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    Porto to Santiago in 10 days?

    I walked this route in 8 days in 2010. It wasn't hard, and I didn't have much time, but I when I walk, I walk long. I took loads of photos, walked with many people who were doing this in 10 days, which generally is the norm for this route
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    Spanish or Portuguese?

    I walked the Portuguese route and to be honest, even though I tried a mixture of badly spoken Portuguese/Italian/Spanish, loads of people spoke English, and they were not shy in showing. Crossing over at Tui, it was a different story, the Spanish speak Spanish !!!
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    Cheapest accommodation advice

    Are you sure this was not a private albergue? On the Portuguese route, I also never paid more than €5
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    Tui - Santiago starting May 2

    I was lucky with the weather. I rode the VDLP from Seville starting on the 3rd of April and saw a small bit of rain in Salamanca, arrived in SdC in sunshine, it was lovely !!!
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    Tui - Santiago starting May 2

    Why didn't you start in Porto? Your walk would have been longer and you would have seen the nicer side of the CP, Portugal !!!
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    Hype or Reality?

    Funny that, I saw van assisted groups during April in 2010. I was quite shocked especially when they got a bed in front of me in Padron !!!
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    Similarities to the Frances

    Oh, I forgot this bit Yes
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    Similarities to the Frances

    Yes there was walking beside the road out of Porto, then we hit countryside and there was one section of a road but the cars gave us a wide berth, this was before Sao Something de Rates. Day 2, you are taken off road and then you walk a little on the road before you head up a hill to a...
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    Similarities to the Frances

    My experience of Portugal was different There was some roads to walk on, on the first day which were a little dangerous but the cars gave us plenty of room Not all towns have albergues but there are cheap hotels I never had a menu del dia in Portugal, and only had one when I crossed over to...
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    Walking out of Porto

    I walked from the Se in 2010 and it rained the first day pretty much all the way to Rates, and I never felt unsafe. There were a few spots where I had to walk on the road, but the cars gave us plenty of room. We also got loads of friendly tooting of horns and waves as most people understood that...
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    camino portuges

    Hi I started in Porto and did it in 8 days last year at Easter time but most people were taking 10 days.
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    Credencial in Santiago, Valenca or Tuy

    You can also get one in the alburgue in Tuy
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    First Night

    This line above is incorrect. What we found is that when we walked from Pont de Lima to Tui, there were pilgrims who had walked just from Valenca and they were not given beds until after 19:00. The beds will always be given to Pilgrims who have come some distance before they give it to a...
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    GPS Links with Photos (Camino Portugues )

    Actually, I have a blog with over 1200 photos as well
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    GPS Links with Photos (Camino Portugues )

    Hi Having completed the Camino recently, I carried a small walking GPS and here are my GPS links with photos attached Day 1 - http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=558684 Day 2 - http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=558694 Day 3 -...
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    SLEEPING BAG

    We walked this at the start of April, and only got blankets in Rates. We had fleece blankets which were warm. Everyone else had lightweight sleeping bags and they wore clothes as they were cold. Ponte de Lima was freezing whilst Redondela was boiling !!! Enjoy your camino
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    Albergues price?

    Ponte de Lima was the only albergue I stayed in in Portugal which had staff. It did not open until 17:30 and it was also very new. It only cost 3 euros but there were no blankets or pillows. The kitchen was clean and the price included free internet and wireless if you had your own computer. In...
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    Drying Laundry

    Take lightweight technical shirts. They wick away the sweat and dry fast.
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    Starting from Porto April 16

    Tony In Portela, we did see the building that is meant to be the albergue. It is next to a church up a long hill, but noy at the top. Looking at it, it did not appear to be open
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    Starting from Porto April 16

    Kit How many days are you going to take? Having just finished this walk, the majority of people take ten, I took eight whilst another lady took nine. You can take longer as there are plenty of rooms. How many K's do you think you can walk? There are loads more questions that could be asked...

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