Hi, eze,
Welcome back! I benefitted from a lot of your information when I walked the Vdlp this May-June, so thanks. Wen I arrived in Zamora, I continued on to Santiago via Ourense, so I don't have any first hand knowledge of this route.
In Zamora I met one person who was planning to walk the Portuguese variant, but I never saw him in Santiago so I don't know how it went. I think that accommodations are few and far between, and know that he was planning to walk long stages. The first stage out of Zamora, which is typically said to be to about 24 km to San Pedro de la Nave, leaves you in a small town with no accommodation. I asked the attendant in the church where peregrinos sleep, and she pointed to an outdoor bar's overhang.
I walked from San Pedro back to Zamora, having gotten a ride out with the hospitalero in Zamora and was pretty much able to follow the arrows backwards, though not perfectly. The land is flat, agricultural, and not terribly interesting, but the church is stunning.
My "live from the Camino" postings have info on some of the stages you will be doing:
live-from-the-camino/topic8543.html
BTW, Braganca is a very nice city to visit!
Buen camino a todos, Laurie