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I love that mural!The first phase of a large camino mural has just been completed in Santiago do Cacém on the Caminho Central. The mural is 100m long! Here is a picture of part of it:
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More pictures and a short article in Portuguese here:
Mural em Santiago do Cacém já saúda quem se aventura pelos Caminhos de Santiago
Thanks for this! My plan has been to start in Lisbon during the charmingly quiet winter season in Portugal. It seems I’m later than planned given that I stopped in the Azores to climb Mount Pico, Portugal’s highest peak, before embarking on the Portuguese from Lisbon. Now that I see this mural, I should ask folks if it makes any sense to begin at this new mural location. My initial plan was to begin in the very south where jungleboy and Wendy began earlier, but then with Covid, and winter, and limited Portuguese, I thought Lisbon would be the wiser starting point at this moment with less lodging options available. Suggestions would be welcome. Hoping to fly Azores to Lisbon tomorrow.The first phase of a large camino mural has just been completed in Santiago do Cacém on the Caminho Central. The mural is 100m long! Here is a picture of part of it:
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More pictures and a short article in Portuguese here:
Mural em Santiago do Cacém já saúda quem se aventura pelos Caminhos de Santiago
If you still want to start on the south coast, you have two main options to reach Santiago: from Tavira on the Nascente-Torres-CPI/Geira/CP (what we did) or from Faro on the Central, joining the CP in Santarém. I think this second option would be best at this time of year as it's in the western (more populated) part of Portugal with more accommodation options, and it spends less time on remote caminos (about 20 stages Faro-Santarém). I'm guessing a bit here and you'd have to look into it, but because lodging is usually not going to be in the form of (seasonal) albergues on the southern routes anyway, there might still be enough places open even in winter.Now that I see this mural, I should ask folks if it makes any sense to begin at this new mural location. My initial plan was to begin in the very south where jungleboy and Wendy began earlier, but then with Covid, and winter, and limited Portuguese, I thought Lisbon would be the wiser starting point at this moment with less lodging options available.
Me too!I love that mural!
Santarém - Santarém Hostel, dorms €24, single €48
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