Glasgow, Scotland ( Prfriend ) October 14, 2009 – Macs Adventures, long known for its innovative walking, biking, and adventure tours, has announced its newest adventure holiday, the Camino de Santiago. Guests will begin their journey at the traditional starting point of St Jean Pied de Port in France, and travel westward across northern Spain to the Santiago de Compostela, stopping at various hotels and rural inns along the way. The walking tour can be split into five separate adventures, each lasting about a week. For those seeking the complete Camino de Santiago experience, the entire journey takes about 31 days and covers almost 780 km.

The Camino de Santiago offers a spiritual experience for travellers along its path. Also known as the Path of Saint James, it retraces the route of a Christian pilgrimage over one thousand years old, ending with a visit to the tomb of the apostle Saint James. This pilgrimage tradition has continued uninterrupted to the present day. 2010 is expected to be an especially busy time for the historic and scenic route, as it has been designated a Holy Year for the Santiago pilgrimage by church officials. These Holy Years, or Jubilee Years, generally occur when July 25th, Saint James Day, coincides with a Sunday. Macs Adventures will provide each traveller with a passport issued by the Church of Saint James; by collecting stamps at churches, hotels, and restaurants along the path, guests who walk the final 100 km of this historic journey can receive a Compostela Certificate authenticating their achievement.

This ancient trail offers gorgeous scenery and a long history as well; it is said that the earliest residents of this area walked the same route as part of a pagan fertility rite. Others claim that the Camino de Santiago retraces the death journey of the ancient Celts who travelled from the eastern inlands to the End of the Earth, or Finisterra, said to lie on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Travellers looking for a challenging experience and a historic achievement will enjoy the natural surroundings and picturesque local villages along the journey.

Macs Adventure arranges every detail of the itinerary, including accommodations at three-star hotels, rustic rural hotels, and private rooms in hostels, ensuring convenience and comfort for their guests. Breakfasts are included in the standard cost; dinners can be arranged for an additional fee. These tours fill quickly, so booking well in advance is recommended.

Macs Adventures offers world-class walking, biking, and adventure tours. Located in Scotland, they specialise in unforgettable holiday experiences throughout Western Europe, and offer a wide range of destinations and arrangements for the discerning traveller. The experts at Macs Adventures provide first-hand experience and knowledge of their walking holidays; because they’ve been there themselves, they can give their customers the best advice possible.

Contact: http://www.macsadventure.com/macs_adventure_contact.php

Neil Lapping
Macs Adventure Limited
Unit 24a
1103 Argyle Street
Glasgow, Scotland G3 8ND
Tel: 0845 527 7871
Fax: 0845 527 5688

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As is known to all, summer is the peak season for travelling. But what should people pay attention to while traveling? Here are some tips for your reference.

Dress: first of all, people should dress comfortably while going out for a trip; for example, you had better not pull on the hardware leather shoes, especially the new shoes, so as to prevent hurting your foot and holding up the journey as a result. Thus, the loose, casual clothing is the best choice. Besides, when you go out, you must bring a sun hat or sunscreen umbrella with you, because the summer sun is very strong; the long-wave ultraviolet radiation is harmful to human skin; and the long-time exposure to sunlight would make you feel dizzy; what’s worse, severe cases would give rise to all kinds of dermatitis.

Meanwhile, sunglasses are also indispensable. It is used to prevent strong sunlight from stimulating the human eyes. Along with the improvement of people’s material and cultural levels, sunglasses can be embodied as a beauty or special personal style jewelry. Sunglasses, while travelling, can help to protect eyes from harmful UV radiation (contact lenses are worn to prevent water evaporation); at the same time, it plays a role as decoration. Wearing sunglasses makes one more charming and cool. GlassesShop.com is an online glasses company, which provides people with an abundance of fashion glasses. Whenever you have any needs, you can have a try at this shop. It will be found to your satisfaction.

Diet: generally speaking, while travelling outside, people usually consume much water, so you’d better eat more soup and light food, have more fresh vegetables, fruits, but eat as less as possible the fried and greasy food, so as to prevent indigestion. While some lean meat may be a more appropriate allocation. Especially when you climb mountains, take more water with you.

Accommodation: At the choice of hotels, those with free ventilation and light are among your best selection. Before going to bed, you had better swab down and bubble your foot, which can help to enhance blood cycle. It is also suggested that you should not open air-conditioning all night when sleeping, so as not to catch cold as a result.

While you go for a swimming at seaside in summer, first of all you should choose water. Some water is not clean, which not only seriously damages your skin, but also induces a number of diseases. When sun is strong, you must not have open-air swimming. The sunscreen products you use had better be waterproof.

Besides, to drink a cup of 0.5% concentration of salt water would be better after you sweat a lot, which can add the salt loss to the body and prevent heat stroke as a result. To carry with salt has another advantage: it can be used to wash the towel which has wiped much sweat. By doing so, the towel will be as clean as new and has a refreshing effect. In addition, at the end of the tour, by adding a small amount of salt in the bath water, you can have a more comfortable wash, which helps to enhance the spirit of heart and your skin will be smoother.