Will we find Santiago de Compostela?

[Belinda Keen]

Oi, tudo bem. We are walking from Porto to SdC in October. A combination of the coastal and littoral ways. I have bought Brierley's coastal guide but there is only a basic map for each section. My question is... are these caminos well marked, will we end up in SdC by finding and following the way marks or do we need some additional help? Maybe wikiloc? Obrigada Belinda

 

[martyndeh]

Oi, tudo bem. We are walking from Porto to SdC in October. A combination of the coastal and littoral ways. I have bought Brierley's coastal guide but there is only a basic map for each section. My question is... are these caminos well marked, will we end up in SdC by finding and following the way marks or do we need some additional help? Maybe wikiloc? Obrigada Belinda

I did the walk inland and it was excellently marked all the way but I started in Corgo about 15km from barcelos. No trouble going to sdc buen camino

 

[chericherry]

We are just now in Barcelos after starting the coastal route from Porto. A warning: it is extremely windy as in gusty windy so October could be cold. And the boardwalk is very hard on your feet. It's an relatively flat walk but hard surface. We changed our itinerary after 1 day of coastal route and moved inland. We were happy with the change. Lots and lots of cobblestone bit better than being blown off the route.
Good luck and Bom Caminho!

 

[Introibo]

The way marking is excellent. At a junction if you take the wrong fork there's
usually a "X" to let you know you've made the wrong choice.

 

[beiramar]

Since you mentioned wikiloc: I always have a backup wikiloc GPS track on my phone, no matter what trail.

 

[SYates]

Oi, tudo bem. We are walking from Porto to SdC in October. A combination of the coastal and littoral ways. I have bought Brierley's coastal guide but there is only a basic map for each section. My question is... are these caminos well marked, will we end up in SdC by finding and following the way marks or do we need some additional help? Maybe wikiloc? Obrigada Belinda

As long as you stay on one of the sign posted routes, there is no way you will miss Santiago! Bon Camiño, SY

 

[Stripey Socks]

I walked the Coastal from Porto to Caminha and then up the river to Valenca/Tui in late May. The waymarking is good but there are a few spots where the arrows disappear. Not a major drama but still a bit confusing. I used the interactive maps on www.caminador.es and they provided excellent reassurance about where the route was taking me or which direction I should head to reconnect with the way. The arrows take you away from the coast but the maps also show a path very close to the coast.
All the best
Mel

 

[Sheena]

We found the route quite well signposted this June but you could also download the maps produced by Luis Freixo. He has maps for both the inland and coastal route. You will find many links to him on this website. His maps are more detailed than Brierleys and are great in combination with each other. Wishing you well. Sheena

 

[JoanneK]

We walked from Lisbon last year. Once we go to Porto we decided to hug the coastline as much as possible doingthe litoral. We only had Brierley and were a bit anxious. Google maps were a great help where we had uncertainty and we visited the tourist info places in each large town we came to. They were exceptionally helpful and gave us useful maps. Brierley didn't cover a lot of where we walked. If you PM me i can send you our list of accommodation. Or you might likecto check my blog which shows where we went and the distances. Click on the Camino tab. www.travelwithjoanne.com From Porto was just the best. Buen Camino Joanne

 

[whariwharangi]

Keep the ocean on your left ...

 

[gersevink]

Take the Camino Spiritual!

 

[Jeff Crawley]

Big place, has a tall building with spikey bits atop of it to aim for.

Seriously, it IS a slog coming in from the south - think Burgos centre - but there wasn't any problem with marking when I walked in last June apart from the heat (31 degrees!)

 

[Belinda Keen]

I walked the Coastal from Porto to Caminha and then up the river to Valenca/Tui in late May. The waymarking is good but there are a few spots where the arrows disappear. Not a major drama but still a bit confusing. I used the interactive maps on www.caminador.es and they provided excellent reassurance about where the route was taking me or which direction I should head to reconnect with the way. The arrows take you away from the coast but the maps also show a path very close to the coast.
All the best
Mel

Thanks Mel, I will download and print the caminador.es maps.
We live in a very very small world... not long ago a work friend, Sonia Muir, was telling me she had had lunch with a friend from Mudgee who had just completed the Portuguese... this morning I was reading your blog and you mentioned you live in Mudgee (for some reason I initially thought you were a Brit)... yes you are one in the same.