In terms of the routes going north from Porto, the choice is roughly coastal/littoral, central or some combination. There are many threads on this forum devoted to that topic but it comes down, in the end, to personal preferences. Here's one...
All I know is that it sounds very confusing when you are planning, but once you are there, it all makes sense. We went from Porto on the coastal as we love the ocean and we had a FANTASTIC camino, though I think if I did it again, I might do the...
There is an earlier thread
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/the-real-caminho-da-costa-lisboa-santiago.47452/
There is a map on Wikipedia that refers to the Trihlo das Areas - which overlaps with the Eurovelo 1 cycle route...
We cycled the coastal route from Lisbon - as our first Camino.... (led to many more!) There was nothing signposted, but variious books mentioned Portuguese royalty going that way - so we just went via Sintra (never miss Sintra!) then made our own...
hi, @Octosaurus, welcome to the forum.
From Lisbon, you have three choices (at least). The so-called coastal route, which really doesn’t spend much time on the coast at all, and goes through Sintra. We have a sub-forum on that route here...
I'm not aware of any coastal variant from Lisbon, but perhaps others will know. From Porto, the central route is generally regarded as more authentic, passing through some interesting towns, villages, lots of churches, vineyards etc.. and lots of...
Hi there!
I plan to walk my first camino in April this year and have my mind set on the Portuguese variant from Lisbon. Now I am trying to decide which route to take. Most guides are about the central route until porto and many people prefer the...
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