Testimonials

Our Camino for 2022 is now finished and it was great.
Everything went well and our hotels were really good.
Juan could not have been more helpful.
I am missing the arrows already and hope that I will be going soon again in the future.
Many thanks again for all your help,

BRIAN and MAURICE, Coastal Portuguese, May 2022

Thank you for organising a great trip for me to the Camino . The weather was fabulous. All my hotels were great. Juan was very helpful with his advice and I felt that there was someone on the end of the phone/whatsapp if needed.

I will certainly book with your company again.

AVRIL COPITHORNE, French Camino, May 2022

Thank you both for all your help and guidance. Good luck.
[Pamela Johnson, County Tipperary, Ireland, September 2017]

Words couldn’t describe how wonderful you have been to all of us.
[Ann Fitzpatrick, County Leitrim, Ireland, September 2017]

Juan and Dónal,
Thanks for all your wonderful help this week—Perfecto!
[Tim and Ann Finn, Cork, Ireland, September 2017]

To Juan and Dónal,
Thank you so much for organising such a wonderful trip. I had a ball. Thank you so much.
[Joanne Carroll, County Cork, Ireland, September 2017]

It has been a joy and a privilege to be in your company all week.
[Jospehine Flood, County Kerry, Ireland, September 2017]

Dónal and Juan,
Thanks so much for all your help and guidance this past week.
[Margaret O’Shea, County Kerry, Ireland, September 2017]

To Dónal and Juan,
It’s been a fantastic week. Thank you.
[Paul Donnelly, County Cork, Ireland, September 2017]

A week ago today we made it to Santiago! It seems like a dream but what an unbelievable lifetime experience.
This is what we liked-
Your positive attitude and enthusiasm -plus your passion for the Camino was contagious!

Your participation in our group activities be it Mass, prayer service or meals
You are very social and allowed us to get to know you as persons.

The accommodations and restaurants you chose were wonderful and gave us a true feeling of Galicia- the food offered was delicious and allowed us to feel connected to the region.
We always felt our safety was paramount to you.

Our only suggestion for improvement would be that in the slower group there were times that over an hour would go by before we might see either of you.
Thank you so much!

Fondly.
(Denver, USA)

We had a long trip, but we finally got home about midnight Boston time (6:00 am Santiago time). So we were traveling for 24 hours!

We want to thank you for being such a wonderful guide and friend and helping tend to my blisters! Your concern for each person in the group was amazing.

If you ever need a reference, we will be happy to provide one.

Again, many thanks from the bottom of our hearts.

May you have many Buen Camino.

(Boston, USA)

Juan.

Michele and I had a great time.
Thanks for all your help.

(New York, USA)

Juan – Thank you for sending on the group picture – brings back fond memories. Although I enjoyed the trip in general, and the people we traveled with, it was a challenge for me personally since I had a bad cold the whole time and the rain for 5 days didn’t help it.

Aside from that, I am glad I was able to walk the entire route and my husband as well (who has a bad back and hips).

So it was a personal victory for us. You were good guide, although I would have liked to learn a little more about our journey as we walked each day, maybe more of the history of the area and the El Camino trail in particular. And one or two more days to complete the walk would have made it more enjoyable and less strenuous (especially the last day).

God bless you as you continue to guide pilgrims along The Way.

(USA)

Juan,

Thank you for a wonderful trip along the Camino. I have been very busy and am now beginning to get caught up on things since my return from Spain.

I wanted to extend my great thanks to you for your hospitality, guidance, and the wonderful work you all did to make us feel welcome and comfortable each day. I would like to return some day and either bike or hike the whole Camino … I’ll let you know if I get a chance to do that.

If you’d ever like to come to the US for a visit to Kentucky, I’d love to host you. You’d be welcome to stay with me any time!

May God bless you as you continue to help others along their Way 🙂

Peace,
(Kentucky, USA)

All went well and I brought home very special memories of my own Camino experience. I had read Fr. Kevin Codd’s book “To The Field Of Stars” about eight years ago and had added the Camino to my “bucket list” at that time and then the movie “The Way” just clinched it for me. In ’13, I had my 70th birthday and spent it, and the next two weeks, in the hospital. My husband wanted to do something special for that birthday and a year later he came upon this pilgrimage. So, it was very meaningful to me.

As I trudged along on the “longest day”, I was asking our Lord, why am I doing this!!!!??? I will always remember Juan saying to me as we approached Santiago, walking the stone street, “the Church is right up there, you will see it soon and there is something very special about it, you will see”. The moment I saw the spire of St. James the grace of God flowed into me and I became overwhelmed with joy and peace, my tiredness gone, only anticipation remained. I still live some of that feeling and will remember it for the rest of my life. Walking into that beautiful cathedral was overwhelming. I wish I could explain what I felt/feel but words cannot describe.

The Eucharist, the incense carrying our prayers to our Lord in praise and thanksgiving are such a personal experience—one that has become a part of my being.

Thank you so much for helping to make this personal journey one of great spiritual joy for me.

Your kind care and patience was a gift to me personally, shows a great deal of professionalism and joy in your work. It is difficult keeping safe, and happy, such a large group under any circumstance, you did it well and I thank you. We couldn’t have asked for better care.

Spain is a beautiful country and I loved the antiquity of the farm lands, the people are helpful and warm, the food awesome!

All made walking the Camino pleasurable, even the rain.

Thank you again for your kindness and professionalism, you will ever be in my heart and prayers. May our precious Lord keep you in His care and open your heart to His grace as you make your own personal journey through life. May He be your guide!

In love and thanksgiving.

(New York, USA)

Dear Juan,

I want to personally thank you for your professional and kind services on our Camino walk. It was really very pleasant, and your attention to detail made the trip delightful –although grueling at times! It was evident that you are very attentive to even the smallest details, as well as knowledgeable about the area, terrain, and accommodations available. I will remember this trip for a lifetime and I am so thankful that I not only completed the walk but enjoyed everyone’s company.

My only suggestion would be more advance information about the terrain elevations so as to train effectively before arriving. I honestly thought the mountains were in the Pyrenees, and that the lowland plains would not have the “saucy” hills that it did have. I was walking to prepare, but not on hills. And for being one of the slowest, I am very pleased I made it and thankful that you were so gracious in your patience waiting on me.

Overall, it was a wonderful trip!

Thanks.
(Texas, USA)