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I completed Portuguese route (central) in March and agree, the Portuguese are so friendly and hospitable. The food and wine is great. Coffee is good too and like food, very reasonable. Some beautiful towns in both Portugal and Spain; Vila do Conde, Ponte de Lima, Valenca, Tui, Arcade...
I completed this exact route last month (it was fabulous!). I was a first timer and opted not to use albergues (I used Booking.com to reserve small hostales, pensions etc to alleviate some of the anxiety i had about the trip).
The only thing i would say is that some of the stopping places are...
Like several others above, i think the distances are doable, but i would build in a couple of rest days along the way to give you time to recover (after say each 4 days walking), but also to take stock of everything you have experienced....
We will head out of Porto on 16th March. Currently in the throes of booking hotels etc. Re: baggage transfer - i have a quote from Tuitrans and a slightly better one from caminosantiago. (Pilbeo do not start to operate until April and neither does the Spanish postal Correo system). Not certain...
We will head out of Porto on 16th March. Currently in the throes of booking hotels etc. Re: baggage transfer - i have a quote from Tuitrans and a slightly better one from caminosantiago. (Pilbeo do not start to operate until April and neither does the Spanish postal Correo system). Not certain...
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