Fresco Tours - Camino de Santiago Tours

Fresco Tours came highly recommended - and I was not disappointed! I loved everything about it - accommodations, food (especially the FABULOUS picnics - the high point of most days!) Anna and Miguel were wonderful guides and I believe it is one of the best walking holidays I have ever taken (and I've done a lot!)

A very enriching experience -
My Fresco Camino Frances trip was very enriching. I learned about Spanish and Camino history, Spanish culture, Spanish food, and more. This was combined with great lodging, meals and other activities for a very memorable first Camino. Significant credit is due to our two guides (Sandra and Hector) who are excellent ambassadors for the Camino and Spain. I really liked that they would provide additional insights as you walked the Camino.

Our September 2023 Fresco Start 115 km tour did not disappoint. From the moment we booked (in February), the Fresco staff provided helpful information re. packing, training, historical facts, recommended books, along with pre and post trip planning suggestions. Our accommodations along “The Way” were very nice. Everything about the tour, including bag transfers between hotels, was very organized, including information given on how to speed the process in obtaining our Compostela. Our guided morning tour of the Cathedral was A+. We would definitely book with Fresco Tours again.

We used Fresco Tours to arrange our group of 33’s a Fresco Tour 115km experience and would highly recommend. Their team, especially Natalia and Alissa, were very thorough and responsive and made for a memorable experience for our group.

After three Caminos, I have used two different Camino tour companies and was blown away by Fresco in the two times I've used them. Their service is personal and prompt, their organization is exceptional, and the plans they deliver top notch. I always feel so cared for with Fresco, and they accommodate all of my particular asks. This isn't the case with other companies. I couldn't be happier with Fresco. Don't look anywhere else - Fresco is the ABSOLUTE BEST!

Just returned from taking a pilgrimage down the Camino (April 9 -21). Fresco Tours organized the trip and answered our many questions about the Camino. They were a large enough organization to handle our every need, yet small enough that it felt like a very personalized experience.

My husband and I recently completed the Fresco Start 200 KM from Ponferrada. If you are inclined to walk further than the 100+KM from Sarria, I highly recommend considering this option. We thoroughly enjoyed the varied experiences along The Way and found the town of O'Cebreiro and the two days from there to Sarria super enjoyable. The communication from Fresco is top notch. Also, the accommodations and restaurant recommendations made for a enjoyable trip. Don't hesitate to book with Fresco.

Hola everyone! Our group of 12 friends just finished an absolutely wonderful tour of Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain! Fresco Tours provided an excellent tour management from beginning to end. Fresco Tours offered us: Frequent and thorough pre-tour informations (A, thank you!), the most wonderful, professional, funny and knowledgeable tour guides (D&M thank you!), outstandingly beautiful accommodations, delicious and healthy meals morning, noon and night, and the most breath-taking views of the Costa Brava coastline and environs. Nothing was overlooked. This tour also gave me a new appreciation for the natural beauty of our planet and how we must continue to nurture it. Thank you, Fresco Tours! Fins a la pròxima SMacdonald

I highly recommend Fresco Tours. Just returned from the Kinder Camino tour. Everything from the intial contact through planning through execution was fantastic. The walk was interesting, the hotels and meals great, and the guides knowledgable and great traveling companions. Pictures from one of our picnics and one of our hotels.

The Canary Islands trip was a different experience than our other three Camino tours.
It offered spectacular volcanic views along with seaside towns and interesting history. As usual we were well cared for in terms of food, safety, and thoughtful planning. Fresco Tours has never disappointed!

First Camino with Fresco staff is great, delivered on all levels. Can't wait to do another.

Our Fresco Tour was beyond expectations, especially regarding our guides, the accomodations, the beauty of the Camino itself and organization. The stimulating new friends and awesome weather will be hard to beat, and unbelievably lucky, but this was a 10+.

I recently completed the 200 km on the Frances trail to Santiago de Compostela. Extraordinary experience and made so enjoyable due to the planning, execution and communication from Fresco Tours. They are the absolute best. I highly recommend them.

I did a lot of research and read a lot of reviews prior to making the decision to go with Fresco Tours for my Camino walk.
Fresco did not disappoint! Our tour guides David and Jon were outstanding.
From the time they met us in Leon until our walk was complete in Santiago they ensured that our experience was a once in a lifetime event.
Alissa assisted with all pre-travel questions and logistics and was always helpful.
Fresco definitely provides a quality personalized experience for all hikers.
I can’t say enough about the manors we stayed in and the family style meals.
Jon and David also held evening meetings to discuss the next day hike and highlights and pointed out points of interest on our daily map.
I will highly recommend Fresco Tours to my friends who plan on hiking the Camino, they are the best.

The 200K self-guided tour was awesome - Fresco provided perfect, on-time information as well as luggage transfer without error and lodging that was excellent. The maps and plan they supply you for use during the Camino were well thought out and well written.

They were spectacular! We did the self guided 15day tour from Porto to Santiago. The accommodations were great, food great, bags arrived on time. We had one hiccup but it was not their fault at all and Alissa helped us out even on her vacation. It was a great trip.

I was a "reluctant" pilgrim, but Fresco changed all of that. Alyssa in the main office, our guides Ana and Natalia, comfortable accommodations, and tasty food all exceeded my expectations. OK, so we really were on the "Glamino" giving us the luxury of focusing on nothing but the walk and knowing that at the end of each day we would have a fabulous meal and wonderful accommodations. Our guides Ana and Natalia made it extra fun! They were great storytellers about the local history and were very caring!

Fresco Tours is the way to put your boots on the Camino! Help with lodging, luggage transfer, and great stops. And, GREAT humans on the Fresco staff . We wished they could have walked the whole way with us….

A great experience with FRESCO tour doing the Camino Walk in Spain. Outstanding help from making bookings, the tour guides, the places we stayed, the food, and history and group sharing. The walk was amazing with the Kinder Camino tour.

We just finished the Camino de Santiago walk from León with Fresco. I have to say that I couldn’t imagine a better way for first-timers to experience the Camino. Our guides (Carol and Alis, and Mirella who was in training and stayed for the first 2 days) were fun, knowledgeable, and really made the trip so memorable for us. They also put on an amazing spread for our daily picnic lunches!

Fresco provides a support van that we met at checkpoints every few miles. Anytime we needed it, the van had water and snacks to help us refuel along the way. One day toward the end of our walk my leg cramped up beyond usefulness and I was able to ride the van to our lunch spot and spend an hour massaging it out. You have to walk at least 100km to get your certificate in Santiago, and starting in León gave us 165km. So skipping 4km to get my leg back in working order was a lifesaver and didn’t affect my getting the “compostela.” Many of the people we met along the trail commented on seeing our van, with a note of envy on how nice that service was for us.

The hotels and meals Fresco selected for us were all wonderful (some better than others, of course, but all delicious and conducive to making fun memories with our cohort). I did recommend that they try some alternate spots in Portomarín, but we still had a good experience.

Fresco really has this down to a science. They explain everything in great detail, giving you maps each day showing the route, elevation changes, and points of interest along the way. To anyone thinking of hiking the Camino, I highly recommend going with Fresco. In some of our hotels, we saw other tour groups similar to ours. In every case, their guides just seemed like they were doing a job. Our Fresco guides were much more attentive and nurturing, and I now consider them close friends. Well done, and Buen Camino!