Bit late with my reply now, was actually walking in Portugal when you posted it, My walk is recorded in KM not miles and accurate for the distance that i walked, I did not follow any markers but stayed on as as close to the beach as possible, I have never found these guides to be that accurate...
I stayed in the accommodation below on that section of the norte , I don't think their is a train station in Vilalba
http://www.hostalrestauranteterracha.com/seccion.1.php in Vilalba
In Baamonde --------------- Ruta Esmeralda Hostal
Miraz ------------------Albergue de peregrinos de Miraz...
When I walked from Esposende to Viana do Castelo I practially walked the beach the whole way except for one small section where I moved away but I soon changed and went back to the beach again and the run into Viana is a wonderful beach of solid sand several kilometers long, Didn't see a car...
On the 15 June last year I stayed in Residencial a Princesa do Ave, Rua Doutor António Jose Sousa Pereira 261 Vila do Conde.
No breakfast, just bed,reasonably clean and probaly would stay again stay again...
Its only 10 to 15 minutes to either Vigo or Ponteverda and a very short walk to both from Redondela, and everything I read about the place says nothing in it and i don't want to spend the best part of a day hanging around an empty town.
Both Vigo and Ponteverda both look intresting with plenty...
I don't want to stay in the albergues in Redondela , has any one got the train back to Vigo for the night and then back to Redondela to start again the next day
I have booked tickets to Irun on the 3 June returning around the end June and it cost me 51 euros first class for the trip down booking it with Voyages-sncf.com
and the return journey I booked with idtgv.com and it cost me 37 euros for a first class seat
this is my route and details from porto to Matosinhos in June
http://www.mapmyhike.com/workout/607215137
And from Matosinhos to Vila do Condo
http://www.mapmyhike.com/workout/608363793
you can only book only book that up to 7 Sep today so in a week or two you can book to the middle of september
Long train Journey
LD 99480
Con Transbordo
10.1820.169 h. 58 min.
Turista - Turista
28.55
30.95
47.60
It is possible. I walked it in 2012, I walked back to Zamudio inside the crash barrier of the main road, it has a little worn pathway where a lot of the locals seem to walk.
Then its just a matter of walking up Monte Avril and down into Bilbao.
then I walked down the right bank of the Ria Del...
Below is a link to a map of the route I took walking out of Porto to Matinoshos on 14 June Starting at Residencial S.Jorge Rua Alexandre Herculano and finishing at
Senhor de Matosinhos Pensão Residencial Rua do Godinho nº 634 4450-147 Matosinhos
It is certainly the best walks out of any...
Hi tominrm,
I walked the Norte in 2 stages from Irun to Ribadesella in 2012 and Ribadesella to Santiago in 2013.
I am the same age as you and not very fit either, it is tougher but not that bad and after Gijon theirs nothing at all, I don't stay in albergues after the CF theirs lots of...
I travelled from Gare Mountparnasse to Hendayaj on 12th and although I didn't get on the train I booked I managed to make the journey in a very overcrowded train, the SNCF people that were working were extremely helpful and that was suppose to be the worst day
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Thank you MyDestinationGalicia,
That is the best bit of news I have heard for a while, I should arrive in Caminha on the 18 June and would like to stay in A Guarda that evening do you know where I can find the boat running times if they have a set schedule .
Now that the ferry across the Mino is out, does any one know if their is a bus service connecting Caminha with A Guarda ,I need some way to cross on the 18 June.
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