Lisbon to sdg Sept 2014

[Former member 34079]

I will be walking this route, I have previous experience walking from both Roncesvalles and Somport, I'm a little concerned about the length of some of the stages, I am a senior and suffer from arthritis and may not be able to cover some of these distances.has additional accomodation been developed these past few years that would allow for shorter days?

 

[Diogo92]

I will be walking this route, I have previous experience walking from both Roncesvalles and Somport, I'm a little concerned about the length of some of the stages, I am a senior and suffer from arthritis and may not be able to cover some of these distances.has additional accomodation been developed these past few years that would allow for shorter days?

Hello Dave, and welcome to the Forum.

You can check all accommodations in: http://www.vialusitana.org/en/albergues_eng/

In the first few days, you can always catch the suburban train, to go around some road walking, or to short the walking distance for that day.

I don't know when you are going to walk it, but I think that until there, @peregrina2000 will have its Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela guidebook, totally revised. You can contact her for more information.

Hope to hear something from you.

Best Regards
Diogo

 

[peregrina2000]

I will be walking this route, I have previous experience walking from both Roncesvalles and Somport, I'm a little concerned about the length of some of the stages, I am a senior and suffer from arthritis and may not be able to cover some of these distances.has additional accomodation been developed these past few years that would allow for shorter days?

Hi, Dave, welcome to the forum. The availability of accommodation on the Lisbon to Porto segment is increasing in number. The list Diogo pointed you to is the most up to date, in my experience, and it also gives good information on where you can and cannot expect to sleep in the Bombeiros Voluntarios (firefighters). Give us an idea of your ideal stage length and we can help you with stages.

Albertinho has given some great short stage advice on Porto-Santiago here: http://www.caminodesantiago.me/comm...-santiago-only-doing-10-to-15-km-a-day.23811/

It will be harder to do that from Lisbon to Porto, but are you open to getting shuttled back and forth either by taxi or train?

And as Diogo mentioned, the revisions to the Confraternity's online guides from Lisbon to Porto and Porto to Santiago are done and in process of editing and getting formatted for booklet size. But if you are leaving soon, send me a private message (hit the "private conversation" button on top) and I'll send you the updated version.
Buen camino, Laurie

 

[Former member 34079]

Hi, Dave, welcome to the forum. The availability of accommodation on the Lisbon to Porto segment is increasing in number. The list Diogo pointed you to is the most up to date, in my experience, and it also gives good information on where you can and cannot expect to sleep in the Bombeiros Voluntarios (firefighters). Give us an idea of your ideal stage length and we can help you with stages.

Albertinho has given some great short stage advice on Porto-Santiago here: http://www.caminodesantiago.me/comm...-santiago-only-doing-10-to-15-km-a-day.23811/

It will be harder to do that from Lisbon to Porto, but are you open to getting shuttled back and forth either by taxi or train?

And as Diogo mentioned, the revisions to the Confraternity's online guides from Lisbon to Porto and Porto to Santiago are done and in process of editing and getting formatted for booklet size. But if you are leaving soon, send me a private message (hit the "private conversation" button on top) and I'll send you the updated version.
Buen camino, Laurie

Thank you for this. I expect I will be walking 20 - 25 K per day mid Sept to mid Oct. I fear this will be my last Camino, at least until I get new knees. I am more than open to shortening my days by using taxis and public transport. If anyone else is on the trail at this time I'll be the guy carrying the flute.

 

[JoanneK]

Thank you for this. I expect I will be walking 20 - 25 K per day mid Sept to mid Oct. I fear this will be my last Camino, at least until I get new knees. I am more than open to shortening my days by using taxis and public transport. If anyone else is on the trail at this time I'll be the guy carrying the flute.

Dave, did you keep a record of where you stayed especially in the first few days from Lisbon? I have been looking at the sites listed above, but wondered what your experience was and how easy it was to find a taxi? How was the weather in September/October? We are going at that time this year.

 

[peregrina2000]

Hi to all walking from Lisbon -- this original inquiry last year was one of the several that prompted our little Lisbon fan club to put together a document showing how to walk some shorter stages from Lisbon. In case you haven't seen it, it's in the Resources section, along with the Lisbon to Porto guide, which was also a group project by Forum members.

Guide is here: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/lisbon-to-porto-2015-version.298/

Short stage document here: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/short-stages-from-lisbon-to-porto.133/

Hope these help, and comments and updates are ALWAYS greatly appreciated for future "editions." Bom caminho, Laurie

 

[Former member 22438]

Dave, did you keep a record of where you stayed especially in the first few days from Lisbon? I have been looking at the sites listed above, but wondered what your experience was and how easy it was to find a taxi? How was the weather in September/October? We are going at that time this year.

Lisbon is a big city with excellent public transport-subway, trams-buses-an antique touristical tramway- and lots of taxis. Take care not to be cheated by taxidrivers about the fares and the shortest way.

 

[JoanneK]

Thanks so much peregrina2000 and Albertinho. I am using the documents you refer to but I suppose was getting a bit anxious about doing quite a long day on day 2 (Sacavem to Vila Franca de Xira for which the estimated distances range from 26km to close to 30km) when I am not yet accustomed to walking.

 

[amorfati1]

Dave, did you keep a record of where you stayed especially in the first few days from Lisbon? I have been looking at the sites listed above, but wondered what your experience was and how easy it was to find a taxi? How was the weather in September/October? We are going at that time this year.

september is a lovely time in portugal ...
if you like, have a look at the list of places where i stayed during my caminho last May -
started in lisbon, taking the train - then walked 11km to Azambuja, overnighted, walked 16km the next day, overnighted, etc etc ...
i loved to take it slow, unhurried ... and always found ways to keep my walking days in such fashion that i still had a smile when arriving at the hostel or albergue and wasn't a zombiegrino arriving in agony and fatigue. the most i ever walked was 27km ... and that also only because some local prankster repainted arrows and we actually walked in circles for a while before we noticed ... otherwise it would have been 24 km or such.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...-on-caminho-portuguese-w-images-part-i.27901/


https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...-on-caminho-portuguese-w-images-part-i.27901/

bom caminho!

 

[Former member 22438]

september is a lovely time in portugal ...
if you like, have a look at the list of places where i stayed during my caminho last May -
started in lisbon, taking the train - then walked 11km to Azambuja, overnighted, walked 16km the next day, overnighted, etc etc ...
i loved to take it slow, unhurried ... and always found ways to keep my walking days in such fashion that i still had a smile when arriving at the hostel or albergue and wasn't a zombiegrino arriving in agony and fatigue. the most i ever walked was 27km ... and that also only because some local prankster repainted arrows and we actually walked in circles for a while before we noticed ... otherwise it would have been 24 km or such.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...-on-caminho-portuguese-w-images-part-i.27901/


https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...-on-caminho-portuguese-w-images-part-i.27901/

bom caminho!

Zombiegrino.. Love that word Claudia !
Just was in another thread and compared a peregrino ,in the perception of a dog defending its territory , while seeing a perigrino passing by, dressed in an altus poncho and walking with pacer poles as an alian . Your zombieperegrino was very suitable in this context..