Route nomenclature

[Pilgrim9]

People on these forums are so helpful.


Is this the correct forum for questions about the route that Brierley refers to as the “Central Way [aka] Camino Central [aka] Caminho Real [aka] Caminho Medieval [aka] the main historic route”? Reference: John Brierley’s A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino Portugués, 9th Ed, 2018, page 9, paragraph 2, and the yellow dots on map on its inside front cover.


What is confusing me is that I cannot find a route forum name that clearly corresponds to what Brierley calls the “Central Way”.


Thank you.

 

[JCLima]

The forum for the Central Way is the forum where you posted this thread.

There is no need for a subforum for the main way of the portuguese camino.

 

[Pilgrim9]

Great, thank you.

 

[t2andreo]

The central way on the Camino Portuguese is also frequently called the interior route or the route interior. This differentiates it from the coastal route, the route espititual (spiritual route), etc.

Hope this helps.

 

[jsalt]

The central way on the Camino Portuguese is also frequently called the interior route or the route interior.

Sorry Tom, that's not correct . The Interior Route is a completely different route from the Central Way.
Jill

 

[t2andreo]

Sorry Tom, that's not correct . The Interior Route is a completely different route from the Central Way.
Jill

Oops. I will defer to you. No problem.

But I somehow made it from Lisbon to Porto and Santiago last April-May. Then again, I just followed the arrows...

I will call that today’s “senior moment.”

 

[jsalt]

The blue line on this map, from Viseu in Portugal, is on the Interior Route.
Jill

 

[Bradypus]

As @t2andreo just demonstrated so kindly the naming of the Camino Portugues variants is something of a minefield The "traditional" route is the central one and looks fairly 'interior' on a map to me. But there is an official Interior route to the east of that from near Viseu to Verin on the Camino Sanabres. Then there are two other routes which both follow the coast - the Coastal and the Littoral. Being a pedant by nature who takes an interest in etymology those sound as if they should be the same to me but @JohnnieWalker who has written guides for them assures me they are indeed different. And then there is the Variant Espiritual too.... No wonder we are all confused

 

[WalkingJane]

People on these forums are so helpful.


Is this the correct forum for questions about the route that Brierley refers to as the “Central Way [aka] Camino Central [aka] Caminho Real [aka] Caminho Medieval [aka] the main historic route”? Reference: John Brierley’s A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino Portugués, 9th Ed, 2018, page 9, paragraph 2, and the yellow dots on map on its inside front cover.


What is confusing me is that I cannot find a route forum name that clearly corresponds to what Brierley calls the “Central Way”.


Thank you.

Having lived in Portugal for 14 years (11 in Faial, 2 in Braga, and 1 in Lisbon) I can easily understand the confusion about the various routes. There are many Sacred sites in Portugal that people go to for serious Spiritual reasons that have nothing to do with the Camino. Fatima, and the Bom Jesus shrine in Braga are just 2 that are popular with Portuguese. I'm looking forward to going to Portugal this summer and am pondering just how I'll navigate the various paths.

 

[peregrina2000]

Then there's also the coastal route from Lisbon, which isn't actually on the coast anyway, and the more coastal "Path of Sands" (Trilho das Areias) from Lisbon which does go more on the coast but unfortunately is not well marked and can count several forum members among its victims. And how about the Rota Vicentina, which isn't even officially a Camino (though it does pass through Santiago do Cacém, a town with a church to Santiago and an ancient stone panel depicting Santiago in its wall), but which is well marked, does go along the coast, and will get you from the southwest tip of Portugal up to close to Lisbon?! And I'm sure there are still more out there!