Nightbadger
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Piece of cake. Walking the coastal back to Porto. Keep the ocean at your right sideHello everyone.
I'm walking the Coastal route in three weeks time, but have chosen to walk it from Santiago to Porto. There is a method in the madness - I plan to then walk from Porto to the southern most tip of Spain, moving across to Gibraltar, then on to Seville in order to pick up the Via Plata Pilgrimage route back to Santiago.
The aim is to walk the Santiago-Porto route this autumn and to then pick up the rest of the walk across 2016/17.
Has anyone walked the Camino Portugues coastal route in reverse? Any tips on where to find a decent map of the coastal route so I can start to get my head around reversing this.
Thanks very much for all your help and buen camino!
Vicky
Hi Margaret,Nightbadger,
Welcome to the Forum!
What a wonderful series of caminos you have planned!
Going backwards does take more than a bit of practice. December 2011 after finishing the CF I continued to Finisterre, per usual, and then walked down to the Portuguese border at Tui/Valenca do Minho. This involved going " backward " along the Camino Portugues from Santiago. To go backward is more complicated than you might think; since then the path was hardly well marked, searching for the famous yellow arrows pointing opposite my direction wasn't easy. Viewed backwards the arrows resembled anchors. Thus it all was a bit of a treasure hunt!
However, the Galician Xunta albergues along the route were GREAT in Padron, Caldas de Rei, Pontevedra, Redondela, and O Porrino.
Check out this 2010 blog in English by a cyclist who rode 'straight up' from Lisbon to Santiago. His descriptions and photos will give you some idea of the terrain.
Happy research and Bom Caminho,
Margaret Meredith
Piece
Piece of cake. Walking the coastal back to Porto. Keep the ocean at your right side
From Santiago follow the blue waymarkers (direction Fátima in Portugal)
Once in Redondela follow the signs to Vigo. From there you can follow the green waymarkers in reverse along the waterside and head for Baiona. From there the ocean will be your company all the time till Porto .
Bom caminho
Nightbadger,
Welcome to the Forum!
What a wonderful series of caminos you have planned!
Going backwards does take more than a bit of practice. December 2011 after finishing the CF I continued to Finisterre, per usual, and then walked down to the Portuguese border at Tui/Valenca do Minho. This involved going " backward " along the Camino Portugues from Santiago. To go backward is more complicated than you might think; since then the path was hardly well marked, searching for the famous yellow arrows pointing opposite my direction wasn't easy. Viewed backwards the arrows resembled anchors. Thus it all was a bit of a treasure hunt!
However, the Galician Xunta albergues along the route were GREAT in Padron, Caldas de Rei, Pontevedra, Redondela, and O Porrino.
Check out this 2010 blog in English by a cyclist who rode 'straight up' from Lisbon to Santiago. His descriptions and photos will give you some idea of the terrain.
Happy research and Bom Caminho,
Margaret Meredith
The green markers you will find from Baiona to Vigo . To Santiago they point you along the waterside of the town. We met them for the first time in Nigrán .the hospitalero of the Nigrán albergue told us about these markers. The yellow markers send you into the hills .Aaahh reading this was like music to my ears! And exactly how I've walked previous walks - keeping to the coast and keep heading south. It's been a while, so thanks for the reminder that it's actually quite easy, and for the heads up on the green wayward markers!!
Vicky
All the information you
Luis Freixo's Blog see http://www.caminador.es/?page_id=117The green markers you will find from Baiona to Vigo . To Santiago they point you along the waterside of the town. We met them for the first time in Nigrán .the hospitalero of the Nigrán albergue told us about these markers. The yellow markers send you into the hills .
Possibly coming from Redondela by following the yellow backwards you could end up direction o Porriño on the central Portugese route but if you want to walk the coastal , keep an eye on signs to Vigo And soon you will find the yellow markers of the coastal.
Not very helpful unless you can read Spanish!!All the information you need is on Luis Freixo's Blog see http://www.caminador.es/?page_id=117
Not very helpful unless you can read Spanish!!
Jill, am I missing something? Are there maps for the Costa Camino Portugues? Thanks, as I can't find anyHi, and welcome to the forum! It is the best website for maps of the Portuguese caminos. You don't need to know Spanish to be able to read Luis Freixo's maps. Have another quick look at one of his maps, and you will see what I mean.
Happy planning,
Jill
Jill, am I missing something? Are there maps for the Costa Camino Portugues? Thanks, as I can't find any
Not very helpful unless you can read Spanish!!
Not very helpful unless you can read Spanish!!
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