Thank you that is good to know - I'll download WikiLoc as a back up.
Fingers crossed I won't need it as disconnecting from my phone is part of the Camino joy!
I did the CPI, dividing it in two because of the Covid panic, starting in Coimbra and finishing last year. The signposting was pretty good but I did download GPX tracks onto my phone as a backup. I don't recall using the phone much.
In terms...
Thank you very much for the detailed reply 🤩
I struggle to practice the little Portuguese I have as I know I will stray into Spanish & I understand the offence that can cause! But thank you for the reminder 😊
I think I am decided this will be...
It'll be a great camino for you with those parameters as it is indeed quiet and beautiful!
Comment from me early on the CPI in 2022:
We speak Portuguese so it's hard to say, but remember that Portuguese people don't like being spoken to in...
Yes there are. It's a bit like the Madrid in that way - not a well-trodden route but one with a decent albergue network. Most of the albergues are converted schools.
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I've read through a lot of the threads & conversations on here about the CPI. It looks so beautiful & as a slow walker I feel panicked by the "bed race" on busy-busy Caminos so the quiet appeals too.
I was wondering if anyone has recently...
It would be a good idea to start your own thread on the Camino Portuguese Interior forum here:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/caminho-portugues-interior-viseu-verin.163/
I strongly recommend taking the old Corgo railway line from Peso da Régua up to Vila Real. There are no yellow arrows, but once you're on the former railway line (now an agricultural track) it's virtually impossible to get lost. Spectacularly...
Keep posting here if you have a chance! Maybe I've missed smth important here. Would be interesting to hear from the road. Missing CPI a lot! Bom Caminho! :)
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