Dee P
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!)
Joan Rogers
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.
Lynne Brenan
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.
David Safarian
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+.
Cathy Connett
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.
liz w
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.
Penny Leone
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.
Janet Henry
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!
Janet Skinner
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.
Jean Boucher
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.
Steve Roth
One of the best experiences of our lives, to be sure. Excellent in every respect. All aspects of this trip were remarkable.
Robin Lurie
Fresco tours was Amazing. Alissa always got back to us promptly and took car of any issues. The hotels they booked were excellent and our suitcase were always waiting for us when we hiked to the hotel.
CMK
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….
Codie Smith
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!
Linda Giannelli Pratt
All of my expectations were exceeded on the Kinder Portuguese Camino. The guides, the food, the accommodations, and the overall experience of slowly traveling through two beautiful countries was something I will always cherish!
Diane Rios
2nd time using Fresco Tours. Will use again!
Darlene S
Phenomenal service, good value, and lovely people!
Ron Click
Great company. If walking across Spain , this is the only tour company I would use.
Ann
Best Camino tour ever
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