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Freaking Out!!! Last Minute Bag Transfer Alternative in Porto

Hi, I found Santiago Backpacker luggage transfers at +351 913 376 056 or santiagobackpackerexpress@gmail.com to be fantastic on my trip from Oporto to Santiago. Contact Maria Teresa there. She has been a pilgrim so she knows what it is like.
- Sheila Walsh
- Post #5
- Aug 27, 2017
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇵🇹 Caminho PORTUGUÊS Central (Lisboa-Porto-Sant.)
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pack transfer

Yes. I was an older woman travelling alone so luggage transfers were essential. I found Santiago Backpackers Express to be fantastic. Maria Teresa Martinez gives a personal service and lots of Camino tips as well because she has done it a few times herself. I went from Porto to Santiago with...
- Sheila Walsh
- Post #4
- Jul 1, 2017
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇵🇹 Caminho PORTUGUÊS Central (Lisboa-Porto-Sant.)
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Help! Luggage from Porto to Redondela

I found Santiago Backpackers Express to be fantastic and so obliging. They are online and go up and down from Porto to Santiago all the time. I just did 14 days on the coastal route, so I did Vigo to Redondela, etc. If you have time check out the Islas Cies off Vigo or Baione, a Fabulous nature...
- Sheila Walsh
- Post #3
- May 12, 2017
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇵🇹 Caminho PORTUGUÊS Central (Lisboa-Porto-Sant.)
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Single rooms

Hello, thanks for that. The Seminario Menor in Santiago will lower your average. Hotel Rosario, opposite the train station in Padron, is excellent with a cheap dinner, Motel Caldas was great. Good luck!
- Sheila Walsh
- Post #21
- May 11, 2017
- Camino de Santiago Forum: Camino Portuguese albergues, pensions and hostals
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Single rooms

Hi, if you are using luggage transfers you can't use Airbnb because the driver needs to know the place and there needs to be someone there all the time, like in a hotel or hostel, to take in the bagge and hand it out the next day. I used one Airbnb in Vila do Conde which was an absolute disaster!
- Sheila Walsh
- Post #19
- May 9, 2017
- Camino de Santiago Forum: Camino Portuguese albergues, pensions and hostals
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Single rooms

I've never heard of it but will find it and figure out the SIM card part. Maybe for next time. Thanks.
- Sheila Walsh
- Post #7
- May 3, 2017
- Camino de Santiago Forum: Camino Portuguese albergues, pensions and hostals
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Single rooms

Hello, Thanks for the tip. I'll try it.
- Sheila Walsh
- Post #6
- May 3, 2017
- Camino de Santiago Forum: Camino Portuguese albergues, pensions and hostals
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Single rooms

Hello, I am a 69-year-old Irishwoman walking the Portuguese coastal Camino alone for my own well-being, not to prove anything or to follow any "rules." For various reasons I need a private room at night and I need to book ahead. Arriving at 8pm to find no room and lotsa wind and rain (like other...
- Sheila Walsh
- Thread
- May 3, 2017
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: Camino Portuguese albergues, pensions and hostals