WIN A TRIP TO SPAIN with the 46th Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon for 2010!

A Walker's World and National Tourist Office of Spain are proud sponsors of this event. We are offering a chance to win return airfares for two to Spain and an eight-day walk on part of the famous pilgrims' route, The Camino de Santiago. 

The journey of 708kms between Roncesvalles and Santiago de Compostela is divided into five consecutive stages. 

Call us for trip notes, and choose which stage of the journey you would like to walk. 

Any walker who completes the entire course of the marathon on Saturday 1st May has a chance to win this incredible trip!

India will amaze you with its culture, wilderness and often chaotic tapestry of ancient and modern. Combine wildlife safari to two of India's beautiful national parks, once the hunting grounds of Maharajas, with incredible tmeple artistry and romantic palaces.

From the 4th century AD a great number of people wishing to visit the holy places started moving round Europe.  As the number of pilgrims increased, Europe became covered by a wide network of roads which headed towards three destinations: Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Rome. To cater for the pilgrims a great many abbeys, monasteries, hospitals and shelters were built.

At the end of the 10th century the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sigeric, travelled to Rome and on his return journey he kept a record of the route and his stops.  The 80 stages covering some 1700 km has become the basis for re-identifying the route today.