Thanks for this great thread. Filing it away for the ever-growing bucket list. Echoing @peregrina2000 from another thread -- that the best gps app is the one you're used to - - I note that the Geira shows up on mapy.cz as a dark blue line...
I started the Sanabres ten days before Ourense, and had varied, beautiful terrain and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
If I had started in Ourense, which is not one of my favorite cities, I agree that the Camino Portuguese from Porto with the VE is the...
I agree and am on record many times saying that I think the CP plus VE is easily the best final 100km of any camino. Just a personal opinion, of course ;)
The walk from Campo do Geres along the Rio Homem is lovely. There is, as I think @jungleboy is implying, a path down to the shore, but then there's a steep ascent to get back onto the road. Great views.
After 6 or 7 kilometres you'll find quite...
Welcome to the tag team, @jungleboy! And thanks for your input.
One thing about the albergue in Caldelas. If you've spoken to José Manuel, the president of the Junta UFSCP, he'll make sure that they are expecting you. You can check in at the...
Isn't it? It is the first of the three 'Historic villages of Portugal' that this camino passes, and we liked it more than Belmonte, which is more famous. This was also when we realised we had stumbled by complete accident into the most famous...
Memories!
These are the 'Gado Bravo' signs indicating wild/aggressive cattle. We also didn't have any problem with them but were more cautious in this area.
Ahh, the famous 36km day into Évora including 15 consecutive kms on a trafficked road...
Here goes!
Thanks Grace, you are still the only other person I've had any contact with who has done the Nascente, so it's fun to be able to talk about it with someone!!
That's a shame, it's a right turn and short detour.
We also had difficulty...
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