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On the central way, in Conimbriga, there is a nice roman site (Museo Monografico). The ruins are not the most impressive, as they aren’t big monuments but this is the biggest roman site in Portugal and the mosaics are superbs.
It’s on the camino, at the end of a great stage, and the albergue is...
Hi Trecile,
It is so nice to follow your steps on your blog and to remember the time I walked it, last fall.
Once in Porto, you will be glad you started in Lisbon. It is going to be much busier then.
And you might regret those lonely walks !
But all in all the portuguese caminho is well...
Thank you for this.
I just walked the portuguese central way from Lisbon without any expectation on being welcome or considered as special as a pilgrim and enjoyed every minute of it.
But it’s true that once crossed the Tui bridge, you really feel that the camino is a big thing in Spain, it’s...
I’m a solo walker too and I couldn’t imagine walking with somebody the whole way.
So female pilgrims if you want to go just go !!
Relaxed and open minded.
Portuguese people are very nice and caring.
The point of my post is really to invite pilgrims to get prepare just in case and to know how...
Thanks for your reactions.
The last thing I want is to prevent female pilgrim to walk the camino. Just know what can happen before going and be prepared.
And know that the portugues way is very different from the french where other pilgrims are always more or less in sight. At least from...
Hi,
I just completed the camino portugues from Lisbon. I am very thankfull that I had access to such a amount of informations on this forum before leaving and will post myself soon.
But before that I would like to make a report on the bad experiences some of my fellow female travellers had to go...
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