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See your answer right now. SorryInteresting Albertinho, so it took you a day to cross. The thing is that the day before Castelo is a long day planned, so going end of day to the central and do another 4km. Enlight me please, as I am unware of what the famous albergue is famous for. It makes me curious and plans can be changed.
And simular as my partner Debi and I walked various caminos already, and we are very keen in staying at Albergues specialemente... communal dinners, the gems on the route... Can you mention more places where we should stay? We would certainly take that into our plans.
I do understand you depart next month to walk again, we wish you all the best, joy and peace of mind on your camino. Grtz Gerard and Debi.
Communal diners you only find at the albergue Hílario in Mealhada on the part from Lisbon to Porto,at Fernanda's and at a Quinta Estrada Romana nearby Valença do Minho.Interesting Albertinho, so it took you a day to cross. The thing is that the day before Castelo is a long day planned, so going end of day to the central and do another 4km. Enlight me please, as I am unware of what the famous albergue is famous for. It makes me curious and plans can be changed.
And simular as my partner Debi and I walked various caminos already, and we are very keen in staying at Albergues specialemente... communal dinners, the gems on the route... Can you mention more places where we should stay? We would certainly take that into our plans.
I do understand you depart next month to walk again, we wish you all the best, joy and peace of mind on your camino. Grtz Gerard and Debi.
Hi how was the walk from Viana do Castelo to Ponte de Lima? I am thinking of doing that myself.Hi there,
we are planning to do the Camino Portuguese this spring with two of our best friends. We ourselves have done a few 'walkabouts' but we look forward introducing our friends to the magic we keep finding again and again.
Because of my partner issues with her feet we want to avoid tarmac as much as possible and stay of those narrow streets with stone walls at both sides.
So with the help of some information i found on this site, making maximum use of alternative routes over dirt roads, I designed a route based on the coastal and inland route with a [new ?] crossover at Viana do Castelo to Ponte de Lima.
The crossover will take a day (aprox 27 km) but is along a river away from villages. I think as a result this route in real will be a nice compromise with fewer tarmac and fewer narrow roads.
I thought it would be interesting to share with others who are interested in the same.
I attached the GPS route (a combination of coastal, alternatives and interior route) and some screenshots to have a look at.
Maybe there are some walkers who already did [part] of this route and might even suggest better stretches but maybe that is too much to ask.
If it helps, it helps, if not... well we are going to do it end of April anyway and can give our findings when we come back.
All the best wishes for you on the Camino, when and where ever.
regards Gerard (under the account of my partner Debi).
I thought I found a thread talking about best way to mix coastal and interior but can not find it again.
If it were me, and I wanted to walk every km of the Camino and also see Ofir, I would walk to Barcelos (either on the Central or on the Litoral/Central with a cutover via Rates). The I would take a bus (or even a taxi, depending on budget and bus schedules) from Barcelos to Ofir and later back again, and resume walking from Barcelos. I wouldn't consider the bus/taxi "cheating", as I'm still walking all of the Camino. The trip to and from Ofir is just an off-Camino side-trip.I am hoping to see Ofir again, a town we loved 30 years ago. From there I may take a bus back to Barcelos. I see the cut over you spoke of. It looks a bit further south then I hoped for. I suppose being fluid and open to what comes will dictate much of my decision making along the way as well. That 17 K cut over to Rates looks like a great plan too. If possible I would like to walk every K and not use busses but I also know there is no shame in busses if I do. Perhaps convenience and the ability to rejoin the pathway after a detour to Ofir can make a bus seem sensible. Also wanting to see both Ofir and Barcelos may cause map difficulties too easily over come by a 30 minute bus ride. As I say it is all quite fluid and who knows what decisions will be made on particular days due to weather, tired, distance and many other factors. That said, I have dreamt for 30 + years of eating Sardines at a tiny little place on the beach in Ofir again . A memory that has stayed with me a very long time now.
Hi there,
we are planning to do the Camino Portuguese this spring with two of our best friends. We ourselves have done a few 'walkabouts' but we look forward introducing our friends to the magic we keep finding again and again.
Because of my partner issues with her feet we want to avoid tarmac as much as possible and stay of those narrow streets with stone walls at both sides.
So with the help of some information i found on this site, making maximum use of alternative routes over dirt roads, I designed a route based on the coastal and inland route with a [new ?] crossover at Viana do Castelo to Ponte de Lima.
The crossover will take a day (aprox 27 km) but is along a river away from villages. I think as a result this route in real will be a nice compromise with fewer tarmac and fewer narrow roads.
I thought it would be interesting to share with others who are interested in the same.
I attached the GPS route (a combination of coastal, alternatives and interior route) and some screenshots to have a look at.
