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  1. Martin&Yvonne

    Where to spend a week

    It would totally depend on what your preferred scenery would be. Personally we tremendously enjoyed walking the Porto-Caminha stretch. Walking out of Porto along the River was golden. It had everything I liked, from seeing the ocean and beach with many picturesque historic towns and villages...
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    Walk or bus to Matosinhos

    Exactly what we did. Started walking around 1-2 pm after having flown in from Canada and taking the metro to Cathedral. Walked to Matosinhos, 28 degrees in the blazing sun, backpacks on, and severely jet lagged, but thoroughly enjoying the sights and sounds of the city, it’s people, the river...
  3. Martin&Yvonne

    Poll Where do you come from?

    Ok then.....I’ll participate! Born and raised in Holland Then Sydney, NSW Australia..... ended up settling close to Calgary AB, Canada (for the last 22 years) Minus 42 Windchill this morning...... Where did I go wrong!!!!!!!!!!!
  4. Martin&Yvonne

    Ferry Crossings From Portugal to Spain and also within Portugal

    When we arrived at the ferry dock in Caminha at appr 9 am during Camino this last September the first ferry crossing for that day would be at appr 1.30 Pm. There didn’t seem to be a regular ferry schedule due to (very) low tide. However, we paid the €10 for the 2 of us right at the ferry ticket...
  5. Martin&Yvonne

    A swift return (and a Metro question)

    It’s very easy, you can select instructions to be in English on the ticket machines. Your first purchase will be incl the Andante card. I believe it’s €o.60 for the card. If you already have an Andante card you can put it upright in the card reader and load the card with the number of zones you...
  6. Martin&Yvonne

    Portuguese Camino

    ***FINISHED*** Well, we did it and we loved it! Thank you to all that responded to our questions, it has been very much appreciated and very helpful. We felt that we were very well prepped and had no issues whatsoever. And above all we were very fortunate with the weather, 25 degrees + on...
  7. Martin&Yvonne

    How to 'check in' without interrupting your camino?

    Postcards?? What are those? 🤔
  8. Martin&Yvonne

    Portuguese Camino

    Hello all, It’s getting closer, and we are all prepped! Flying into Porto Sept 8, 2019 and walk to Matsoinhos that same day. We will save discovering Porto on our way out of Portugal. Thanks for all your advice and tips. We have taken everything into consideration and made our plan...
  9. Martin&Yvonne

    Portuguese Camino

    ***UPDATE*** Booked our flights this past weekend and will arrive in Porto on Sunday September 8! We will start the coastal route on Monday September 9! We are excited to get started!
  10. Martin&Yvonne

    Portuguese Camino

    Thank you Elle! We have come full circle on our plans from going organized and using luggage transfer, to take it day by day and carrying our own packs. We are really looking forwards to it!
  11. Martin&Yvonne

    Portuguese Camino

    Great stuff!! Along the lines of what we have in mind and thanks to all the advice on this forum. Very helpful!
  12. Martin&Yvonne

    Portuguese Camino

    Thank you Stacey (and Jim) Seems that most experienced travellers recommend to just start walking and book accommodation on the go. We are definitely capable doing that. So, piecing everything together we are leaning towards the coastal route from Porto. This will both be our starting point...
  13. Martin&Yvonne

    Portuguese Camino

    Thanks!we would be flying from Calgary. Likely Air Canada due to our aeroplan miles. But thanks for your advice.
  14. Martin&Yvonne

    Portuguese Camino

    I find this very interesting. Do I understand it right that you were only able to use this in Spain?is that service available in Portugal as well? Any problems you ran into with language etc?would really appreciate if you could explain the process of arranging for that service. How exactly does...
  15. Martin&Yvonne

    Portuguese Camino

    Thanks David! Very familiar with Booking. I’m a Genius member........ Did you find that Wifi is widely available in hotels and restaurants? Or did you have a data plan. We usually don’t buy any data for traveling oversees, just putting our phones on airplane mode and use wifi when available...
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