ed of Virginia
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- fall 2015
My wife and I are in our early 70s, and want to travel the Central route from Porto to Santiago in May, 2023. Our experience roadwalking on the Frances in 2016 has us trying to avoid that as much as possible. However, much of the Central route appears to be paved. Taking the Coastal to Vila do Conde, and then restarting in Arcos and then Ponte de Lima appears to get around the area just north of Porto. However, much of the way (50% or more per stage) from Ponte de Lima to Santiago appears to be either roadwalking of some sort. Am I correct? Is this primarily cobblestone and narrow rural roads, or is it on asphalt secondary/highway roads? The stages in Spain do not appear to be much an improvement in this regard. Thank you.