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The Portuguese Way - Coastal route

Tihana

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End of April 2025
Hi all - My name is Tihana and I started planning my first Camino.
It will be a short one on The Portuguese Way - Coastal route (Oia to Santiago).
Aiming to go last week of April and first week of May.
I was looking at booking accommodation ahead of time (I got a quote from some agencies) but any tips would be welcomed
 
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Information on accommodations here: https://www.gronze.com/camino-portugues-costa

No need to use an Agency unless you want to
 
The Coastal Route is beautiful!
 
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I thought the route from Oia to SDC was the littoral route?
 
Hello Tihana. I walked Camino da Costa in April 2019. It was bt far the wettest of my 6 Caminos to date. On the good days it is beautiful walk but on the days that the storms roll in off the Atlantic there is torrential rain. I walked from Porto to Santiago and did not book ahead. I was able to walk into alberques and get a bed on every night without any problem. Enjoy your trip but pack a rain suit.
Buen Camino

Vince
 
Tihana
Book ahead. I use booking.com. I have stayed in hostels, hotel and private accommodation. If you can't organise every night you'll be comfortable and can dry out when you get something.
 
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I would suggest starting a bit lower in Caminha as it is far easier to reach by train. To get to Oia would involve a taxi or an infrequent bus. Caminha adds a day to your schedule, but allows you to actually start the Portuguese in Portugal. If you are staying in Oia, I recommend La Cala Inn.
 
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Kent848 said:
Doesn’t really answer my question re-coastal vs littoral.
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The littoral is not a completely separate route, or even a continuous route on its own. It's a series of not-always-continuous stage diversions off the Coastal that meet back up with the Coastal at the end of those stages. Coming in and out of Oia, there is only one route.

On this map from @wisepilgrim, you can see the Coastal in blue and the optional littoral diversions in red.

 
Well said.

We can also say that the coastal route is not always along the coast, it is just the route (of the three from Porto) that is closest to the coast.

When I write about the coastal route in the guide, I make the assumption that if a pilgrim is choosing to walk the coastal route it is because they want to be along the coast. So for example when leaving Porto they can go via Foz-Matosinhos rather than the ‘official way’.

All of the is a bit off topic but as the title will attract the attention of people wondering what the difference is just remember that Coastal and Litoral are sometimes co-linear, sometimes not.
 
Thank you for the explanation & map.
 
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