Coastal Portugués Camino in March this year....

[Mary-Rose O’Regan]

Hallo there
im beginning the coastal Portugues route from Porto to Santiago on March 3rd this year.... I just have one question, will the Albergues be open on this route... I would appreciate your help on this ... I’ve already looked on the really good site which shows the Albergue open tha t time of the year but unfortunately it doesn’t show the coastal route.... hopefully someone can five me some info ☘

 

[Deleted member 67185]

Hi, Mary-Rose

My first thought would be to get the app, Wisely+ (a Wise Pilgrim product). You can obtain the Coastal Portuguese route information, which will list various infrastructure things like restaurants, grocers, albergues, hostals, etc.

I wouldn't know how up-to-date the information is, but this will give you a resource that may help get you started.

Additionally, here is a resources that I do not know if you've seen:

Sleeping on the Camino Portugues - Coastal and Central routes

How to filter routes This sheet contains several routes of the Camino Portugues: Lisbon-Porto:,Follows the interior route from Lisbon via Santarem, Tomar, Coimbra and Mealhada to Porto Coastal:,Follows the coastal (monacal) route from Porto via Vila do Conde, Viana do Castelo, Baiona, Vigo to Re...

docs.google.com

Another:

The Portuguese Camino Coastal Route - a 2023 guide

The Coastal Route of the Portuguese Camino de Santiago from Porto - a 2023 guide and walking stages. Downloadable PDFs.

stingynomads.com

 

[trecile]

Gronze.com shows the months that the albergues are open. View it in Google Chrome for the option to translate it into English.

Camino Portugués de la Costa | Gronze.com

El Camino Portugués de la Costa sigue el litoral atlántico desde Porto, pasando por Viana do Castelo, A Guarda y Vigo, hasta unirse al Camino Portugués Central en Redondela. Utilizado desde el siglo XVI por los peregrinos, este camino está creciendo de forma imparable. Motivos no le faltan...

www.gronze.com

 

[Former member 49149]

Hi Mary Rose. CSJ.org (UK Camino Society) have a practical guide. Small, lightweight. Here is a photo from their website.

 

[Mark Francis Auchincloss]

This is the resource I always use as it's free and has each stage of every Portuguese Way including Coastal and Shoreline routes in every format (Google Maps, wikiloc, pdf etc) and its the Blog of Luis Freixo see http://www.caminador.es/, a retired gentleman from Vigo who does it for the love and does not gain a penny...there's also info on main towns where to stay, eat etc as well as all map based stuff from Google like sights etc

 

[Mary-Rose O’Regan]

Thank you so much everyone... I really appreciate your input....
Mary-Rose

 

[Deleted member 93896]

Hi Mary-Rose and to all the members of the community!

I am considering to do the coastal camino (I would like to stick close to the sea as much as I can) starting from 01/03 till the 12/03. Since it is my first time to pursue the camino, I would be grateful to receive any feedback on how I should best pack my bag for the journey.

This is the warmest winter that I remember and I am confused on how to best prepare my backpack (is 50l already too much?). Are there other tipps I need to check out before arriving to Porto (I would most probably start el camino right after arriving to the airport as I already visited the beautiful city of Porto)?

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Cristian

 

[surya8]

im beginning the coastal Portugues route from Porto to Santiago on March 3rd this year....will the Albergues be open on this route...

All the municipal albergues will be open on the coastal, we did it last Jan and found the infrastructure was good there even out of season. We also stayed in aprivate one, that was a strategical end of the stage thing, so was open as well. A lot of private accommodation is also available on the route even in winter, but some camping sites could be closed till later, the begining of the season is usually Apr there. Bom Caminho!

 

[cj2003]

When we did it in March-April, we didn't have issues finding accomodation, but we often cose b&b's and hostels instead of the albergues.

So if you need a list of the albergues and alternatives, you can check the list here

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/all-places-to-sleep-in-one-file-coastal-and-central-route-camino-portuguese.35534/