Backpack courier service along Camino Portugues?

tarredon

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• Aug 20, 2021

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We are starting out next week from Lisbon to walk the Camino Portuguese! But I am starting to wonder if there might be some days where we will feel incapable of carrying our bags, what is the alternative in Portugal? I know in Spain the correo service will take the bags for a small fee and deliver them to your next Albergue but is there anything like that in Portugal? And how do you find them?

 

Tincatinker

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• Aug 20, 2021

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https://tuitrans.com/?lang=en; https://caminoways.com/?utm_source=...MIrdC35_O_8gIVFuDtCh1AvAvgEAAYASAAEgLlyvD_BwE

 

tarredon

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• Aug 20, 2021

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Thank you Tincatinker - it looks like the service is only available from Porto onwards with Tuitrans, or only as part of the complete package with Camino Ways. We plan to carry our backpacks ourselves, but would just like to have some idea if an alternative is available should we need it. Looks like from Lisbon to Porto, we might have to get creative (and spend a bit more money) should the need arise; perhaps hire a taxi to carry our bags ahead?

 

Last edited: Aug 20, 2021

trecile

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• Aug 20, 2021

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tarredon said:

it looks like the service is only available from Porto onwards with Tuitrans, and only as part of the complete package with Camino Ways

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No, you don't have to be a Camino Ways client to use Tuitrans

Backpack transport for the Pilgrims´walk to Santiago

Backpack transport for the Pilgrims´ walk to Santiago de Compostela. Taxi, bus and minibus service on the Pilgrims´walk to Santiago de Compostela.

tuitrans.com

But I think that you are correct in your assessment of the stages before Porto.

 

trecile

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• Aug 20, 2021

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Pilbeo is another service in Portugal, but also is only between Porto and Santiago.

Luggage transfer for pilgrims walking along Portuguese Way | Camino de Santiago

www.pilbeo.com

 

trecile

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• Aug 20, 2021

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There are some suggestions in this thread

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/luggage-transfer-lisbon-to-porto.52699/

 

kenwilltravel

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• Aug 21, 2021

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tarredon said:

We are starting out next week from Lisbon to walk the Camino Portuguese! But I am starting to wonder if there might be some days where we will feel incapable of carrying our bags, what is the alternative in Portugal? I know in Spain the correo service will take the bags for a small fee and deliver them to your next Albergue but is there anything like that in Portugal? And how do you find them?

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Just thinking through the options, you could also strip all the non-essentials (yes, I know, hard to define) out of your luggage and send it via the Portuguese post office (known as CTT) on to your planned accommodation in Porto. Try to keep your packs as light as possible for Lisbon-Porto, which I've read features some long stretches without many accommodation options. Then use Tuitrans from Porto north.