Day 7. Sep6, Cabeca Gorda - Beja 14km
Stay: Suite na Praca da Republica (AirBnB) 50eu Joana 961489032
Walk: A day of country roads, industrial olive farms and barky dogs.
Early arrival in the castle town of Beja meant plenty of time to explore...
There is someone on the Camino Forum Zoom chats who is doing the Portugues in stages with his wife, both in wheelchairs (edited to add this is Rob, in post #7 above). They are benefiting from an organization called DisCamino, which is helping...
A member of our Northern California APOC chapter, Rob Nickerson, has done several wheelchair caminos with his wife, Betsy, who is now unable to walk. In Ivar's last broadcast, from 6/26, he mentions (starting at 5:40) that he interviewed Rob and...
For those who understand french, it is worth to attend the presentation of the tympan of the church, because the monk explain the story of Sainte Foy. She was a young martyr dead on the 3rd century, in Agen.
Six centuries later, the monks of...
I couldn't find any posts about this on the Forum, so I thought I'd share...
One of the most beautiful stops on the Le Puy route is Conques. It's a picturesque French village featuring the beautiful Abbey of Sainte Foy.
Like many churches, the...
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...
Day 10: Rodeiro to Lalín — 22km
We left the albergue in Rodeiro just after 7am and decided to swing by the famous bakery (Panadería Jesús, which bakes for the royal family, among others) just in case, even though it’s not supposed to open until...
We are walking from Monteforte to SDC. We are using the Brierly guide primarily for route planning. A great book but unfortunately we have come across some errors that could affect pilgrims planning for a section. One is subjective but the second...
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