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    What is the best route for Camino Portuguese?

    My husband and I walked from Santarem to Santiago last June/July 2016. We wrote a blog called ourwayportuguesecaminho.wordpress.com which you may find quite interesting. The Portuguese route is definitely a quiet route. I would suggest you walk from Tui in Spain following John Brierley's...
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    Short Stages from Lisbon to Porto

    My husband and I are both from Cape Town and we walked from Santarem to Santiago last June/July 2016. We wrote a blog ourwayportuguesecaminho.wordpress.com which you may find quite interesting. Hopefully you are taking along Brierley's book which was very useful. We did not find many short...
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    Camino Portugues hesitation

    My husband and I walked from Santarem to Santiago last June/July and found the whole experience wonderful. Very tough, long days at times. This is the only camino we have walked. I suppose everyone has a different view of what they want our of their experience. We chose the Portuguese route...
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    Camino portugues from Coimbra or just coastal from Porto with detours?

    My husband and I walked from Santarem to Santiago last June and found is a wonderful experience. Tough, long days but thoroughly worthwhile. Coimbra is an absolute must. We took a day off in Porto, Coimbra (two days) and Ponte de Lima. We walked the coastal route the day we left Porto and...
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    Camino Portugues In 5 Days From Valenca

    My husband and I walked from Tui/Valenca, Redondela, Pontevedra, Caldas de Reis, Padron and then Santiago and it was a wonderful walk. First day is about 33 kilometres but the rest is very manageable. We wrote a blog called ourwayportuguesecaminho.wordpress.com if you would like to see more...
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    Footwear

    My husband and I walked from Santarem to Santiago last June. I walked Nike running shoes and my husband wore Merrill walking shoes. By the end of the day our feet were sore. On the Portuguese route there is quite a lot of cobbles which are very hard and taxing on ones feet and tar plus off...
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    First timer, help with route

    My husband and I walked from Santarem to Santiago last June. We wrote a blog called ourwayportuguesecaminho.wordpress.com. Walking from Ponte de Lima will be wonderful. The distances per day were very manageable. The first night you can spend at the very nice Pilgrims accommodation which...
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    Please read very important question

    My husband and I walked the Portuguese Camino in June 2016 but we left from Santarem as we were told that the first three days out of Lisbon where not good in terms of traffic and roads. I wrote a daily blog: ourwayportuguesecaminho.wordpress.com which you may find interesting. We found the...

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