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    Book "A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages" - the medieval pilgrim experience

    My mum sent me the review from the Times of 28.10.2023 of a new book "A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages - The World Through Medieval Eyes" by Anthony Bale, which sounds like it might be of interest to folks on the forum.. The focus is on pilgrimage to the Holy Land but I imagine aspects of the...
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    UK Telegraph headline "Bedbugs carried into Spanish hotels by Christian pilgrims" - reference to Camino Portugues

    After the BBC website reporting on the great Parisian bedbug panic over the last few weeks, bedbugs on the Camino Portugues have now caught UK journalists' attention. Article on the Telegraph website - not sure if you'll all be able to view as the Telegraph paywall can be finicky...
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    Lost & Found Lost credencial & Wise Pilgrim guide, Estabulo de Valinhas

    I don't suppose any of the lovely people with whom I shared a most convivial dinner at Estabulo de Valinhas last night found my credencial and guidebook? The former has my name, phone number & email address. The book has some handwritten notes in black pen. I had them when I got here, have...
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    LIVE from the Camino HumanistHiker on the Camino Portuguese

    Even before leaving my hostel in Porto this morning I'd enjoyed a couple of Camino chats over breakfast, both with Americans called John, one who had just finished the Camino Portugues, and one who was starting the Littoral today. Having already collected my first credencial stamp at Porto...
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    starting from Porto oct 10- debating Caminha crossover...

    There's a lot of info on the merits of the various Portuguese routes on the stingy nomads site https://stingynomads.com/camino-portugues-stages/
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    Meal times and pilgrim menus

    Are the menus del dia/pilgrim menus generally available at lunchtime or only dinner time? Is Portugal a late-eating nation like Spain? My recollection is that Spanish lunchtime is around 2-3 pm and dinner time 8.30-11 ish. When I visited Sevilla with my sister, when we sat down at a table at...
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    Possible last minute-ish Camino Portugues September/October this year

    I must have forgotten how much my feet ached when I walked the Hadrian's Wall trail in 2021 as I'm getting itchy feet for a Camino trip. (Family members saying "What's next, Santiago?" after I finished Hadrians Wall must have planted the idea in my head). So why a Camino when I’m not religious...

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