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Congrats, you are inspiring me! Do I need a sleeping bag or can I get away with a liner? Will be travelling Sept/Oct, hoping to stay in pensions rather than Albergues but probably not always possible?Today afternoon I reached Finisterre after 29 walking days en route from Lisbon.
Camino Portuguese is wonderful.
It is different from the Camino Frances in a positive meaning. Lots of road walking, many days not much shade, not many cafes, quite many newly opened albergues and hostels, helpful and kind Portuguese people.
I met my first Santiago pilgrims in Santarem so the first 4 days were lonely.
For sure a great Camino and worth going back for walking from Santarem to Fatima, Coimbra, Porto and Braga.
Also - I walked all the boring parts - even if Mr Brierley recommends us to take a train or bus.
I did not book a room/ Albergue after Santarem - just walked in and there was room for me. Stayed always at the municipal albergues if there was one.
BTW - the municipal/ xunta albergues are GREAT. New, clean, well kept, with central location. What else do you want?
Also - the weather has been wonderful - we have been walking in a heat wave!
When you stay in pensions and hostal there is no need for a sleepingbag nor a silk liner. You will find your bed ready for sleeping.Congrats, you are inspiring me! Do I need a sleeping bag or can I get away with a liner? Will be travelling Sept/Oct, hoping to stay in pensions rather than Albergues but probably not always possible?
On this forum Peregrina2000 aka Laurie Reynolds recently wrote and postedd an excellent guide about Lisbon to Porto which covers your estimated walk to Coimbra with all information you need.Albertinho, what would you suggest is the best guide for places to stay, mainly the stages from Lisboa to Coimbra?
many thanks, Grace
On this forum Peregrina2000 aka Laurie Reynolds recently wrote and postedd an excellent guide about Lisbon to Porto which covers your estimated walk to Coimbra with all information you need......
Many thanks. I'll hunt down Laurie's guide.
https://magwood.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/lisbon-short-stages-april-with-hyperlinks.pdf
Congrats, you are inspiring me! Do I need a sleeping bag or can I get away with a liner? Will be travelling Sept/Oct, hoping to stay in pensions rather than Albergues but probably not always possible?
On the Portuguese we did not encounter many common meals.Thank you for your comment!
Yes, it is very possible to stay in hostales or hotels only. But I love the communal meal experience- the atmosphere- the camaraderie- encounters with pilgrims from all over the world - sharing the good and the bad with fellow pilgrims- deep discussions- the simple pilgrim life. Planning together for the next day comparing different guides in different languages. So I prefer albergue to a single room in a hotel.
I have a very lightweight down sleeping bag (less than 400 grams) which I carry with me on every Camino. No need for sleeping bag between Lisbon and Porto unless you want to stay at the pilgrims albergues which I did when possible. Definitely a sleeping back if you intend to stay with the Bombeiros voluntario.
After Porto the sleeping bag is needed in every albergue I stayed at (mostly at the municipal/Xunta albergues) which all are wonderful.
Neither sleeping bag not liner is required if you intend to stay in the hotels or Casa rurales or hostales - then you will sleep in white sheets under a duvet
Regards from chilly Finisterre
Congratulations! 29 days to Finisterre is quite an accomplishment in my book. I hope to do the same Lisbon to Finisterre that is, not in 29 days, longer for sure. I will be going in Sept and Oct. Like you I like the albergues whenever possible. I believe you took the coastal/ littoral route? I have yet to decide, will probably wait til I get there.
Many thanks again Albertinho. I’ll use this info to cteate a ‘mixed’ camino with a portion from Lisboa - Coimbra and then take up the CPI from Viseu up to Verin. It’s a super helpful resource and Laurie also deserves a hug for putting this resource together. Cheers, gracehttps://magwood.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/lisbon-short-stages-april-with-hyperlinks.pdf
Found Laurie's pdf via Magwood's excellent webside with more interesting information about a.o.the caminho Portuguese and others.
Boa sorte
Abraço
Albertinho
On the Portuguese we did not encounter many common meals.
I think Mario from Santarèm hostal supplies common meals. At Hillario's in Mealhada Serdanella we sat together with others , of course at Casa da Fernanda in Vittorino dos Piaës the best experience and at the Refusio de Jerezana in Cessantes just past Redondela. Furthermore hotel A Raina on the coastal route in Oia supplied a common meal for us and some other pilgrims on request.
Additional information:
The new Brierley guide books are more compact than before.
Hi Gracethepilgrim.Albertinho, what would you suggest is the best guide for places to stay, mainly the stages from Lisboa to Coimbra?
many thanks, Grace
Thanks so much Mario - very useful. I have copied the info to a word doc.Hi Gracethepilgrim.
Not sure if it the best, but the Pilgrim Association vialusitana has a list where to stay in english here:
http://www.vialusitana.org/en/albergues_eng/
I believe with this one and the list on your guide book you will get the best list.
Also peregrina2000 and Magwood are a great source of information on this forum
Bom Caminho
Mário
Hi Grace,Thanks so much Mario - very useful. I have copied the info to a word doc.
Cheers, Grace
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