Albergues from Lisboa to Porto

[LSab]

I am beginning to plan my second Camino this spring (March/April), from Lisbon to Santiago along the inland route of the Camino Portuguese. I am using both the Wise Pilgrim App and Gronze (I used both when I walked from SJPdP last fall). Am I correct in thinking, as I look in both apps, that this part of the Camino (from Lisbon to Porto) has fewer albergues? I do not see many albergues off stage and even on the stage itself, many towns have only one albergue (there are many hotels/guesthouses)? I do not see any municiple albergues at all. Also, some of the stages are a bit longer than I would like to do. When walking the Frances, I pushed a bit too hard and ended with two minor but painful injures. I have learned my lesson so I would rather shorten a long stage but this may not be an option if there are no albergues. Can anyone advise me on albergues or perhaps there is a better app for the Camino Portuguese? Also.... why do both of these apps begin the Camino at the Lisbon cathedral when the official start is at the Igreja de Santiago? Thanks to all who help me plan!

 

[alexwalker]

I tried to walk from Lisbon ca. 10 years back, but gave up after 5 days in April. The amount of (dangerous) highway walking (and not least seeing truck drivers sitting in petrol stations having their beer(s) break), lack of albergues and other facilities, lack of fellow pilgrims (I met noone in those 5 days) etc. was giving me a feeling of not fitting into that Camino, so I skipped forward to Porto and walked from there. A much better experience, although I hated walking on all those cobblestones/stone setts: Hard on my feet.

IMHO, the Portuguese from Lisbon to Porto is/was not well developed for pilgrims. It may have improved lately, for all I know, though.

Buen Camino!

 

[Melcro1218]

I tried to walk from Lisbon ca. 10 years back, but gave up after 5 days in April. The amount of (dangerous) highway walking (and not least seeing truck drivers sitting in petrol stations having their beer(s) break), lack of albergues and other facilities, lack of fellow pilgrims (I met noone in those 5 days) etc. was giving me a feeling of not fitting into that Camino, so I skipped forward to Porto and walked from there. A much better experience, although I hated walking on all those cobblestones/stone setts: Hard on my feet.

IMHO, the Portuguese from Lisbon to Porto is/was not well developed for pilgrims. It may have improved lately, for all I know, though.

Buen Camino!

Thank you for sharing this. We might consider Vigo to Santiago instead of starting in Lisbon