Recommendations for some of the central
* Tomar, Hostel 2300 Thomar (cool graffiti on walls, breakfast included, central location)
* Alvaiazere, Albergue Pinheiro (single room, cool stamp, good breakfast)
" Alvorge, Albergue O Lagareiro ,(cozy...
My husband @RodrigoD and I really benefitted from all the advice we got from members of this forum. Paying it forward, we wanted to share some of our favorite spots to sleep along the Portuguese:
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So like, I snore sometimes. I pretty much stay in private accommodation every night on the camino as to avoid disturbing others (wink). Now I've developed my own criteria for evaluating camino hotels/pensions:
1. Is it clean? They almost all...
I flew from Madrid to Porto
Had a lovely night in Madrid walking around before flying to Porto the next morning. Train from airport in Porto to my hostel
.One afternoon amd evening in Porto, orientated myself for the Camino the next day.
As an AMAZON Vine reviewer I get lots of free product for evaluation. I can't count how many power packs I've evaluated. Probably the most important feature that I found that differentiates them for the backpacker is whether or not they shut off...
I'm attaching a "cheat sheet" for our Coastal Camino in Portugal. My husband and I had a wonderful Camino in May! It is a compilation of mileage and places to stay so we knew what was ahead. We did not adhere to the standard days - for...
The same camino, but oh so different.
Lesson 1 (St Jean): I have the best husband in the world; he doesn’t mind that I leave home for 5 weeks to walk the camino again.
Lesson 2 (Valcarlos): this route is so beautiful and quiet on a sunny June...
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