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This is the link to the guide:
https://www.conrad-stein-verlag.de/buecher-shop/portugal-spanien-jakobsweg-ostportugal-via-lusitana-von-der-algarve-nach-ourense/
I did it! From Vila Real de Santo António to Castelo Branco in March/April. Weather was fine (mostly sunny, cool wind, not too warm, rain for just two days). Other pilgrims met: 1 (one).
is available with updates (in German) and links to original portuguese websites.
This caminho (in Portugal)...
In autumn I walked in the northern part of the Via Lusitana. I would like to give you informations about this wondeful way.
The Via was defined about ten years ago as a route through the countryside, mainly near to the spanish border, and it is (still) fairly unknown. It starts at the Algarve...
The Caminho/Via Lusitana starts in the Algarve, touches Evora, Castelo Branco and Peso da Regua and ends in Ourense/Galicia. The ViaLus has no specific way signs but uses parts of other routes, e. g. Caminho Torres and Caminho Portugues Interior de Santiago. The application KOMOOT (my...
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