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I have been finding this a very difficult decision too - my partner and I are due to start walking next Saturday. At the moment, we are keeping an eye on the situation, and will mostly be guided by the Spanish government's attitude. The UK govt has a habit of treating the entire country en bloc...
Of course - here's a photo of the page in the Wise Pilgrim guide book (a really great option for the Portuguese as it includes all of the different variants!). The Monastery it about 3km or so before Padron, and if you take the Espiritual variant (marked with the red line up the river on this...
We (my partner and I) did the Camino Portuguese from Lisbon last year, and the section between Lisbon and Coimbra particularly was quiet. We walked most of the way with one other person we met on the second day, and most nights there were 5-10 other pilgrims in the albergues (though occasionally...
The Portuguese was too narrow for our credencials (and there we two each to fit all the stamps!) so we've kept those with our Compostelas. Both of these maps are National Geographic Adventure maps that we cut up.
Big maps like one in a previous comment also available here -...
As far as I am aware, the quarantine for Brits arriving in France is voluntary - https://uk.ambafrance.org/COVID-19-UK-and-French-travel-and-quarantine-measures. (info gleaned from several updated guidelines plus my mother who lives in France). No need for the emergency certificate, and no...
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