Wow, that’s an awful experience. I walked from Tomar to Santiago in 2015 and while I didn’t notice the drivers were so bad, the lack of shoulders and the amount of road walking made it not too pleasant at times. The section north of Porto is actually much nicer than the section south of Porto...
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