A thank-you to every pilgrim who has walked with us
We have some great news to share and we want to start with the part that matters most: thank you.
CaminoWays.com has just been named a 2026 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award winner, placing us among the top 10% of things to do worldwide. The award isn’t decided by a panel, an algorithm, or a marketing team. It’s decided by you — the pilgrims, walkers, cyclists and travellers who took the time to share your Camino experiences over the past twelve months.
If you’ve ever left a review, sent us a photo from the Praza do Obradoiro or recommended us to a friend who was thinking about their first Camino: this award is yours.
An award shaped by real Camino stories
The Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards aren’t handed out by a panel or selected through any kind of paid placement. They’re shaped, year after year, by the people who actually walk the routes — by the reviews, the photos, the late-night TripAdvisor entries written from a guesthouse bed somewhere on the Meseta.
To be recognised, a company has to earn strong feedback consistently across a full twelve months: not one great season, not a handful of standout moments, but a steady rhythm of travellers leaving their Camino genuinely glad they walked it with us. Being placed in the top 10% of experiences worldwide — in a category as wide as “things to do,” which covers every kind of travel experience on the planet — is something we feel deeply, and don’t take for granted.
As our General Manager Jeremy Perrin puts it: “What makes this recognition particularly special is that it comes directly from our travellers. Every review reflects a real person’s Camino experience and being placed in the top 10% of things to do worldwide is a humbling reminder of the trust our community has put in us.”
Why this matters for your Camino
If you’re researching your first Camino de Santiago — or coming back for another route — choosing the right tour operator can be the difference between a smooth, memorable trip and a stressful one. Reviews are one of the most honest signals available, because they come from people who have already walked the path you’re considering.
This award tells you three things about planning your Camino with us:
- Real walkers consistently recommend us. The recognition is based on verified traveller reviews, not advertising spend.
- Our standards held up across an entire year. Across hundreds of itineraries — Camino Francés, Portuguese Camino, Camino del Norte, Camino Inglés, Via Francigena and beyond — travellers reported a consistent experience.
- The team behind your trip is experienced. From accommodation selection to luggage transfer, route notes and 24/7 on-trip support, the operational side of the Camino is what makes or breaks the walking side.
The people behind the badge
A Camino is a logistically simple-looking trip with a lot of moving parts underneath. Booking the right small guesthouse in a village of forty people. Making sure your bag arrives at the next stop before you do. Knowing which stretch of a stage to skip if the weather turns. Picking up the phone when something unexpected happens on a Sunday afternoon in rural Galicia.
Our team — based in Spain, Ireland and across the Camino routes themselves — does that work quietly, every day.
“We are honoured to be included among travellers’ favourites this year, and we want to thank every single pilgrim who took the time to share their experience with us,” says Roland Monsegu, Director of CaminoWays.com. “The Camino de Santiago is a deeply personal journey, and being recognised by the very people we set out to serve — the walkers, cyclists and travellers themselves — is the most meaningful endorsement we could ask for.”
“This award belongs to our team and it also belongs to the wider Camino community we’re privileged to work alongside: the family-run guesthouses and rural hotels that open their doors to our pilgrims, the restaurant owners who keep dinner waiting for someone who arrived later than expected, the local guides, the luggage transfer drivers, the village cafés, the small businesses in every region of the Camino who pour their care into making each stage feel personal. None of this works without them. The Camino is a shared effort and so is this recognition.”
The work continues
An award like this isn’t a finish line. If anything, it raises the bar for the work we do behind the scenes, the kind of work travellers rarely see but always feel.
That means continuing to listen carefully to every piece of feedback we receive, the praise as well as the small frustrations. It means strengthening our relationships with the family-run accommodations along each route, expanding our capacity in the busiest stretches of the Camino so more pilgrims can walk at the time of year that suits them and refining the practical details that make a difference on the ground. It’s what makes the Camino feel effortless for the person walking it and that is the only thing this award is really about.
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