Wednesday 13 November 2024 Beira Valente to Lamego
It was a long day today, 27.5 km over 8.5 hours (which did, to be fair, include a stop for lunch). I left at about 7:15 and arrived at about 3:45. There were plenty of climbs and descents (more...
Tuesday 12 November 2024, Vila da Ponte - Beira Valente
It was quite a pleasant walk today. It started with a steady climb through a number of switchbacks heading towards the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Necessities, on top of a nearby mountain...
Paulo Almeida has published that the largest image of the six found on the main facade, the one with a "zurrón"(I’m not sure of the correct term in English: ¿pilgrim's bag/satchel?) is the oldest sculptural representation of Saint James known in...
Monday 11 November 2024, Ponte do Abade - Vila do Ponte
Well, I never expected that to happen! There is another pilgrim in the dorm tonight. Daniel from France. I knew he was on the Camino because Cristina posted to Facebook a picture of him in...
Research is an integral part of all my caminos and so many from this forum share their experiences or help in other ways. I just like to add to that in ways I can.
(we really need a blushing emoji, it took me a couple of hours to recover enough...
attached is a work in progress version of my camino torres file, with distances between towns and all the services I could come up with with google maps. hope you find it useful, @David Tallan. any comments, especially about water availability...
Enjoying reading about your Torres trip, my wife and I did it lasy year to BRAGA.
Keep your GPS handy you will need it many times!!
We only say 1 person last year ... a solitude walk.
Enjoyed the Via Pecuria walking, very relaxing. Got too busy...
David this has just been posted by Luis on the FB Torres Group.
Good news!
There's a new hostel in Mesão Frio. It is located in the "Casa dos Albergaria", on Rua do Balcão, just after passing the Pelourinho, in front of the "Mercearia do...
Soonwon Lee (@camino8004) posted on FB with photos of Casa dos Albergaria, where he stayed on October 10. It looks like the Bombeiros were the ones who directed him to this new location:
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