- Time of past OR future Camino
- Many, various, and continuing.
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Povoa de Varzim Hotel Luso Brasileiro (Booked 45 euros B&B)
http://www.hotellusobrasileiro.pt/en/
Esposende Hotel Estalagem do Zende (40 euros B&B)
Wouldn't bother with this gaff again. Bit dingy. The albergue at Marinhas 4km or so down the road looked ok.
Shortage of budget rooms in Esposende.
Viana do Castelo Hospedaria Senhora do Carmo (30 euros room only)
batistasilva@sapo.pt
Caminha Residencial Galo D'Ouro (40 euros room only)
http://residencialgalodouro.blogspot.co.uk/
Oia Casa Puertas (40 euros B&B). Best place we stopped.
http://www.casapuertas.es/location.html
Didn't stop in Baiona as we had two nights rest and recreation on Las Islas Cies.
Vigo Hotel Hesperia (72 euros B&B). Bit of a splurge but we were very tired.
Redondela Rosa's Albergue no. 33 just up from the official albergue.
(51 euros included Bed, Evening Meal, Breakfast and quite a few beers!)
PontevedraHotel Boavila (45 euros room only). Nice room but right in the centre which is very noisy at the weekend.
http://www.hotelboavila.es/
Caldas de Reis Hotel Lotus (30 euros room only). Excellent value.
Padron Chef Rivera (70 euros room only but it did have a jacuzzi…bliss)
Santiago Hotel Barbantes http://www.libredonbarbantes.com/ (50 euros a night room only)
Musicman - I think I saw you between Caldas de Reis and Padron was about to engage you in conversation when the wife shouted me back for something, by the time I'd finished you were gone and I never saw you again. Presume it was you? Wearing a patch of this forum on your rucksack and listening to an ipod? Stroll on brother...stroll on.
None booked in advance apart from Povoa, just walked up on the day. In hindsight I would book in advance for Santiago though. Bit of a rush round early evening to find somewhere.Used Visa in
Povoa
Esposende
Oia
Vigo
Caldas de Reis
Padron
Santiago.
Cash all other places.
Hi Laurie! So glad to hear you made it!! We are in Vila do Conde tonight! We did get a little lost at one point, but knowing we had to head to the coast made it easy! Love to hear more about your Camino when you are rested up!Ella, have the time of your life. I'm just checked in at a hotel in Santiago. I made it! However very tired and sore. Wonderful time. I don't know if I told you that I took the coastal route only until I took the ferry across to Spain. Then I left and went east to Tui to join the regular Portuguese route and finished that way. So I had two really different experiences and both just wonderful. Sorry I'm too tired to write anymore right now. Unfortunately I think I've caught a cold!
I'll post more later and I'll look forward to your posts.
Bom Caminho!
Laurie
Ella, I'm looking forward to how it feels now to have walked to Santiago! Indescribable, isn't it?Hi Laurie! So glad to hear you made it!! We are in Vila do Conde tonight! We did get a little lost at one point, but knowing we had to head to the coast made it easy! Love to hear more about your Camino when you are rested up!
Hi Laurie,Ella, I'm looking forward to how it feels now to have walked to Santiago! Indescribable, isn't it?
Laurie
Hello Ella. Welcome back to 'reality'! I'm so glad to hear you had a wonderful adventure. You are right...your experiences are not what most people get to enjoy. Yeah!!Hi Laurie,
We enjoyed the walk very much and got to see parts of Portugal and Spain others would never see! We are in Paris now for the last night of our trip before heading home tomorrow. I think it will all sink in after I get back and start going through the huge amount of photos I have!!!
I have to say after the last few days in Barcelona and Paris in all the tourist areas I am pining for the little quiet towns we stayed in along the way! I don't do touristy stuff very well - crowds are not my thing!
I like your thoughts and comments very much. I'm also an optimist and hope it works for me when I start in April DennisHi Fraluchi. Well, I will take your comment about age as a compliment, but I certainly am no longer considered a "young person"! In any event, when I walked Porto-Santiago this past Sept/Oct, I didn't pay much attention to distance, honestly. I began on the Coastal route and walked another route a bit inland before crossing East to Tui and joining up on the main route to finish. I walked for 11 days, but at least 1.5 days I would say I was either "lost", "wandering", or simply "delayed by rain"!
I've only done this one Camino, so my input on this is quite simple. As long as you know that where you might end up has a bed for you, I wouldn't really be concerned. In other words, there are opportunities on much of the Portuguese routes to stay in different towns/villages. You don't have to follow the 'norm'. You can follow your body!
Having said that, though, I wasn't walking during the peak summer months. Beds may be a little harder to come by in late June when many people walk. On the other hand, the Portuguese route is not near as frequented as the French route.
I really think you will be okay to walk the distance you feel comfortable with each day. I had some days when it seemed a long way to go even a short distance, but mostly my days were filled with, "Wow, that was a really good day!" I recall the last couple of days I hardly even felt the pack on my back. Instead of being weary, I was more energized than ever.
Be sure you have the correct footwear for you AND that you are either wearing double-layer socks (I'm referring to the Wright brand which actually comes as a double-layer sock) AND you are switching pairs once during the day, especially in the summer. I never had anything close to a blister, and that's the regime I followed. Plus, when I stopped during the day for food (the long stop), I removed my shoes and socks and put up my feet
I wish you a most blessed journey. The Caminho will walk you, and you will be forever changed.
Bom Caminho!
Anna Grace
A must imho is hostal(NOT hotel !!) o Laranjeiro in Viana do Castelo (there is a hotel but also the hostal with the same name) owners walked the camino themselves.This is an amazing thread. But the last post was 2013 - Do any of you recent Portuguese Pilgrims have a place to add?. . .What was your favourite place to stay on the Coastal Route - either north or south of Porto?
A must imho is hostal(NOT hotel !!) o Laranjeiro in Viana do Castelo (there is a hotel but also the hostal with the same name) owners walked the camino themselves.
http://www.olaranjeira.com/
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