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  1. stratophile

    Wine Caves Porto

    Taylor's Cellars is a popular winery tour. Here's their contact details: Address: Rua do Choupelo, 250 4400-088 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal Phone 1: +351 223 742 800 Phone 2: +351 223 772 956 Website: www.taylor.pt/pt/visite-taylors/as-caves/ TripAdvisor...
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    Arcade to Combarro Distance..?

    My GPS tracks show 23.7 km from Arcade to Combarro and 9.54 km from Combarro to Armenteira. However, exact GPS distances should always be taken with a slight grain of salt. They depend on where exactly the start and finish points are selected, slight deviations in the walking path, and they have...
  3. stratophile

    Apps for Camino Portuguese

    The red and white logo sounds like Wise Pilgrim. Good luck with your planning.
  4. stratophile

    Camino Frances vs Camino Portugues Last 100K.

    The Variante Espiritual is very nice and definitely worth the extra day of walking in my opinion.
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    Camino Frances vs Camino Portugues Last 100K.

    Yes, though there are many more options these days on the Portugués than there used to be. Starting at Tui (117 km from Santiago), you can now walk the Portugués with most days being under 12 km if desired, with the longest being 17 km (the first day). There are lots more stage break options...
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    Suggested stages??

    Pasted below is one possibility that you could tweak to suit your personal walking speed. This particular 11-stage itinerary is mostly leisurely, though there are a couple of longer days. Unless you are a very fast walker, I don't think you'd have time to include Variante Espiritual in your...
  7. stratophile

    4 days Baiona to SdeC

    Hi @Rosaleenq – Welcome to the forums! The following is a four-stage walk starting at Baiona. The initial two days are a bit shorter than your preferred 15 - 20 km range but the alternative is they'll need to be longer than your preferred max. If you are staying at guesthouses rather than...
  8. stratophile

    Is it easy to cross from coastal to central path?

    Hi @moxy - From Vila do Conde to Rates is about 13.2 km / 8.2 mi (depending on where exactly you measure from).
  9. stratophile

    Camino from A Ramallosa

    Hi @Astral emu – welcome to the forums. From Ramallosa to Santiago is 120 km, which puts you 20 km over the requirement. You should qualify without any issue. I know someone who started in Saians last fall (about 7.5 km closer than Ramallosa) and they qualified.
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    A few suggestions for the Portugues

    Hi @formysons - Casa da Fernanda (+351 914 589 521) is between Barcelos and Ponte de Lima on the Central. The Variante Espiritual starts at Pontevedra and goes to Vilanova de Arousa, where most people catch a boat to Pontecesures and then walk into Padrón (though you can also walk from Vilanova...
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    First Passport stamp

    It's up to you. To receive your compostela you only need to get two stamps a day covering your last 100km (assuming you are walking and not cycling). You can gather as many as you want, though, including from locations in Porto. Personally, I always enjoy getting that first stamp of a Camino –...
  12. stratophile

    New donativo albergue: Casa Catolico, Lisbon-Porto stretch

    I hadn't heard about this one opening – thanks for posting such great details!
  13. stratophile

    Connecting coastal and inland route on Portuguese

    One option might be to follow the Río Miño along the Portuguese side from Caminha to Valença / Tui. It's a nice walk and there are footpaths alongside the river for much of it. Of course, in six days (depending on your walking speed) you could reach Redondela anyway, which is where the Coastal...
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    Tui to Sarria

    According to my notes don Carlos is on your left, directly on the Camino, just before the road that branches to Parque Natural de Río Barossa (ie just before where the Camino briefly merges with N-550). Here's his number if you're passing through and want to see if he's open: +34 610 909 970. I...
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    how to do Senda Litoral Stage 14 in 2 days

    There's an albergue in Labruge. That's about 23 km from Porto. There's another about a km or so further along at Vila Chã (Albergue de S. Mamede). Both are well past the mid-way point, though, being only about 6 km or so from Vila do Conde. For non-albergue accommodation, almost the entire...
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    First Camino, please help!

    @Jo Jo - poor choice of wording on my part regarding toilets. I was referring to toilets accessible without invading people's homes, such as in bars, churches, and so on. You're right that there aren't many toilets that aren't on private property of one type or another. I think there are only...
  17. stratophile

    First Camino, please help!

    Hi there. Welcome to the forums! To answer (some of) your questions: 1. Albergues are definitely the cheapest option. The municipal / Xunta ones are usually cheapest. Private albergues are a bit pricier but usually have better amenities. Then you have guesthouses and/or private rooms available...
  18. stratophile

    Don't bypass OASIS at O ALCOUCE 39

    Ha! That's only about 90m from the coordinates I posted earlier! LOL. Congrats on finding them. Looks like they were still open in July 2017. Neither Google nor OSM lists a POI for them and I don't have anything in my notes, so no idea if they are still open. If you hear back from them or can...
  19. stratophile

    Don't bypass OASIS at O ALCOUCE 39

    I saw it referenced on a few other blogs, too. Again, if necessary contact the bloggers and ask if they have any photos with geo-location enabled. You can then draw the coordinates from the photo. Based on the details on Manuel's sello, I would assume they are (were) somewhere reasonably close...
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    Don't bypass OASIS at O ALCOUCE 39

    I don't recall seeing it myself. However, here's a link to a 2015 blog of a couple who stopped there on their Camino. They describe their visit in detail, with photos that match yours, discussions of Manuel, and so on...

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