Maybe there are some walkers who already did [part] of this route and might even suggest better stretches but maybe that is too much to ask.
If it helps, it helps, if not... well we are going to do it end of April anyway and can give our findings when we come back.
All the best wishes for you on the Camino, when and where ever.
regards Gerard (under the account of my partner Debi).
Hi there,
we are planning to do the Camino Portuguese this spring with two of our best friends. We ourselves have done a few 'walkabouts' but we look forward introducing our friends to the magic we keep finding again and again.
Because of my partner issues with her feet we want to avoid tarmac as much as possible and stay of those narrow streets with stone walls at both sides.
So with the help of some information i found on this site, making maximum use of alternative routes over dirt roads, I designed a route based on the coastal and inland route with a [new ?] crossover at Viana do Castelo to Ponte de Lima.
The crossover will take a day (aprox 27 km) but is along a river away from villages. I think as a result this route in real will be a nice compromise with fewer tarmac and fewer narrow roads.
I thought it would be interesting to share with others who are interested in the same.
I attached the GPS route (a combination of coastal, alternatives and interior route) and some screenshots to have a look at.
Maybe there are some walkers who already did [part] of this route and might even suggest better stretches but maybe that is too much to ask.
If it helps, it helps, if not... well we are going to do it end of April anyway and can give our findings when we come back.
All the best wishes for you on the Camino, when and where ever.
regards Gerard (under the account of my partner Debi).
Hello, I will be traveling with my mother and her friend in September. We also would like to avoid Tarmac. I would love to hear how your alternate route worked out. I am not able to open your gps attachments . .. . hopefully I'll figure it out on my own. If not, any advice you have would be wonderful.
Much appreciation,
Beverly
Hallo Beverly.
We managed to do this walk in december last year. The cross over at Viana do Castelo to Ponte de Lima ( the north side of the river) was a beautifull walk. As it had been raining very much that month, we were not able to do the last 12 km of the walk along the river as it was heavily flooded. We can recommend this route, much is over natural path. The GPS files in an earlier post (look above) will give you the route we walked. If you try to open them, i will get a request from google to give you access, which i will grant. Hope this works out for you.
Grtz Gerard
Hello Gerard and Debi, I was able to open the cross over file, however Google maps was unable to read the total camino file. . . .. if you have interest in checking this out, I would be very gratefulHi there,
we are planning to do the Camino Portuguese this spring with two of our best friends. We ourselves have done a few 'walkabouts' but we look forward introducing our friends to the magic we keep finding again and again.
Because of my partner issues with her feet we want to avoid tarmac as much as possible and stay of those narrow streets with stone walls at both sides.
So with the help of some information i found on this site, making maximum use of alternative routes over dirt roads, I designed a route based on the coastal and inland route with a [new ?] crossover at Viana do Castelo to Ponte de Lima.
The crossover will take a day (aprox 27 km) but is along a river away from villages. I think as a result this route in real will be a nice compromise with fewer tarmac and fewer narrow roads.
I thought it would be interesting to share with others who are interested in the same.
I attached the GPS route (a combination of coastal, alternatives and interior route) and some screenshots to have a look at.
Maybe there are some walkers who already did [part] of this route and might even suggest better stretches but maybe that is too much to ask.
If it helps, it helps, if not... well we are going to do it end of April anyway and can give our findings when we come back.
All the best wishes for you on the Camino, when and where ever.
regards Gerard (under the account of my partner Debi).
I would like to know tooHi how was the walk from Viana do Castelo to Ponte de Lima? I am thinking of doing that myself.
Hi DebiHi there,
we are planning to do the Camino Portuguese this spring with two of our best friends. We ourselves have done a few 'walkabouts' but we look forward introducing our friends to the magic we keep finding again and again.
Because of my partner issues with her feet we want to avoid tarmac as much as possible and stay of those narrow streets with stone walls at both sides.
So with the help of some information i found on this site, making maximum use of alternative routes over dirt roads, I designed a route based on the coastal and inland route with a [new ?] crossover at Viana do Castelo to Ponte de Lima.
The crossover will take a day (aprox 27 km) but is along a river away from villages. I think as a result this route in real will be a nice compromise with fewer tarmac and fewer narrow roads.
I thought it would be interesting to share with others who are interested in the same.
I attached the GPS route (a combination of coastal, alternatives and interior route) and some screenshots to have a look at.
Maybe there are some walkers who already did [part] of this route and might even suggest better stretches but maybe that is too much to ask.
If it helps, it helps, if not... well we are going to do it end of April anyway and can give our findings when we come back.
All the best wishes for you on the Camino, when and where ever.
regards Gerard (under the account of my partner Debi).
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