I do the same. Or I take it and leave it unwrapped. I think that I read that albergues (at least in some regions) are required to provide some kind of sheet, so if they don't want to wash cloth sheets they use the disposable ones.
It certainly isn’t terrible. The river portion is nice. I used Mapy.cz and I was happy to have it as the initial markings are very sparse. The Mapy.cz app is free. It has an outdoor layer, which shows the entire Camino. Download the Portugal and...
There are several ways to walk there. The one I did, you turn right and walk east along the river as soon as you cross the bridge into Vila do Conde. It is well marked. There are certainly parts along the road but I didn't feel too unsafe. It...
I did the "aqueduct" route out of Vila do Conde in June 2023. I downloaded the gpx coordinates from the Dutch camino website and followed the route in the OSMand app. Compared to other days walking on roads, I didn't find the route especially bad...
I just walked Vila do Conde to Rates last month and it was easy to follow. Leaving VdC was the trickiest part, as there are two routes out of the city. We took the "river" route and it was a lovely walk. Met some folks at the albergue in Rates...
I'm not sure what you mean by unsupported but yes, hundreds of thousands of people have done it. It is not on a highway as such, but there is a stretch of a few hundred metres along a busy road with no shoulder and care is needed. Otherwise it's...
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