walking + buses

[Dominika]

Hi everyone!
We decided to do Camino Portugues this year ( about 110-150 km). As we come from a country without sea we would like to do this way along the coast and enjoy the sea and the fresh air of Atlantic ocean.
We have maximum one week (7-8 days) to do this way and we try to arrange our peregrination.. Please, would it be possible to start this way in Porto and then take a bus to Arcade or Pontevedra and continue the route from this city?
We also think about going from A Guarda to Santiago directly- Do you have some experience with this route? Is it well-marked/albergues??
If you have some other advice how to do this camino mostly along the coast, please let us know!
Thank you very much for every reply!

 

[Former member 22438]

Hi everyone!
We decided to do Camino Portugues this year ( about 110-150 km). As we come from a country without sea we would like to do this way along the coast and enjoy the sea and the fresh air of Atlantic ocean.
We have maximum one week (7-8 days) to do this way and we try to arrange our peregrination.. Please, would it be possible to start this way in Porto and then take a bus to Arcade or Pontevedra and continue the route from this city?
We also think about going from A Guarda to Santiago directly- Do you have some experience with this route? Is it well-marked/albergues??
If you have some other advice how to do this camino mostly along the coast, please let us know!
Thank you very much for every reply!

Walking from A Guarda is a nice idea .. Nice walk alongside the waterline ,almost up to Pontevedra.

Look at the forum camino Portuges /coastal for all your questions

Bom caminho

 

[whariwharangi]

CP operates trains from Porto to Valenca and to Vigo Spain.

Renfe operates trains from Vigo to Valenca

Comboios de Portugal (urban, regional, national, and international train services)
http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=87cbd5abe2a74010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD

Renfe
http://www.renfe.com/index.html

Autna provides bus services between Vigo and Porto.

Autna
http://www.autna.com/es/

Vigo
Aracade and Pontevedra are reached by Monbus from Vigo Spain.

Vigo Bus Station
http://vigobus.com/

Monbus (Castromil is actual service provider)
http://www.monbus.es/es

3100 Porto/Oporto

3001 This section discusses transportation options in Porto.

3002 Porto Airport

ANA manages Porto Airport (OPO)
http://www.ana.pt/en-US/Pages/Homepage.aspx

3003 Porto Metro

Travel from Porto Airport (OPO) to CP trains at Estação de Campanhã by Metro. Take Metro line E from the Airport to Estação de Campanhã.

Metro do Porto
http://www.metrodoporto.pt/

3004 Trains

CP trains to Vigo, Madrid, Hendaye, and Lisboa depart from Estação de Campanhã.

Comboios de Portugal (CP) (urban, regional, national, and international train services)
http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=87cbd5abe2a74010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD

3005 Buses

Porto does not have a central bus station. Each bus company has stops at various locations in Porto

Autna (connects to Vigo Spain)
http://www.autna.com/es/

Autna has bus stops at the following locations from South to North:

a. Campo Mártires da Patria, 37
The closest Metro is Estação Sao Bento line D

b. Avda. de los Aliados – McDonald’s
The closest Metro is Estação Sao Bento line D

c. Aeropuerto
Metro line E

Renex
http://www.renex.pt/

Renex bus stop is located at Campo Mártires da Patria, 37
The closest Metro is Estação Sao Bento line D

Rede Expressos
http://www.rede-expressos.pt/

Rede Expresso point of sale (and bus stop) is located Garagem Atlantico Rua Alexandre Herculano, 366 4000 Porto.
The closest Metro is Estação Sao Bento line D

 

[haikutaxi]

Hi everyone!
We decided to do Camino Portugues this year ( about 110-150 km). As we come from a country without sea we would like to do this way along the coast and enjoy the sea and the fresh air of Atlantic ocean.
We have maximum one week (7-8 days) to do this way and we try to arrange our peregrination.. Please, would it be possible to start this way in Porto and then take a bus to Arcade or Pontevedra and continue the route from this city?
We also think about going from A Guarda to Santiago directly- Do you have some experience with this route? Is it well-marked/albergues??
If you have some other advice how to do this camino mostly along the coast, please let us know!
Thank you very much for every reply!

 

[haikutaxi]

A Guarda to Santiago would be a great choice ... It's a gorgeous walk along the coast from there to Vigo (with some fine stretches of sandy beach too!) then you turn inland a bit to join the main route in Redondela. Enjoy!

 

[Dominika]

Thank you very much for all your replies!!!
And please, what is the easiest way to get to A Guarda from Lisbon/Porto?

 

[Dominika]

And what do you think, 7-8 days, is it enough from A Guarda to Santiago de Compostela?

 

[Former member 22438]

Thank you very much for all your replies!!!
And please, what is the easiest way to get to A Guarda from Lisbon/Porto?

The best way is to get from Porto to Caminha. There is a (slow ?) railwaylink. Take from there the ferry to Aguarda. It might be in july that the ferry sails againbut try to find it on the internet. Otherwise there will be a 25 kms detour around the river Miño
Www.cm.caminha.pt

 

[whariwharangi]

Thank you very much for all your replies!!!
And please, what is the easiest way to get to A Guarda from Lisbon/Porto?

Vigo Bus Station
http://vigobus.com/

See the information for ATSA bus (not ALSA). If I'm reading the schedule right the bus goes from Vigo to Guarda via Tui. ATSA does not have a website.

Renfe operates a train from Valenca to Vigo that stops at Tui.

Otherwise use CP trains or Autna buses from Porto to Vigo then take an ATSA bus to Guarda.