Compass Chris
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Portuguese (18)
Observations on the first day from Lisbon.
1) have €2pp in change if you want a credential from the cathedral, otherwise you'll wait longer until tills are manned.
2) You walk past a supermarket about 20mins after the cathedral
3) We turned off the path at Praca David Leandro da Silva and headed down to the river where the promenade takes you to the Parque Das Nacoes, which I highly recommend...
4) ... Containing a 20 min cable car ride and many cafes/restaurants (we went to Honest Greens (healthy-ish food at reasonable prices with a very relaxing outdoor seating area)
5) We left the path again at the bridge with the 138km marker to Fatima and headed through the housing district (to avoid N10, this bit a drag) to get to the Santa Iria Hotel (very comfortable, pool and buffet dinner, Lidl next-door)
Apart from the last hour, we really enjoyed the walk out if the city. Only met one group of three pilgrims.
1) have €2pp in change if you want a credential from the cathedral, otherwise you'll wait longer until tills are manned.
2) You walk past a supermarket about 20mins after the cathedral
3) We turned off the path at Praca David Leandro da Silva and headed down to the river where the promenade takes you to the Parque Das Nacoes, which I highly recommend...
4) ... Containing a 20 min cable car ride and many cafes/restaurants (we went to Honest Greens (healthy-ish food at reasonable prices with a very relaxing outdoor seating area)
5) We left the path again at the bridge with the 138km marker to Fatima and headed through the housing district (to avoid N10, this bit a drag) to get to the Santa Iria Hotel (very comfortable, pool and buffet dinner, Lidl next-door)
Apart from the last hour, we really enjoyed the walk out if the city. Only met one group of three pilgrims.