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Best bits of Porto to Santiago as only 5 walking days!!!?

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Hi,
A group of us are flying into Porto in May and have just a week to walk some of the Way, in which we want to finish in Santiago plus get back to Porto in time to get our return flight.
Interested to know which sections would be the best to walk in terms of beautiful scenery, interesting terrain etc either a continuous stretch or taking public transport in between certain sections..... or has anyone done this and has good advice?
 
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Hi, Tatty,
Welcome to the forum. My recommendation would be not to mess too much with skipping over parts and jumping ahead, and just plan to start in Valenca do Minho, which is on the Spanish border. You can walk from Valenca to Santiago in 5 days, see the stages here: http://www.mundicamino.com/rutas.cfm?id=43

There are lots of beautiful parts north of Porto and before Valenca, but I think you will complicate your lives way too much if you try to figure out how to cherry pick five days between Porto and Santiago.

Bom caminho, Laurie
 

I agree with Laurie. You either start in Valença, or in Tui (already Spanish side), that's your call. Starting from there will also allow you to get your Compostela at the end of your Camiño.
 
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That's a bit like saying "I'd love to do a world cruise, but I've only got one day ....."
I agree with the other guys - don't rush it, but you'll only get a 'taste' of the camino in a week. Then come back another day and walk the whole camino! This was the camino going into Arcade ...


So relax, enjoy a "sample" week, then return and walk the whole camino!
 
Thanks for all advice so far, think it sounds sensible to make things as easy as possible! Sadly can only be a sample week as work and families limit time, we would love to do the whole lot one day!!
Logistics of flying to Porto far easier than flights to Spain which we hadn't originally thought of so now excited about planning. Just to complicate matters two of us are cycling from Porto to Santiago at the same time, but that's another story........... : )
 
How about starting in Baiona which is such a beautiful coastal resort so spend at least a day there before.
Day 1 Baiona to Vigo
Day 2 Vigo to Pontevedra
Day 3 Pontevedra to Palas de Rei
Day 4 Palas de Rei to Padron
Day 5 Padron to Santiago
Check out the quick video I did, buen camino
 
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Wow. Now all comes to life ! Can't wait.. Till 12 weeks to go.
Starting from Viana do Castelo on the Coastal.
Can you post a similar vid of the ruta dos Salnés ? I want to walk that one instead of Pontevedra to Padrón.

Um abraço
Albertinho
 
Albertinho said:
Can you post a similar vid of the ruta dos Salnés ? I want to walk that one instead of Pontevedra to Padrón.
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Wait untill early May, and you will be lucky ahahhaha
 
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I really liked walking across the international bridge from Valenca to Tui and seeing the contrast between Portugal and Spain. You see, feel and even taste it straight away, the food, the people, mentality..... All very different and all you have to do is walk across a bridge.
 
Agree but if you can stay one more day and night in Portugal., do it ..it is a though farewell leaving Portugal . What a great country, kindness of the people (as long as they do not sit behind the steering wheel of their cars-then the devil comes loose ) and their food and wines.
A pity Santiago the Compostela is not situated in Portugal. The utmost happy world could be that !
 
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At long time ago, in a kingdom not far way, Galicia was kinda portuguese
 
I think peregrina 2000 was absolutely spot on.
 
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At long time ago, in a kingdom not far way, Galicia was kinda portuguese
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So by then living, you should have spoken Spanish ?

Reminds me some years ago being in Recife/Olinda in Brasil.
We Dutch "conquistadores" stayed for 45 years in the north of Brasil during something sixteen hundreds
The foolish Dutch prince Maurits was kicked out by the Portuguese. If this had not happened, till the the day of today the Brasileans should speak dutch
Imagine.. Samba girls wearing feathers and dutch cloggies eating Goudse stroopwafels , my dear Portugese friend .
 
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No, not at all. That's why there is Gallego, very simillar to portuguese

But, Portugal was occupied by Spain from 1580 to 1640.
 
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Albertinho said:
look in the mirror ,my good friend, and the one you'll see is counting down for you !
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Albertinho

See this video please (Is in portuguese).


You can see the letter of the galician song is same portuguese.

The primitive language of Portugal (county Portucalense) was the same in Galicia (Galician-Portuguese). In the Iberian Peninsula there were several languages in addition to the Galician-Portuguese, there were the Leonese, Asturian, Catalan, Basque, Murciano and others. In Portugal we still have the language Mirandês (origin in Leonese). With the independence of Portugal (1145) and as a domain of Castilla on the other peoples of the Iberian Peninsula (for canquista or marriage), Castellano was the dominant language with new formation of the Spanish State in 1492.
AMSimoes
 
Olá senhor Simoes,
Esta história e muito interessante para mim .
Muito obrigado pelo compartir .
Vou a estudar o video.

Um abraço
Albertinho
 
Just a question?
Is it far from Valenca to Tui. We are getting transport from Santiago to Tui, but maybe in would be nicer to start on the Portuguese side and walk from there. We are staying in Tui overnight. Any recommendations?
 
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No its really close. Do it, start in Valenca. Also walk around Valenca for a bit, it is really nice.
 
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