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  1. Friend from Barquinha

    Growing numbers on the Camino Portugues - newspaper article

    Today is a tough day, I would expect, for finding lodging. A national holiday, with probably a long weekend for everyone. Bom 25 de Abril!
  2. Friend from Barquinha

    Growing numbers on the Camino Portugues - newspaper article

    We just came back from our house just uphill from the Lisbon>Porto section, in north-of-the-tracks Barquinha just south of Tomar. We were often working down in the yard in the morning when peregrinos were walking through. Otherwise, we can see the walkers from our home's back windows. So we see...
  3. Friend from Barquinha

    Language for camino portuguese?

    I'm just reviewing my Portuguese grammar (bad), using Duolingo. I've previously taken courses with continental Portuguese. I can confirm that Duolingo is definitely Brazil-based. Watch out!
  4. Friend from Barquinha

    Language for camino portuguese?

    And that's what makes the Portuguese the Portuguese. They are among the most gracious, kind and helpful people I have ever met.
  5. Friend from Barquinha

    Learning Portuguese from Portugal (not Brazilian)

    Comments from someone studying European Portuguese (a bit sporadically, but keenly) for the last several years. I have studied both in-person and online, in smallish classes, plus using Portuguese with Leo, a bit, and most recently, Duolingo for review--I'd guess this may be the app the...
  6. Friend from Barquinha

    New lodging close to caminho in Vila Nova da Barquinha

    Just noticed as I walked around the neighbourhood...looks like a few peregrinos have stayed here (and liked it), but not on Google Maps as yet. Looks nice--and a couple of cafés and a small grocery store within 100 meters/yards. In the north side of town (Moita do Norte), north of the tracks...
  7. Friend from Barquinha

    Starting from Lisbon — good or bad idea?

    This is actually one of the more industrialized bits of Portugal--it's flat, and because it's close to Porto, somewhat of a distribution hub. Aveiro is actually the south hub of the Porto municipal-train system; the areas between there and Porto are considered suburban to Porto. You might be...
  8. Friend from Barquinha

    Any updates on the new camino route out of Lisbon?

    if you ever do the Nascente from the Faro area, you may see flamingos down in the salt pans near there. https://wetravelportugal.com/flamingos-algarve/
  9. Friend from Barquinha

    Bus coverage in central Portugal

    And finally, here's Rodonorte, which seems to cover that northeast corner... https://www.rodonorte.pt/pt/mapa-da-rede/ Not clear whether they have online scheduling, like all the others! Ah yes, here we go...a very different format to everyone else's...
  10. Friend from Barquinha

    Bus coverage in central Portugal

    I'm on a roll, here... This one, Mafrense, is for the area north of Sintra, up to Torres Vedres--if you were walking coastal, Lisbon to Porto--south bit. https://www.mafrense.pt/mafrense/Servicos ...and the bit just north of this (and south of R do oeste)...
  11. Friend from Barquinha

    Bus coverage in central Portugal

    Ok. On the local bus front. Here's another useful one. Seems to cover almost everything north of Tomar, as far north as Viana do Castelo, if I'm interpreting its format correctly. Excludes the coastal Aveiro area, but links to that district's own little system. And excludes the far northeast...
  12. Friend from Barquinha

    Bus coverage in central Portugal

    Yes. Those are both great services, but they specialize in long-distance buses between major cities--Lisbon, Porto, Faro in the Algarve, and maybe half a dozen of the biggish secondary cities (and Fatima). The companies that are shown on the map above are the companies that run the municipal...
  13. Friend from Barquinha

    Bus coverage in central Portugal

    I just happened to come across this map, when looking at a local bus schedule. Peregrinos may find it useful, in terms of looking for a schedule for a particular area--which bus service covers it? Bom caminho!
  14. Friend from Barquinha

    Fatima-Tomar

    http://www.rodotejo.pt/ Screenshot:
  15. Friend from Barquinha

    Update on the Fire department accomodation in Tomar.

    Note the locally highly recommended bakery at the other end of Asseiceira, opening at 7 am and likely an excellent location for a peregrino breakfast! Bakery map...
  16. Friend from Barquinha

    Update on the Fire department accomodation in Tomar.

    I believe there is an albergue supported by the Tomar-municipality government still in Asseiceira, just south of Tomar. I suspect the local authorities in Tomar proper feel there is enough private tourist accommodation in the city to supply peregrinos as well as other visitors. The smaller...
  17. Friend from Barquinha

    Suggested detour, Day 5 or so of Portuguese Central, during hot weather

    Just a reminder, for those of you setting out from Lisbon in the next couple of months of 2023 while the weather can be VERY hot...this is a detour that adds no distance to speak of, but gives you a bit of shade and a place to stop for a cold drink mid-morning along the way to Tomar from Golega...
  18. Friend from Barquinha

    Should I learn Portuguese or Spanish

    Echoing a lot of what others have said-- Having Spanish vocabulary helps a lot with written Portuguese--you can pick your way through street signs, posters, etc. etc. Spoken Portuguese is a different animal entirely. I had basic Spanish when I moved part-time to Portugal, and was totally...
  19. Friend from Barquinha

    Santarem or Tomar for a Rest Day

    It sounds like the general vote is for Tomar--I would tend to agree. The sights are close together, and the Convent of Christ is spectacular--the government's historical-monuments department has just been sprucing it up, and photos I've seen are quite spectacular! However, Tomar is much more a...
  20. Friend from Barquinha

    Any updates on the new camino route out of Lisbon?

    Bom caminho!

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