Hi Renee. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest you should have no problems beginning of October. First, look at this website: https://fogos.pt/. This tracks fires in Portugal on a day to day basis. As you can see, right now the ones...
I just completed the Camino Portugués (Senda Litoral and Spiritual Variant) - I walked from Aug. 29th to Sept. 12th - and I want to share lessons learned.
On the plus side:
- The beaches/waterfront in both Portugal and Spain are stunning. It...
Tomorrow morning my wife and I begin our first Camino. We have been in Ferrol since yesterday and are itching to get started.
I am a little nervous because we’ve never done anything like this before. Ive prepared us as much as I could without...
This is a fascinating issue but one best left to the Spaniards to resolve. Outsiders may have their opinions (I'm looking at you, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, et. al.) but at the end of the day, it's a family dispute.
Unless you want to spend time in Porto you should be able to walk to Matosinhos. It's only about 11 km, and it's a very nice walk along the Douro River, then along the ocean. If you arrive at Sao Bento train station you are very close to Se...
I'm just back from walking the Ruta del Padre Sarmiento, and wanted to give a summary of the stages and the general conditions for those who might be interested in walking it in the future.
Overall it is a beautiful, stunning walk, with almost...
Ok, its melodramatic but true... One of the reasons I keep going back is because I'm looking for "her".
This year, before I left for the Camino, I had a dream, literally. I dreamt I met a woman fair, who could keep up with extended distances...
Hi everyone,
I went on a short coastal Camino Portugues in March with my 11 year old son and wanted to share some of my experiences here.
We walked a very small part of the Camino. We started March 13 in Póvoa de Varzim and finished in Vila...
I never tried to get a credencials book in Spain, although I know that the cathedral in Porto has them. But my wife and I did spend a good hour or so in Vigo trying to get a church to stamp our credencials book in 2018. We tried two: Maria...
Since A Guarda (Spain) is just across the Minho river from Caminha (Portugal) you'd be better stopping at Caminha rail station and taking the train (2hrs) back to Porto.
Or take the ferry from Caminha to A Guarda and then ferry back to Caminha...
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