Camino Portugues into Santiago

[APokey1]

Hello! I'm going to be walking the Portugues from Porto in a couple of weeks and I'm curious about how entering Santiago is compared to the Frances route... Where you come past Monte de Gozo? It's difficult to find a detailed map online...

If anyone has advise or tips, I would love to hear them!

Thank you!
Pokey

 

[whariwharangi]

John Brierley's guide to Camino Frances shows it coming past Monte Gozo from the East. The Camino Portugues enters Santiago from the West at Porto Faxiera and does not pass Monte Gozo.

Si yo fuera tu, I'd buy a Brierley's guide for Camino Portugues.

 

[mspath]

Hello! I'm going to be walking the Portugues from Porto in a couple of weeks and I'm curious about how entering Santiago is compared to the Frances route... Where you come past Monte de Gozo? It's difficult to find a detailed map online...

If anyone has advise or tips, I would love to hear them!

Thank you!
Pokey

You can download detailed digital maps of the Camino Portugues from fellow Forum member Peter Robins The Walking Pilgrim web site.

Bom Caminho,

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Where you come past Monte de Gozo?

It does not go past Monte do Gozo; it is on the other side of town past the train station. Yellow arrows are hard to find, so you may discover that you just follow some random city street toward the cathedral!

 

[Dutch]

Coming from the Portugees and walking into santiago is not so nice and the arrows are hard if not (sometimes) impossible to find. I cant even remembering seeing a "santiago de compostella" sign anywhere.

To entner, You can walk 2 ways: On is new and is about 700 mtrs longer then the old route past the hospital. The longer one should be more scenic/nature (i took hospital route so dont know), but what i heard from others entering the longer way, it wasnt much better, sooo...

I am not saying that walking in from the Frances was soooo great, but much better then from Portugees.

 

[mspath]

It is even more complicated to go backward from Santiago on the Camino Portugues.
December 2011 after the finishing the CF I continued to Finisterre, per usual, and then walked down to the Portuguese border at Tui. To go backward is more confusing than you might think; since this path is hardly well marked, searching for the famous yellow arrows pointing opposite my direction wasn't easy. Viewed backwards the arrows resembled anchors. Thus it was a bit of a treasure hunt! Nevertheless all the Xunta Galicia albergues were open and wonderfully heated. Crossing the old frontier at Tui to enter Portugal at Valenca de Minho while walking on the 19th c international bridge designed by Eiffel the river view in that cold December dusk was breathtaking.

Bom Caminho

Margaret Meredith

 

[Diogo92]

Hello! I'm going to be walking the Portugues from Porto in a couple of weeks and I'm curious about how entering Santiago is compared to the Frances route... Where you come past Monte de Gozo? It's difficult to find a detailed map online...

If anyone has advise or tips, I would love to hear them!

Thank you!
Pokey

Has @Dutch said, you have two ways: one, on your left side which takes you directly into Santiago, passing through the main Hospital of the city, and that it's more urban, but also more hilly; and then you have one at your right side, a greener way, which in my own opinion, walking both, it's much better than the one from the Hospital. It’s more flat than the one from the Hospital. You pass through a little forest, and you will even see some paintings on a wall, made by some professional graffiti artists which are a must to see.

Now, you just have to choose which one you'll take

 

[miguel_gp]

Two routes shown below, old (via hospital) in Red, new (longer) in Blue. The way-markings once into the urban area of Santiago are quite sparse. View below looking more or less West with Cathedral bottom right-hand corner.



Once you approach the old town I believe the formal way marking takes you across the park and below the old town (blue route), approaching the Cathedral from the South-West corner of the square. However you can also just continue into the old town and along Rua Do Franco instead.



Buen Camino
Mig

 

[Former member 22438]

Many roads lead to Rome..eh...sorry ...Santiago

 

[APokey1]

Oh My Goodness! Thank you everyone! I think I would like the road less traveled... which may be the longer route. However... my guess is that I'll walk the one I can find!!! Thank you again - this forum is incredible! I leave in one week!

 

[Olaes]

I am sure you will find the way to Santiago. All I can remember is that last stretch was up hill, it seemed like we will never get to Santiago.