[Gocamino] Camino Portugués

[Javier Martin]

It's not so short. It's well marked from Lisbon to Santiago (about 600 km).

Buen Camino,

Javier Martin
Madrid, Spain.


On 4/29/08, Robert Spenger <rspenger at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> The main problem with the camino Portugués is that it is very short.
> From  Tui, or even Valença, it is just a bit over the 100 km required
> for the compostela. It is hardly enough to really get the feeling of a
> pilgrim experience. If you start from much further south, there will
> be only a very small number of other pilgrims (if any) and the
> facilities for pilgrims are almost non-existent, especially south of
> Porto.
>
> Bob S.
>
> On Apr 29, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Charles O'Brien wrote:
>
> If avoiding traffic is important to you, you might consider the Camino
> Portuguese. Walking last October, I never shared with more than six and
> three times I was alone in the albergues. Of course, it will be
> different in
> 2010, but nothing compared to what you'll experience on the Camino
> Frances
> and it will have more facilities than what you'll find on the Via de la
> Plata.
> >
>
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