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The Caminho da Raia is one of the three caminos being developed by the Caminhos de Santiago Alentejo e Ribatejo, a government-tourism project (along with the Caminho Nascente and Caminho Central). It can be considered a variant of the Caminho Nascente as it begins and ends at Nascente destinations: MĂ©rtola and AlpalhĂŁo respectively (about 13 stages).
The Raia follows part of a previously created camino called the Caminho do Este. Basically, the Raia is the section of the Este contained within the Alentejo, which explains why only this part of it is being included in this new, regional government-backed camino.
The Raia is the last of the three caminos to be developed and as such is currently (July 2021) in the âComing Soonâ stage. This means that the official site does not have a guidebook for it and that way-marking is possibly not yet completed. The printed version of the official map just has straight lines between the end-of-stage stops, unlike the other two caminos (Nascente and Central) where the map follows the contours of the trail.
Resources:
Official Site - The Raia is âComing Soonâ
Caminho do Este index at douglasajohnson.com - includes stages although this pre-dates the development of these new caminos and is not exactly the Raia; stages sometimes go back and forth between the Raia and the Nascente.
Map - The Raia is in purple-ish:
The Raia follows part of a previously created camino called the Caminho do Este. Basically, the Raia is the section of the Este contained within the Alentejo, which explains why only this part of it is being included in this new, regional government-backed camino.
The Raia is the last of the three caminos to be developed and as such is currently (July 2021) in the âComing Soonâ stage. This means that the official site does not have a guidebook for it and that way-marking is possibly not yet completed. The printed version of the official map just has straight lines between the end-of-stage stops, unlike the other two caminos (Nascente and Central) where the map follows the contours of the trail.
Resources:
Official Site - The Raia is âComing Soonâ
Caminho do Este index at douglasajohnson.com - includes stages although this pre-dates the development of these new caminos and is not exactly the Raia; stages sometimes go back and forth between the Raia and the Nascente.
Map - The Raia is in purple-ish:
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