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  1. David from Freo

    Walking the Portuguese Route

    Dear Bob, I would encourage you to do the Portuguese route. I'm in my early 60s and I walked with my adult daughter from Lisbon to Santiago in 2016 and loved it. We stayed in a mixture of alburgues and small hotels/BnBs. We paid close attention to our guidebook to make sure that each day's...
  2. David from Freo

    Email from the Camino Portugues

    Dear Vlogan, I was sad to read your posting. What a pity that your friend found the Camino Portugues so disappointing. Their experience contrasts starkly with mine. I walked Lisbon-Santiago with my adult daughter in April-May 2016 and loved it. The weather was relatively mild -- some rain, some...
  3. David from Freo

    Porto To Santiago, April 2017

    I can understand your apprehension about walking from Lisbon but for what it's worth I loved the Lisbon to Porto section when I walked it with my 24 year-old daughter in March 2016. There are some beautiful towns like Tomar, Santarem and Coimbra. We met lovely pilgrims along the way and enjoyed...
  4. David from Freo

    Starting my first camino from Porto on mid-October

    Hi @Akemi. I walked the Portuguese Camino from Lisbon to Santiago in April-May this year with my 25 year old daughter and loved it. We took the coastal route from Porto via Caminha and Vigo to Redondela and found it very scenic. I can recommend the walk out of Porto from the Cathedral via the...
  5. David from Freo

    Safety on the Portugues

    Dear mauveglas, I guess I must be one of a minority but I walked Lisbon to Santiago with my adult daughter in April-May this year and I loved the entire walk including the Lisbon to Porto section. Yes, it was much less populated than the Frances route but that was part of its charm. Of course I...
  6. David from Freo

    Porto de Muge update

    Last April when we were walking through Porto de Muge we stayed with Paula Castro (tel 939997657; mp.castro@sapo.pt). She is renovating an old manor house and was happy to take in pilgrims to stay. She also offered dinner and breakfast. I can't recall precisely how much we paid but it was very...
  7. David from Freo

    New albergue in Alpriate -- NOW CLOSED PERMANENTLY

    It is great news that the Alpriate albergue is now open. It is just the right distance from Lisbon for a first day. My daughter and I turned up there about three weeks ago, only to find it was not yet ready to open, which was disappointing. But when we rang the Via Lusitana help line they were...
  8. David from Freo

    Camino packs in Lisbon?

    Thanks for that information. Yes, I can appreciate that it's risky hoping to buy something as important as a pack just before I begin walking. I actually have a pretty decent pack which I'll be bringing for the walk, but it doesn't quite have the features I'd like, so I'm just wondering if...
  9. David from Freo

    Camino packs in Lisbon?

    I live in Australia and will be beginning my next Camino in Lisbon around 19 April. I'm trying to get a specific kind of backpack for the journey, ideally like the the ULA Camino 2 (http://www.ula-equipment.com/product_p/panel-loader-with-top-collar.htm) or similar. Is there anywhere is Lisbon...

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