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I think the Hotel Boa Vista is the best place - it is old timey in all the right ways, breakfast lovely and it is in Foz area right on the beach/camino.
If you prefer in town, where it is super busy and I think a bit distracting for the focus you might want to start a camino, I...
It’s the most amazing feeling to soak up the last of Portugal and then walk the bridge in the AM and feel the cultural shift - new sights, language, smells, coffee :) in Spain!
Take the 500 bus from Aliados (sit up top in the very front in the huge window) and take it to Foz (the beach area) and eat at Tavi and then walk the beach. Take the wooden tram back to town. Eat a "Frenchie" sandwich at Cafe Santiago, drink Port wine at night at a touristic cafe right along...
I "trained it "from Coimbra in the spring, its about 8 euro and one hour on the train, and you just can kind of reset your camino there I might suggest at the Cathedral in Porto.
Hi JillGat superstar,
The Litoral was very fun, but I was a babyish grump when the dunes covered parts of the boardwalk lol. But, i did see people. The Portuguese are amazing walkers and I saw them with dogs and all ages walking the boardwalks in the towns, traffic jams of Sunday drivers along...
Hello Ultreia,
I can appreciate your concern with that. It looks like Alert Cops is a Spanish app that can be hacked like any other app - unlikely but possible. As folks have said here, the European emergency number is 112 - and they can speak English and other languages. I wonder if one should...
Here is a translation of the story - neighbors were also helpful in the identification of this man! There are always many people to help you if you encounter a troubling person in a town or village and you need help - you can knock at a door or ask someone at a cafe to lend assistance.
The...
lol, agree to agree about colors - but I will call it the orange book :))
Also, I agree that the word "complementario" is useless to hapless travelers like myself - but since it pointed to a path downhill, I knew it was better lol
Bingo Elle!!! 100 percent sure - double pillars side by side. No fault of your own BTW if they are on your website, I just memorize your pictures and then follow arrows :)) and I had the best time ever!!
These are them !! Minus the broken flower pot! Is this before Porrino? Or did I miss remember? I know I was walking alone a few days there when I saw them!
You are entirely welcome! They in fact might have been brand new - it was an interesting moment on the Camino haha! Thank you again for all of your assistance in the camino world!
Hello! I am a fan of yours !! :)) It is the ONE, I swear, photo I did not take and I knew I would regret it lol! It
Hello, I am a big fan of your's!! And your work is extremely helpful - so thank you! I recall the mural wall and then I walked and came to the "twin pillars" - if you turned left...
that is so interesting - I walked through there just over a month ago and it was just the pillars :) but that sounds interesting, and would not the town folks feel disgruntled?
Yes, that is the author, it just kind of looks orange to me? anyhow, he was nice and told me his book -- he must have meant portuguese camino was only in German. He was scouting out his bicycle version and re-checking mileage. He seemed like a very nice guy. The village to village book is...
i was just surprised that there were two pillars exactly the same pointing opposite directions - stone expensive pillars side by side. I cannot find my image of them, but one said complimentary and I do not recall what the other one said, maybe someone has an image? The man I was at the albergue...
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About 5K before O Porrino on the Portuguese Camino you will come across two official camino pillars. One points left to a path that leads slightly downhill, and another leads straight slightly uphill which appears to be a town. You will approach it and just try...
I really like the Boa Vista, it is right at the mouth of the Douro and the ocean, you can walk the ocean route from there - but by the river I love Homey - a small inexpensive hotel.
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