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Enjoyed your report about your first day on the Portuguese coastal route. I hiked it on Sept last year, and recall how the boardwalk along the beach was unusable in some areas. Had to switch to hiking sandals and ended up with blisters my first...
Day 2: Vila do Conde to Esposende
Weird one today! Set off early with the hope of avoiding the rain forecast for later in the day, heading out of Vila do Conde with more lovely beaches to our left and making it to Aguçadoura not long after...
Thanks everyone for all your kindness and good wishes on the intro thread I posted a couple of days back! As promised, here's a report from our journey so far...
Day 1: Matosinhos - Vila do Conde
We're here! After landing in Porto from...
Thank you everyone for all the kind words and encouragement! We're looking forward to getting on our way.
More soon hopefully, and thanks again in the meantime. ❤️
Looks like I'll be a day behind you. My flight to Porto lands Tue eve. I'm planning to stroll an easy day to Matosinhos from the cathedral on Wednesday, then continue up the coastal on Thursday.
Bom camino!
What you’re doing is definitely a “true” pilgrimage regardless of what some might say. The journey starts in your heart and mind and I’d say that you’re well on your way already as a pilgrim! We walked this route last year and thoroughly enjoyed...
We are planning to walk the same route next year so I will be very interested in where you stay along the way as well as your journey. I am still on the fence as to booking through a tour company or just booking hotels on my own. Good luck to...
Matosinhos used to have many sardine factories, but now has just a few. One of them still does the canning by hand and it does tours. Really really fascinating. If there’s anyway you can see it, I think you would really enjoy it. I posted about...
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