Planning the next Camino

[Walking Lover]

My husband and I did the CdF last summer and want to plan another Camino for June, '17. Would you who have done the Camino de Portuguese weigh in? We are unsure whether to tackle the C de P or the C de Norte next.

Thanks.

 

[Former member 22438]

Toss the coin
Bom caminho

 

[Jacobus]

I did the Portuguese from Porto to Santiago in Aug 2015. The route was well waymarked and the landscapes were beautiful with enough variation to keep it interesting. My only complaint would be, to paraphrase Tolkien,'it wasn't long enough'. That year I went on to do the Ingles and the Fisterre. I have also done the del Norte.
In the end a route is a route is a route. For me it is the experiences and people that makes a Camino and the Portuguese was on par with any I have done. As Albertinho says...flip a coin.

 

[Anemone del Camino]

I walked the Portuguese Central route, with the 1st day along the coast, and did not think much of it. This being said, these are the bits I did like about it:

the walk along the river in Porto to Mastosinhos, 1full day on a boardwalk is incredible, Pontevedra is a beautiful town, the 6km or so on the Ruta de Piedra y Agua on the Variante Espiritual are some of the most beautiful if not the most beaitiful of any Camino so far, and also on the Variante the Poio monatery and the village of Combarro are beautiful. But those are short lived moments.

If you don't mind hills and perhaps longer daily distances, I would vote for the Norte without hesitation.

 

[Leigh Macklin]

For those of you who have done the CF and CP, could you please comment on differences? I understand that I'll need to plan food/drink a bit more and that it is flatter. I'm hoping that otherwise I'll just be able to grab a new credencial and bring the same gear as last time.

 

[Anemone del Camino]

For those of you who have done the CF and CP, could you please comment on differences? I understand that I'll need to plan food/drink a bit more and that it is flatter. I'm hoping that otherwise I'll just be able to grab a new credencial and bring the same gear as last time.

It is flatter, so flat that my walking poles were packed away all the time except for climbing up a super high ditch (on the Variante Espiritual) but food and water were never an issue, no need to pack any food nor extra water. At least from Porto onwards.