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March is really quite mild (not too hot) Spring flowers. I think there's a recent post elsewhere on the forum about two sites that list open refuges on all routes etc (one of them being Gronze).
Bom camino
There is now an albergue in Vigo : https://www.alberguescaminosantiago.com/camino-de-santiago-portugues-por-la-costa/albergue-de-peregrinos-de-la-xunta-de-galicia-de-vigo-pontevedra-camino-portugues-por-la-costa/
The albergue in Caminha doesn't get a great press. Also I'm not aware of an albergue in Vigo (and wouldn't recommend the one in Freixo). There are alternatives, and you may not want to stay in albergues at all/every night.
Thanks
Mark
It's possible that the hospitalero at VNdA has a vested interest in recommending at least one of the boat trips (especially as he pretends not to know of the other).
Thanks
Mark
I am returning to this route, walking from north to south. I start from Vilanova de Milfontes (6th, staying at Casazul, already booked). 7th Almograve (YH already booked). I then plan to proceed south via Zambujeira do Mar, Odexeice, Aljezur (prefer Jo House), Arrifana, Carrapateira and maybe...
I walked from Vila do Bispo to Vila Nova de Milfontes in May (I went from south to north). I am planning to return to walk from the north.
General observations (probably well known) along the coast, the route is often spectacular, the inland routes less so.
First night Hotel Montemar (Lagos)...
I have been bitten in Scotland (Glencoe), Italy (Pisa) and Mallorca (Port de Soller). I understand mosquitos are a summer plague in northern Norway. I like the fact that you have a Santiago, and I a James element to our names. Mark
I've used it three times to get to and from Memmingen (Germany) to Austria (Bregenz, Biberwier). I've never been disappointed. You may also find cheap long distance bus tickets on Flixbus, but I don't think they are very active on the peninsula (yet), buen camino, Mark
I arrive in Santiago late Saturday 17 March 2018, and plan to walk via the Variante Espritual and Camino Portugués (coastal), ideally with a day or two in Porto, whence I fly back (31 March). My initial seemingly straightforward plans have been made more complex by a) the Monasterio de...
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