In September of 2021, I did nearly exactly what you are planning: I started walking in Roncesvalles on September 10th, with plans of meeting my friend who would fly in 29 days later and meet me in Triacastela. We planned to walk together to...
I'm in the camp that doesn't understand the hipe about either the Coastal/Littoral and definitely not about the Central from Porto. Yes, there are several interesting cities to visit but the Camino route itself? No way. The Central runs during...
Molinaseca is a pretty town, but it's just a few blocks of things to see. It's not worth a detour. The walk from Melinoseca into Ponfredda is easy, mostly on roads and not very attractive in my opinion. I don't think you'll feel you missed...
If you start walking in Ponferrada, you'll hit all these. Molinaseca is only special if you have walked down the long hill from Cruz de fiero and cant make it the next 9 km to Ponferrada.
I've done the CF in 2019 and in 2023 the CP (coastal and from the boarder central).
The biggest difference I experienced on the CP was the missing "vibe" of the CF!
It's just the feeling that I only encountered twice on the CP, once in Viana do...
Fair enough. Often newbies are a bit intimidated by solo foreign travel, that wears off after a camino or 2. At least in my experience.
Whatever a pilgrim chooses, a big buen Camino from me.
That’s a great point. There’s not only one (or two, thinking of coastal v central) camino path to walk in Portugal. There are others with less road walking than the standard CP that may appeal more to the OP, although most have virtually no...
Not to be controversial 😉 but just my humble opinion, I have obsolutely no interest in walking the Camino Portuguese, "there I have said it" something I have felt for long time.
I have walked the Camino Frances many times and last year...
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