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Camino de Santiago Trek

​1 - 8 June 2024
Join us on an adventure that explores the best known of all the pilgrims’ ways to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
In a joint fundraiser with St Michael’s Hospice, The Sara Lee Trust will explore the eighth and final section of the French Way, the most traditional and best known of all the pilgrims’ ways to Santiago de Compostela. During the 5-day walk we will traverse the hilly landscapes of Galicia, passing numerous points of cultural and historical interest along the way.

Trip Overview

1st - 8th June 2024
8 days  /  Spain
​Moderate to Challenging
Santiago de Compostela
​The UNESCO World heritage site of Santiago de Compostela, the final destination of the legendary medieval Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James), is named after the Apostle Saint James (Santiago), who is buried here. Saint James went to this most north-western part of Spain, called by the Romans ‘Finis Terrae’ (end of the world), to preach and convert people to Christianity. After returning to Palestine in 44AD, he was taken prisoner and tortured to death. The king refused to bury him, so his disciples stole the body and brought him by boat to the Spanish coast where he was buried in a secret place in a wood. Centuries later, in 813, the hermit Pelayo heard music in that wood and witnessed strange lights in the night sky. The site was thus called, in Latin, ‘Campus Stellae’, field of the star, a name that later became Compostela.
Camino
Today, thousands of people known as ‘pilgrims’ walk the Camino de Santiago for a number of different reasons; spiritual, cultural and adventurous or simply such as wanting to learn about the history of this ancient trail and as a way to get fit and spend time outdoors. This is not a religious tour. The Camino is about the journey and to the majority of people it symbolises a time of reflection, learning and fresh starts.
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Trek Information 

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Discover Something Amazing!

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Trip Cost

Registration fee: £395 (Payable at the time of booking)
​Sponsorship: £2,900 minimum

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​Join us on this adventure and help support The Sara Lee Trust.
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If you have any questions regarding the Trek,
​please contact us at fundraising@saraleetrust.org or call 01424 457969

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​The Sara Lee Trust, Registered in England and Wales, Charity Number 1055048. Registered Office: 25 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex TN38 0LB