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[QUOTE="JoEllen, post: 1205161, member: 57430"] I have ridden to Santiago from Coimbra, and the next year from Porto....both trips were on the Senda Litoral/Camino Costa after Porto. First trip, I was 70, second I was 71. We are avid bikers and were very ambitious on the first trip from Coimbra and planned daily mileage a bit longer than you are. Coimbra to Porto is extremely hilly and sometimes you will need to carry your bike over very large rocks. What should have been 5-6 hour days, were. more like 10-12 hour days for us. If you are bringing your own bike, that's good, because the rental bikes just don't have the lower gear capability as a better quality bike would have. We ended up walking many hills, which adds a lot of time to your day. On our first trip, we had very little time to enjoy what we were doing as we felt pressed to be in the saddle and make some miles. Second trip, we planned better from what we learned the first time and it was much more enjoyable. Most of the hotels we stayed at had secure storage for the bikes....you just need to call ahead. We did not stay in albergues, so I cannot speak to that. Also, we opted to have our luggage sent ahead to our hotel each day. We still used panniers, but more for rain gear, repair kit, and other things. We used Caminofacil and they were great. We found the Portuguese drivers to be very courteous when it came to cyclists. They are probably much more used to people on bikes. Even the large truck drivers gave us a lot of leeway when we did have to get on the larger highways. We used an app called Gaia that uses GPX files. If you contact Go Cycling Portugal at [URL]https://gocyclingportugal.com/contact-us/[/URL] they have a very good booklet with map, GPX files and a plethora of information about places to stay, things to see, what to eat. You have to buy it and it's delivered electronically, but it was well worth it. I just transferred the GPS files to Gaia on my phone. Gaia works off line, so even in remote areas, we still had maps. There also may be a thread on the forum with others who have provided their own GPX files.....just do some searching. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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