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    Coastal and Central Routes: Suggested Itinerary with Short Days to Start

    I do! I did the Coastal/Litoral route this past late-Oct through mid-Nov. Especially early on, I averaged about the same, 12-15km per day, partly to give my body time to adjust and partly because I had an online language lesson every weekday in the afternoon. I did not use a baggage service, but...
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    Coastal Route from Oia to Santiago

    I stayed in "Little Oia" (with the monastery) the first week of Nov this year, although I later dubbed them Good (Little) Oia and Bad Oia because I was treated pretty rudely in the latter, larger town, while I had one of my best days of socializing in the former. Casa Puertas was recommended by...
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    Quo Vadis, Dude? Any advice (alerts) for my Portugues Coastal from Porto itinerary?

    I don’t know the prices you’ve seen for other places in Matosinhos, but I stayed at a studio apt at MyTrip Porto because I was using Chase points and it looked good. According to their Google Maps page, it’s about €45 per night, and it was excellent value at that price. Super clean and with a...
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    Quo Vadis, Dude? Any advice (alerts) for my Portugues Coastal from Porto itinerary?

    Thank for saying that, but it’s quite oppressive how people get judged by where they stay. I walked with a woman who was so nice and fun, and it wasn’t until the third time we met up that we finally both admitted we were staying in hotels. We laughed about it, but the judgement is real. If...
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    Quo Vadis, Dude? Any advice (alerts) for my Portugues Coastal from Porto itinerary?

    I literally just saw the links in his signature an hour ago and bought them both :)
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    Quo Vadis, Dude? Any advice (alerts) for my Portugues Coastal from Porto itinerary?

    You’ll have an amazing time. I’m a little jealous you’re going to do the Variante Espiritual :) I chickened out after having a small bout of food poisoning in Pontevedra a few days ago. The climb to Armenteira made me nervous, and I considered staying in Combarro like you plan to, but decided...
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    Quo Vadis, Dude? Any advice (alerts) for my Portugues Coastal from Porto itinerary?

    I did get to meet and interact with other pilgrims! I didn’t need an albergue for that. The two Danish women I walked with out of Porto. One woman I ran into several times and we walked together for a few hours several days apart, and messaged each other after. Walked with a few others at other...
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    Quo Vadis, Dude? Any advice (alerts) for my Portugues Coastal from Porto itinerary?

    I understand people think this way, but maybe some people don’t want the camaraderie or have other reasons for staying in hotels. Personally I suffered a devastating loss recently and was using the Camino as a way to have time to think that isn’t afforded me in my day-to-day life. I also have...
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    Quo Vadis, Dude? Any advice (alerts) for my Portugues Coastal from Porto itinerary?

    In A Guarda I stayed at the Hotel Convento de San Benito. It’s in a convent built in 1559 if I remember correctly, and is like staying in a museum. There’s even a small room near the lobby that looks like it’s from the medieval section of the Metropoitan Museum of Art, with beautifully lit...
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    senda litoral

    I was not replying to Kadifa, I was just amplifying what @kenwilltravel said about La Cala, but maybe that info will be helpful for someone else who wants to stay in Oia out of season. I’m very new to these forums, and assumed any added info was welcome.
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    senda litoral

    I stayed at La Cala last week! Tanya, the owner, is an American Camino veteran and her place is very clean and extremely well-equipped. One note is that as of last week there weren’t any restaurants still open for the season, but there is a small grocery store. The kitchen at La Cala will have...
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    COVID Albergues between Porto and Santiago (coastal route) > Oct\Nov 21

    And there was no problem whatsoever, but something I had previously missed, probably because I did this so last minute. Sorry if everyone knows this already. A local I met in Moledo (Paredão 476, great cafe) recommended walking around the sandy peninsula at the mouth of the Minho before...
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    COVID Albergues between Porto and Santiago (coastal route) > Oct\Nov 21

    Great! Exactly what I wanted to hear :)
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    COVID Albergues between Porto and Santiago (coastal route) > Oct\Nov 21

    Thank you! Maybe I’ll blow up a dry bag for a makeshift flotation device :)
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    COVID Albergues between Porto and Santiago (coastal route) > Oct\Nov 21

    Thank you :)
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    COVID Albergues between Porto and Santiago (coastal route) > Oct\Nov 21

    I’m going to start the coastal/litora route next week, but I don’t recall seeing mention of the Spanish Heath declaration for the crossing from Caminha. Apparently the declaration needs to be filled out in advance with the vessel name. Has anyone dealt with this recently?

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