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Caminha to Valenca May

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Jennylee

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2021
I am walking this route over 2 days mid May. Can anyone recommend if I should stay close to river or go inland? Is it easy to find? Please give me ideas....many thanks
 
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as soon as you leave Caminha over a bridge ,you head for Vila Nova de Cerveira.
after about two kms there comes a sign ECOPISTA. If you follow the signs you will follow the river as close as possible. The common path is about 500 meters more inland and follows the road through small villages and hamlets. There you’ll find a church foryour stamp , your coffee and a sandwich .I prefered the Ecopista and once or twice changed for a coffee.
In Vila Nova de Cerveira is a kind of albergue with several rooms for two or four people
Nice restaurants around .
after Vila Nova you follow the Ecopista and the Minho river again in the direction of Valença do Minho untill you arrive in the neighborhood of Valença. very pleasant walk
Once in Valença first you will meet the albergue but are are several places to stay .
 
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SO... the older path is on the ROAD and not a footpath in the hills to the south??? I have misunderstood!!
But it is mostly safe from traffic? Thanks for the clarification.
 
Jennylee said:
I am walking this route over 2 days mid May. Can anyone recommend if I should stay close to river or go inland? Is it easy to find? Please give me ideas....many thanks
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Just wondering how many Kms this route is approximately...??? Hoping to include it in our Camino in June '23...
 
celloleslie said:
SO... the older path is on the ROAD and not a footpath in the hills to the south??? I have misunderstood!!
But it is mostly safe from traffic? Thanks for the clarification.
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It leads through villages and hamlets
There live people so there is traffic, runs a train and there are some railwaycrossings
The distance between Caminha and Valença is about 30 kms. You walk into south eastern direction
 
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Albertinho, I appreciate how responsive you are on the forum! Thanks for all your help.
For anyone considering this route, I can suggest Casa Gwendoline hostel in addition to the Pousada de Juventude (both in Vila Nova de Cerveira); it is small and family-run, with private rooms as well as a small dorm.
 
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