First time on the Camino track

[Dee07]

Hi

My husband and I are in Portugal in August and I’m keen to do a 5 or 7 day leg of the Camino track, as a taster for future walks. We’re hoping to end in Porto and unsure where to leave from. Also, if we are best to have a tour with Orbis Ways, who can book our accomodation and transport our bags.

Any tips or recommendations welcome,

Cheers,

Deanna

 

[Tincatinker]

Starting in Coimbra, a lovely town, would get you to Porto in 6 days. You can find information on route, accommodations etc here: https://www.gronze.com/camino-portugues The site is in simple Spanish but a browser such as Chrome will translate if needed.

Most Pilgrims walk without the aid of a tour company but if you need the comfort and/or help in organizing there are plenty of companies that will be glad of the trade.

 

[peregrino_tom]

I also recommend having a look at Gronze.
Personally, although Coimbra is indeed a lovely town, the road into Porto from there is not the greatest stretch of camino and may not inspire you to undertake further walks. I recommend going further back to Tomar (or possibly Golega if you like horses/stables etc) and walking to Coimbra before travelling on to Porto. It's just a much more pleasing section!

 

[lt56ny]

Starting in Coimbra, a lovely town, would get you to Porto in 6 days. You can find information on route, accommodations etc here: https://www.gronze.com/camino-portugues The site is in simple Spanish but a browser such as Chrome will translate if needed.

Most Pilgrims walk without the aid of a tour company but if you need the comfort and/or help in organizing there are plenty of companies that will be glad of the trade.

Love Coimbra. One of my favorite places on any Camino.

 

[Dee07]

Thanks for your suggestions. My friend also suggested:

The best by far has been the Ourense - Santago (or the other way around). Not so many crowds, nice accommodation and scenically very pretty. It took us 6 pleasant days. You can catch a train direct from Santiago to Ourense. (And there's thermal springs in Ourense too!). The walk to the coast (Finisterre) is also nice but much shorter.

I’ve tried to review trains but none came up on google. Is it easy to catch a train between towns? We’ll be arriving from Madrid and finish in Porto.

 

[hikerbee157]

Hi

My husband and I are in Portugal in August and I’m keen to do a 5 or 7 day leg of the Camino track, as a taster for future walks. We’re hoping to end in Porto and unsure where to leave from. Also, if we are best to have a tour with Orbis Ways, who can book our accomodation and transport our bags.

Any tips or recommendations welcome,

Cheers,

Deanna

Just curious if you used Orbis Ways and were happy with their services?

 

[henrythedog]

Just curious if you used Orbis Ways and were happy with their services?

Dee hasn’t been on here since September 22. If you want to solicit feedback on Orbis Ways perhaps start a thread with them in the title?

 

[scarpj]

Just curious if you used Orbis Ways and were happy with their services?

Terrible service… pay Madrid prices for Camino accommodations….all one star hotels in poor locations. Complete rip off.