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What a great aim. What did you want to know? If it is the question in the thread title, you might want to do some research using the climate information available on www.aemet.es.Hola! I want to attend the Festival of St James in SdC on 7/25/23. I would like a pilgrimage of 1-2 weeks, compadres over crowds, paths over roads! Gracias
But for sheer views? The Primitivo is hard to beat. I'd pause at yet another outlook and say, "Oh! Spain! Stop showing off you fancy pants!"
I loved walking the Primitivo but in my opinion, the beauty/nature/etc ended in Lugo. In fact, the warning signs started from O Cadavo (the stage before Lugo) where the route flattens out and became more roads.Walking from Lugo means that you join Francés in Melide - meaning you walk only 2 days on the Primitivo.
compadres over crowds, paths over roads!
I loved walking the Primitivo but in my opinion, the beauty/nature/etc ended in Lugo. In fact, the warning signs started from O Cadavo (the stage before Lugo) where the route flattens out and became more roads.
Agree that the best of the Primitivo is before Lugo, although there are some lovely bits after.
I have not done neither myself , but in middle of planning the Portuguese camino , is it true then that the Portuguese are more welcoming for the Peregrino than the SpanishI have walked both of these paths and I could not possibly say which is more beautiful. I walked the San Salvador and the Primitivo this year... You could do the Primitivo from Oviedo in 2 weeks, or the Portuguese from Porto in about the same time.
To see Tui at sunrise from Valença is just stupendous. And I have never met a consistently more garrulous or generous people than the Portuguese (all ages, rural or urban... could not have been more welcoming and accommodating). But for sheer views? The Primitivo is hard to beat. I'd pause at yet another outlook and say, "Oh! Spain! Stop showing off you fancy pants!"
I think from observation over many years that the climate is roughly similar from about Barcelos to Tineo. Someone here on a thread today reminded us "Pack for the climate, dress for the weather." -- so Pick a route and then pack accordingly the day before you go, with some variables in your gear.
I am planning the Portuguese Camino myself , are you saying that the Portuguese people are more welcoming towards the pilgrim than the Spanish ?? And is the coastal route better than the central route ??I have walked both of these paths and I could not possibly say which is more beautiful. I walked the San Salvador and the Primitivo this year... You could do the Primitivo from Oviedo in 2 weeks, or the Portuguese from Porto in about the same time.
To see Tui at sunrise from Valença is just stupendous. And I have never met a consistently more garrulous or generous people than the Portuguese (all ages, rural or urban... could not have been more welcoming and accommodating). But for sheer views? The Primitivo is hard to beat. I'd pause at yet another outlook and say, "Oh! Spain! Stop showing off you fancy pants!"
I think from observation over many years that the climate is roughly similar from about Barcelos to Tineo. Someone here on a thread today reminded us "Pack for the climate, dress for the weather." -- so Pick a route and then pack accordingly the day before you go, with some variables in your gear.
I do not think it is a mater of being more welcoming per se. I have always felt extremely welcomed on any camino route in Spain... I think it's that the Portuguese cultural character is just more "outgoing". I had many more people my vintage and up who would come to talk with me while I walked and on learning I could not speak Portuguese they would be very happy to carry on in French. Thus did I learn a fair amount of 'street level' history from older Portuguese people. But I cannot say that this is *more* welcoming than has been the gently offered plums from an old man's hand, indicating they had come from his garden... or the silently offered vegetable gardens and fruit trees grow purposely on the camino side of a suburban fence (I've seen this many times now in Spain). I don't know, there is just a funny kind of bashful but extroverted effort in Portugal (will you have the wine with your lunch? Oh, surely you do not want our sparkling red -- we locals like it it, but the pilgrims... no so much..... You *would* like to try it??? Oh... you like it? Well you must try my white... and let me show you my grapes out back...]. And the young people are proud to be able to speak quite lovely English, and to understand my French... Thus were many things just more fluid/easy on my Portuguese. Now that I have conversational Spanish, that distinction matters less and is entirely on my shoulders as an experience.I have not done neither myself , but in middle of planning the Portuguese camino , is it true then that the Portuguese are more welcoming for the Peregrino than the Spanish
I am planning the Portuguese Camino myself , are you saying that the Portuguese people are more welcoming towards the pilgrim than the Spanish ?? And is the coastal route better than the central route ??
The route gpx at the Ponte Ferreira website is the route I'd planned for my cancelled 2018 Camino, (apart from the start from the Albergue Ponte Ferreira). Is the route through Sobrado to the Norte on the Verde, then turning off at Biomorto to join the Frances at Santiago Airport an official route which permits a Compostela?I agree with these comments. But if you are going to walk from Lugo, don’t miss the short detour to the Roman site at Santa Eulalia da Bóveda (3rd C, beautiful wall paintings, unknown whether the building was religious, medicinal, or something else). And Ton and Ria’s albergue in Ponte Ferreira is a beautiful, relaxing place.
Hi Bob, this is what I did last month… did the Salvador then Primitivo. At Ferreira I followed the alternative route to Sobrado (GPX from the albergue). After Sobrado I followed del Norte until Boimorto and rather than heading to Arzua, I chose the Lavacolla route (this is still an official Camino del Norte route, there were mojones along the way). And then at Orxal I turned left to join the Frances in A Brea (there were some yellow arrows here and there but not always, so again I think this wasn’t really official).The route gpx at the Ponte Ferreira website is the route I'd planned for my cancelled 2018 Camino, (apart from the start from the Albergue Ponte Ferreira). Is the route through Sobrado to the Norte on the Verde, then turning off at Biomorto to join the Frances at Santiago Airport an official route which permits a Compostela?