First Camino from Lisbon to Porto

dougfitz said:

There are many ways you could do this, but that depends very much what distances you want to do each day. On the https://godesalco.com/ planner, the distance from Lisbon to Porto is 384 km, but that is through Alpriate, which is no longer on the route. Over 16 days, that would be an average of 24 km/day. To average that might require days well over that to compensate for the days where you will inevitably walk less for some reason.

Even when I set a daily target of 20 km/day on this route, my longest day was about 29 km just because of the lay of the land and where towns are located. My shortest day was about 16 km for similar reasons. You might find a pattern where you can do it in 16 days with some days around or just over 30 km. I couldn't have done that.

The other complexity for me was leaving Lisbon. Eventually I decided to walk to the station at Povoa, return to Lisbon, and go out by train again the next day. I did something similar on the leg from Azambuja to Santatrem, catching a bus and train from Porto de Muge then returning to Muge (on the other side of the Rio Tejo from Porto de Muje) by bus the next day and walking from there.

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dougfitz said:

There are many ways you could do this, but that depends very much what distances you want to do each day. On the https://godesalco.com/ planner, the distance from Lisbon to Porto is 384 km, but that is through Alpriate, which is no longer on the route. Over 16 days, that would be an average of 24 km/day. To average that might require days well over that to compensate for the days where you will inevitably walk less for some reason.

Even when I set a daily target of 20 km/day on this route, my longest day was about 29 km just because of the lay of the land and where towns are located. My shortest day was about 16 km for similar reasons. You might find a pattern where you can do it in 16 days with some days around or just over 30 km. I couldn't have done that.

The other complexity for me was leaving Lisbon. Eventually I decided to walk to the station at Povoa, return to Lisbon, and go out by train again the next day. I did something similar on the leg from Azambuja to Santatrem, catching a bus and train from Porto de Muge then returning to Muge (on the other side of the Rio Tejo from Porto de Muje) by bus the next day and walking from there.

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jungleboy said:

Here are my stages in 20 days:

Day 1: Lisbon to Alverca do Ribatejo (~36km!) Note: this was the older, longer way out of Lisbon.

Day 2: Alverca do Ribatejo to Vila Franca de Xira (~11km)

Day 3: Vila Franca de Xira to Azambuja (~20km)

Day 4: Azambuja to Quinta da Burra (past Porto de Muge, ~16.5km) Note: Quinta da Burra is no longer open.

Day 5: Quinta da Burra to Santarém (~14km + a sneaky 7.5km in walking around Santarém)

Day 6: Santarém to Azinhaga (~21.5km with a shortcut!)

Day 7: Azinhaga to Vila Nova da Barquinha (~17km)

Day 8: Vila Nova da Barquinha to Tomar (~21km)

Day 9: Tomar to Heart Way Pilgrim House (near Vila Verde, ~21km) Note: Heart Way is no longer open.

Day 10: Heart Way Pilgrim House to Ansião (~24.5km)

Day 11: Ansião to Rabaçal (~19km)

Day 12: Rabaçal to Cernache (~19km)

Day 13: Cernache to Coimbra (~11km + ~7km more in Coimbra!)

Day 14: Coimbra to Sernadelo (~24km)

Day 15: Sernadelo to Águeda (~22km)

Day 16: Águeda to Albergaria-a-Velha (~16.5km)

Day 17: Albergaria-a-Velha to Albergue Moinho Garcia (~13.5km)

Day 18: Albergue Moinho Garcia to São João da Madeira (~21km including lunch detour)

Day 19: São João da Madeira to Mar Dentro Surf Farm (~25km)

Day 20: Mar Dentro to Porto (~14km + 8km more in Porto)

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dougfitz said:

There is a new path along the Rio Tejo from around Sacavem to Alverca do Ribatejo. The old path went inland along this section. It could probably still be walked, but now the albergue at Alpriate has closed, there seems little point in doing that.

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