Camino Portuguese sections

I walked from Porto to Santiago last May on the Central routr and can assure you there is no major roadway walking. There is also, in my opinion not much of quaint, lovely, beauty or charm on that route, though far from ugly, but again that is not what the Camino is about but rather a pilgrimage, what ever that may mean for you.

This being said, the stretch from Porto to Vila do Conde on the coast is lovely and then the Variante Espiritual from Pontevedra were the highlights in terms of beauty. It takes you to the Poio monastery and the quintessential fishing village of Combarro ($$$$$ rentals in summer) and then up to the Armenteira monastery, down the movie set worthy Camino de Piedra & Agua.

If you walk the Central you will visit the towns of Barcelos and Ponte de Lima which are lovely, and then Valence and Tui which are beautifu, finally Pontevedra which I would like to have visited even if not during a Camino. So still not bad, right?