COURSE INFORMATION

FYET: No (S)pain No Gain: Hiking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spain - 1 credit

Students will have the opportunity to hike the last 111 kilometers or so (~70 ish miles) on the Camino francés from Sarria into Santiago. We will fly into Madrid, and immediately take the train to Sarria and begin our 6 day walk to Santiago the next morning. We will sleep in pilgrim accommodations along the way (albergues) in Sarria, Portomarin, Areixe, Melide, and Lavacolla. In Santiago, we will spend one night at the Hostería San Martín Pinario (a former seminary constructed between the 16th and 18th centuries that has been converted to a hotel for pilgrims), and will visit the Cathedral, taking a rooftop tour before attending the Pilgrim’s mass in the Cathedral. We will celebrate our arrival that evening with a group meal at the Parador de los Reyes Católicos which was built on the orders of the monarchs Ferdinand and Isabel in the late 1400’s. The next day, we will have the morning and early afternoon to visit the city of Santiago before heading to the airport to take a flight back to Madrid. We will spend the night near the airport before catching our return flight to the USA Sunday morning.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

-Hostal and albergue accomodations
-Santiago de Compostela cathedral
-Museum of the Camino de Santiago


PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

- Students must already possess a valid passport or be eligible to obtain a valid passport
- Students must be Freshmen
- Students will cover 118 km of terrain over a 6 day period
-Students must maintain a 2.5 GPA or higher
(When entering GPA for this application, freshmen are instructed to enter 0.0 until they earn a GPA after their first semester at College of Charleston)

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Dr. Lisa Signori
Department of French, Francophone, and Italian Studies
signoril@cofc.edu
843-953-0872

Dr. Signori is an Associate Professor of French at the College of Charleston and Chair of the Department of French, Francophone, and Italian Studies. She lived in France for seven years and has spent recent summers in France conducting research. She has previously directed programs abroad to France and Spain, and will be co-directing a 2018 summer program in Paris, Provence, and the Riviera.

Note: For questions regarding on-site program details and course content, please contact the program director. Any inquires regarding application processing, billing, or scholarship opportunities can be directed to the Center for International Education (contact information listed above).