The terminology has often confused people, but this Gronze article is a good introduction to the Caminho Portugues Interior. This is not to be confused with the “standard” “normal” Caminho Portugues, which uses the term “central route” to distinguish it from the “coastal route.” The article describes the route and notes that they will soon list it as one of their caminos with stages, distances, lodging, elevation, etc etc.
ANYWAY..... this route goes from Viseu (there will someday be a link from Coimbra, so people starting in Lisbon can just move on over), up to Verín where it merges with the Verín alternative of the Camino Sanabrés, then heads up to Ourense and continues with the “normal” Sanabrés and on into Santiago.
From Viseu it is 387 kms, so it makes for another shorter opportunity for those who can’t spare 6 or 7 weeks. It crosses the Douro River at Peso da Régua and continues to Mesao Frio. It goes through parts of Portugal that I like very much. In 2015, I saw an arrow outside a place where we were staying on the Douro (as tourists), and I now think it must be the Interior route. You can see the arrow on the pole outside our Casa Rural.
Forum members who have walked it have written very positively about it, so why not add it to the wish list?
ANYWAY..... this route goes from Viseu (there will someday be a link from Coimbra, so people starting in Lisbon can just move on over), up to Verín where it merges with the Verín alternative of the Camino Sanabrés, then heads up to Ourense and continues with the “normal” Sanabrés and on into Santiago.
From Viseu it is 387 kms, so it makes for another shorter opportunity for those who can’t spare 6 or 7 weeks. It crosses the Douro River at Peso da Régua and continues to Mesao Frio. It goes through parts of Portugal that I like very much. In 2015, I saw an arrow outside a place where we were staying on the Douro (as tourists), and I now think it must be the Interior route. You can see the arrow on the pole outside our Casa Rural.
Forum members who have walked it have written very positively about it, so why not add it to the wish list?