- Time of past OR future Camino
- Some in the past; more in the future!
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https://www.outdooractive.com/en/list/caminho-do-mar/244428429/ and https://www.alltrails.com/trail/portugal/lisboa--6/caminho-do-mar-estoril-fatima lists proposed stages and routes.Looks amazing. Where can I get some info about Camino do Mar please? Thanks.
There is not much info around but maybe @K_Lynn’s links will help and hopefully we can provide some info here.Looks amazing. Where can I get some info about Camino do Mar please? Thanks.
We will be podcasting about it on the Spirit of the Camino podcast, and I imagine Nick will also post an article or two on the Spirit of the Camino website, but in the meantime there is a Brazilian pilgrim who has written daily route descriptions in Portuguese of the Caminho do Mar, along with many other routes. You can find his blog at this link. Navigation of his site can be a bit tricky on a mobile phone, or maybe I'm just technologically challenged. In any case, navigate to the blog posts for each day via the hamburger in the top left corner.Looks amazing. Where can I get some info about Camino do Mar please? Thanks.
What great photos and journalism! And I sympathize about the foot problems. My life is all about addressing plantar fascitis and I’m amazed Wendy can walk with a backpack.Day 3 — Sintra to Mafra: ~25km
Thank you!What great photos and journalism!
That was the Rota Vicentina, further south in the Alentejo/Algarve — not a camino exactly but a beautiful walk nonetheless!Was this the route we talked about when I saw you in Lisbon? I seem to remember us talking about more beach walking. A different route that’s more coastal and staying in surfer huts?
I looked up the museum as well, because it sounded so interesting. It looks as if you can take the train out to Sintra and then catch a Sintra-area bus to the town, Odrinhas--not such a big expedition!Thanks for the info on that museum. It looks very interesting. I did a little googling and decided it was something to add to the list. But I bet it’s hard to get to from Lisbon if one isn’t walking and doesn’t have a car!
We were in Sintra a couple of weeks ago and the local bus info on line is uncertain. Our hotel receptionist said it is a new company in Sintra (we saw the same line in Lisbon). We got the bus to where we wanted to be...but they definitely did not come as scheduled. We waited over an hour one day...went to catch the 9am, didn't come, waited for the 9:30--didn't come and finally the 10 came. Another day wasn't as bad..just be prepared until they figure it out. I felt so badly for the locals, the frustration they showed. As for us, it was inconvenient, but we didn't have to be anywhere at a certain time.Looking at the local 1633 schedule, it looks as if the bus stops right outside the museum.
Thanks to Rome2Rio, as always.
I don’t want to oversell it but it really was a little gem for a place we’d never heard of before.Thanks for the info on that museum. It looks very interesting.
Thank you, it’s very exciting!Congrats to you and Wendy on your perseverance jumping through bureaucratic hurdles! You’ve got the golden ticket now!
@jungleboy & @Wendy Werneth, great to see your priorities are in order!....and it has everything we need — including, most importantly, chocolate.
That's a great idea, Nick! Obidos, mid-day, can be incredibly full and touristy with daytrips galore from Lisbon, but it is a lovely spot. Staying there overnight on this caminho sounds like a good move.Some stage guides don’t include an overnight stay in Óbidos but I think it’s well worth it. If you just pass through in the middle of the day the place will be thronging with tourists, but staying overnight allows you to enjoy Óbidos at quieter times.
Thank you! But no, I’m just an amateur.I love your pictures. Are you a professional photographer?
Thank you! And re: ramparts, me too. But the Óbidos ones are not for the faint-hearted as there are no railings on the non-crenellation side.Interesting write-up and as always, lovely photos, Nick. I love walking ramparts!
Wonderful as always Nick but today you threw me! This pic of the Cloister looks like a modelDay 8 — Casal do Pardo to Alcobaça: 19km
3. The 13th-century ‘Cloister of Silence’.
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Thank you, I have no idea either!Not sure how you pulled that off but very effective!
You have a good eye for photographyThank you! But no, I’m just an amateur.
Well said, Kaz!Particularly enjoyed your 'epiphany' re Fatima...perhaps sometimes it's the journey & the destination.
Me, too, Doug. I think vicariously traveling by armchair can be very entertaining.@jungleboy, thanks for sharing this trip. I have enjoyed following along vicariously.
Nick, it is always a pleasure to read your daily writings while you are on Camino, and this one was no exception.We arrived in Fátima yesterday after walking for 10 days and about 230km from our home in Lisbon.
I missed some days.We arrived in Fátima yesterday after walking for 10 days and about 230km from our home in Lisbon. We didn’t see a single pilgrim along the way on the Caminho do Mar, but there are thousands of pilgrims in Fàtima for tomorrow’s anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to the three shepherd children in 1917.
I had been to Fátima twice before and felt that I didn’t really understand it (which is a polite way of saying I shared @peregrina2000 ’s view). On this camino I wasn’t even thinking about it much as our end goal: with my Camino de Santiago mindset, I was focusing more on the journey than the destination.
But Fátima turned out to be a fascinating and meaningful place to end our camino, which has been a pleasant surprise. It has a completely different atmosphere from Santiago — more devout and solemn — and we can feel the palpable energy of the place ahead of tomorrow’s anniversary as pilgrims pour in from all corners of Portugal and beyond (we have seen groups from Brazil, Croatia, Korea and elsewhere). We have tried to find our place in it all — burning a candle for a Catholic friend who requested it, walking the Via Crucis this morning — while learning more about how and why Fátima forms part of the Portuguese soul.
As for the purpose of this pilgrimage, then, which was as an ‘initiation ritual’ to being new Portuguese citizens, I think it’s safe to say we passed.
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Lucky you and I hope the weather will still be perfect in Galicia three weeks from now!I arrive back in Santiago tomorrow and have enjoyed walking from Muxia in perfect Galician weather; a near miracle from most of what I hear.
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