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  1. ophelia

    Weather/trail condition

    Hi everyone, I'm at V. N. Cerveira at the moment ready to start the first leg to Tui, but I am very worried about floodings in lower areas such as before Porriño. Also there are orange warnings regarding the wind. Is anyone here walking the Tui-Santiago sections that could provide me some...
  2. ophelia

    What do I need to know to get by?

    Hi Rainerbernd, Would just like to clarify that talking that way to any waiter in Portuguese is extremely rude - please do not use that kind of language! In Portuguese, tire isto daqui is super authoritarian and beyond the acceptable. Those extras are called entradas and a lot of people eat...
  3. ophelia

    Solo Young Woman, Camino Portugues in May

    Hi! I did the interior route last October and had no issues whatsoever with dogs. Usually they are inside the fences. If you find a dog outside, just ignore the dog and show no fear, that will probably be it. Do not bring pepper spray - you need a special license to carry it in Portugal. If...
  4. ophelia

    Credencials from Barcelos and Guides

    Hello! My Brierley guide is also from 2016 and it worked just fine for me last October, it was still updated and anyway you have a lot of waymarking, easy to follow. Buen Camino, have fun!
  5. ophelia

    Where is the 100km marker and the nearest point before that to get a Credencial stamped?

    Hello! If you start in Vigo and walk the Coastal Route, next stop will be Redondela - about 15.7km of walking, in my opinion quite doable in one afternoon, especially because it does not seem to have a lot of climbing. You would be able to get a Compostela as it is 102.8km from Santiago...
  6. ophelia

    Camino Portugues - Which Guidebook?

    I used the Brierley one in my camino - Ponte de Lima to Santiago last October, and I found it useful, but I have never read the Wise Pilgrim's one. However it was more useful in regards to albergue information and upon leaving the city in which we slept, because I'm very confident that I would...

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