5 - 7 days with stages of 16 km or less possible?

trecile · 2024-09-30T05:34:42+0200

It will probably never happen, but I'd like to convince my husband to do a short supported walk. I'm thinking about walking the Camino from Lisbon next year (again, but this time without injury or illness!), and my husband and I will travel to Europe together before I start my Camino. So I thought that I might be able to convince him to do a short walk in Portugal before I start my Camino.
When we travel he has no problem walking quite a few miles as a tourist, so I think that he could probably walk up to 10 miles per day without a backpack.

So, I'm looking for suggested short stages on the Fisherman's trail that would suit these requirements.

Edited to add: maybe this trail would be too difficult for my husband, so I'm open to other suggestions.

jungleboy · 2024-09-30T08:03:48+0200

Well firstly, it'd be a great choice because the coastal scenery is truly stunning (much more so than on the Portuguese coastal which everyone seems to love anyway!). Whether it's difficult or not is in the eye of the beholder. Some people struggle with the soft sand but Wendy and I didn't.

The stages are pretty fixed, but aren't long. If he'd be willing to up the 16km slightly, the first five days south from Porto Covo would be an excellent choice.

1 - Porto Covo - Vila Nova de Milfontes 20km
2 - Vila Nova de Milfontes - Almograve 15.5km
3 - Almograve - Zambujeira do Mar 22km
4 - Zambujeira do Mar - Odeceixe 18.5km
5 - Odeceixe - Aljezur 18.5km

The third day could possibly be broken up at Cavaleiro about halfway, although a quick search shows only one accommodation option (Casa da Courela) at €162 (looks pretty nice though!).

dick bird · 2024-09-30T08:41:32+0200

Have you thought about the Inglés? I think there are a lot of accommodation options so you can achieve shorter stages. It is scenic, it is short, it has some interesting towns along the route and the food and wine are good.

jungleboy · 2024-09-30T08:59:47+0200

I think the idea is to be near Lisbon so trecile can then start the CP from there afterwards.

Peterexpatkiwi · 2024-09-30T09:23:12+0200

trecile said:
I'm looking for suggested short stages on the Fisherman's trail that would suit these requirements.

I'll l preface this by saying that I have zero experience with this trail yet, just research. As @jungleboy says, the stages are pretty fixed. So short of taxing to and fro your options are limited.

Whilst @jungleboy and Wendy didn't have any difficulties with the soft sand I know that it certainly affected others. I've watched a handful of YouTube videos and it's an almost universal comment. Our very own @NadineK for example.

If you could persuade your husband to meet you at the end of your Camino then perhaps you could take up @Dick birds suggestion and walk the Inglès (or the first few days short days)with him?

trecile · 2024-09-30T05:34:42+0200

It will probably never happen, but I'd like to convince my husband to do a short supported walk. I'm thinking about walking the Camino from Lisbon next year (again, but this time without injury...

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