[Gocamino] Camino Portugués

[Charles O'Brien]

I can't speak of the route between Lisbon and Porto and have no idea of
available facilities. I walked from Porto and it was a little over 240
kilometers/140+ miles. The path was well-marked, though it was a little
strange seeing both a yellow and a blue arrow on the same rock/tree/wall,
etc. Lodging was plentiful. And while there are no guides as good as those
the CSJ publishes for the Camino Frances, there is the Brierly guide which I
found to be pretty accurate and can be updated on the internet.

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Robert Spenger <rspenger at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> It was my impression that, like the term camino Francés,  the name
> camino Portugués refers only to the way through Spain itself. That
> part of it, from the Rio Minho to SdeC, is indeed short. It is
> interesting to hear that the route from Lisboa is now well marked.
> When I went from Lisboa to SdeC in 2001, there were no markings
> whatsoever until I got to Porto. In fact, the route itself was not
> even well defined. For many sections of it there were often 2 or more
> alternative ways to go. Even after Porto, there was a choice of going
> by way of Braga or Barcelos. I had gotten in touch with Djalma and his
> group in Porto and they favored going through Braga because of some of
> the special features in that city. In fact they had personally
> waymarked part of the route from Porto to Braga. I have read that the
> Barcelos is currently the accepted route to take, but I have not seen
> any recent guide books.
>
> The message from Charles O'Brien does not specify his starting point,
> so I can't tell how long his walk was. In 2001, there were very few
> facilities: a youth hostel open to pilgrims in Braga, an albergue in
> Tui (which was apparently not open at the time), a marvelous, brand
> new albergue in Pontevedra, and an albergue in Padrón, which was
> unattended. I met no
> Santiago-bound pilgrims at all, although I saw hundreds of pilgrims
> going the opposite way to Fátima.
>
> Bob S.
>
> On Apr 29, 2008, at 11:17 PM, Javier Martin wrote:
>
> 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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