Drinking water on any of the Portuguese routes

[smp]

In Spain there was never a lack of fountains with good drinking water.
I'm wondering if it is the same on the Portuguese routes?
Thanks

 

[Former member 22438]

Almost Every 1000 steps you do ,there is a bar or restaurant .
There are some fountains on the Portuguese but sometimes they are non-potable .

 

[cdnwine]

We would fill our bottles at the albergues and saw many potables water fountains. Didn't buy a single bottle of water on our Portuguese camino

 

[mcopeland]

Almost Every 1000 steps you do ,there is a bar or restaurant . There are some fountains on the Portuguese but sometimes they are non-potable .

I guess it depends on which route, but thaat was not our experience on the Lisbon-Porto route or the Litoral/Coastal from Porto north. There was many a day where it was several hours between bars and restaurants (especially on Sunday when everything closes down). We drank tap water in bottles we re-filled every night, never bought any. We saw very few fountains.

 

[smp]

Thanks for all the info and the reminder about Sundays! It's good to know the tap water in Portugal is potable, as it is in Spain.

 

[surya8]

Water is good to drink all around Portugal, no need to get bottled water. Lisbon to Porto could be much tricky though as many water fonts are empty or water is not for drinking but for agricultural purposes, and there are long stretches without any cafes in sight. Porto to Santiago is easy water wise, at least on the central way. Carried half a litter bottle with me, was enough, replenished it frequently.