino Francés, on the French side of the Pyrenees. The first day from here crosses the pass to Roncesvalles, which is the hardest stage of the whole route.
- Roncesvalles — 432 km, about 5 h 20, from €659
- The first stage on Spanish soil, over the pass from France. The usual choice for anyone who wants the Pyrenean start without crossing the border by road.
- Pamplona — 388 km, about 4 h 45, from €539
- The first city on the route and a common starting point for walkers with two weeks rather than five.
- Logroño — 328 km, about 4 h, from €439
- The Rioja stage. Vineyards on both sides of the path and the shortest drive of the eastern half.
- Burgos — 245 km, about 2 h 50, from €329
- The closest major stage to Madrid, under three hours, and the gateway to the meseta.
- León — 335 km, about 3 h 45, from €449
- About 300 km from Santiago: the classic start for two weeks of walking, and the end of the meseta.
- Astorga — 330 km, about 3 h 40, from €449
- Where the Vía de la Plata joins the Camino Francés, at the foot of the Montes de León.
- Ponferrada — 390 km, about 4 h 20, from €529
- El Bierzo, after the highest point of the whole route. A popular start for a one-week walk.
- O Cebreiro — 437 km, about 4 h 50, from €619
- The way into Galicia, up a mountain road. The hardest stage start to reach by public transport, and the one people most often ask us for.
- Sarria — 505 km, about 5 h, from €679
- Just over 100 km from Santiago — the minimum on foot for the Compostela — so this is where most walkers start. Five stages to the Obradoiro.
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