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There are plenty of places to stay, if they are open. Last summer I found some/all of the municipal albergues were closed “because of covid” and some smaller hotels had shut down/ gone out of business. The variant espiritual has fewer places to stay.Hi everyone,
My wife Val and I are considering walking our second Camino through Portugal. Looking at the guide books, there appears to be some big distances between places to stay.
Could those of you who have walked the Porto to Pontevedra via the coast route, give us your experience of what is available. We hope to travel end of May beginning of June and take about 3 weeks ish. That’ll include rest days
We’re not that young either and don’t want to walk much more than 20k each day.
Thanks in advance
Tom&Val
Hi Adelina,Hi, Tom & Val! My husband and I are also planning on doing the Portugues around your time frame. We are still debating which route. I wonder how you decided on the Coastal route?
Thanks for this! I've walked the Frances on my own, my husband is joining me this time as he has heard so much about the Caminos. We live at the beach in SF, so we are thinking the Central route, but nothing is firm yet. Thanks for your insights.Hi Adelina,
That’s great you doing the Portuguese Camino. In 2019 we did the Camino Francais. All 500 miles of it. Beautiful.
Having looked at the various Portuguese Caminos, we opted for the coastal route as inland walks will be similar to our previous walk.
Also, we like the seaside and it’s flatter!! Might even take my bucket and spade and build a few sand castles lol
Thank youI haven't walked the CP yet, but I just checked the Camino Ninja app and it shows places to stay no more than 6km apart. I am not 100% confident in this, but I recommend checking the app out until an experienced costal pilgrim can give you some more accurate info.
In 2019 I walked from Porto along the coastHi everyone,
My wife Val and I are considering walking our second Camino through Portugal. Looking at the guide books, there appears to be some big distances between places to stay.
Could those of you who have walked the Porto to Pontevedra via the coast route, give us your experience of what is available. We hope to travel end of May beginning of June and take about 3 weeks ish. That’ll include rest days
We’re not that young either and don’t want to walk much more than 20k each day.
Thanks in advance
Tom&Val
We walked the coastal route last summer and there are plenty of places to stay as in Portugal you will mainly walking through holiday resorts, following the beaches all the way to the border and in Galicia accomodation options are also available within your 20km limit, so enjoy and Buen camino.Hi everyone,
My wife Val and I are considering walking our second Camino through Portugal. Looking at the guide books, there appears to be some big distances between places to stay.
Could those of you who have walked the Porto to Pontevedra via the coast route, give us your experience of what is available. We hope to travel end of May beginning of June and take about 3 weeks ish. That’ll include rest days
We’re not that young either and don’t want to walk much more than 20k each day.
Thanks in advance
Tom&Val
Combining our 2018 and 2019 itineraries to include the Spiritual Variant, you can see that it's possible to keep your distances close to the 20 km limit. Three weeks gives you plenty of space to add rest days:Hi everyone,
My wife Val and I are considering walking our second Camino through Portugal. Looking at the guide books, there appears to be some big distances between places to stay.
Could those of you who have walked the Porto to Pontevedra via the coast route, give us your experience of what is available. We hope to travel end of May beginning of June and take about 3 weeks ish. That’ll include rest days
We’re not that young either and don’t want to walk much more than 20k each day.
Thanks in advance
Tom&Val
Ola,Hi, Tom & Val! My husband and I are also planning on doing the Portugues around your time frame. We are still debating which route. I wonder how you decided on the Coastal route?
Hi Ken,Combining our 2018 and 2019 itineraries to include the Spiritual Variant, you can see that it's possible to keep your distances close to the 20 km limit. Three weeks gives you plenty of space to add rest days:
1. Porto to Matosinhos. 12.8 km
2. Matosinhos to Vila Chã. 16 km.
3. Vila Chã to Póvoa de Varzim. 19 km.
4. Póvoa de Varzim to Esposende. 19 km.
5. Esposende to Viana do Castelo. 19 km.
6. Viana do Castelo do Castelo to Praia de Âncora. 22 km.
7. Praia de Âncora to A Guarda. 20.6 km.
8. A Guarda to Villadesuso. 19 km.
9. Villadesuso to Baiona. 17.6 km.
10. Baiona to Nigrán. 9.3 km.
11. Nigrán to Vigo. 20.3 km.
12. Vigo to Arcade. 22 km.
13. Arcade to Pontevedra. 13.4 km.
14. Pontevedra to Combarro. 13.2 km.
15. Combarro to Armenteira. 12 km.
16. Armenteira to Ribadumia. 8.5 km.
17. Ribadumia to Vilanova de Arousa. 18 km.
18. Vilanova de Arousa to Padrón (mostly by boat, only a few km walking)
19. Padrón to O Milladoiro. 21.5 km.
20. O Milladoiro to Santiago de Compostela. 9.5 km.
That’s fab. Thank you. We’ll add your insights into our preparationsOla,
My wife & I completed the Camino Portuguese Costal route last September and decided to start along the Rio Douro from the Cathedra de Porto, and we then headed north at the Atlantic Ocean. This is a great way to begin as there’s interesting scenery along the way. Also, we took the water taxi (5 euros) at Caminha into Spain to continue along the coast rather than walking up river over 7mi to the nearest bridge, or you could continue east to the Central Route.
Buen Camino…
Hi Val and Tom,Hi Ken,
Thanks for your insights. These will be most helpful in organising our Camino.
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