Coastal route and John Brierley

[aysun]

Hi!
plan to walk the camino portogues on july...gues its bad time because of the heat. Anyway, i have for now one question perhaps it will be more questions further on when its getting closer to departure day.
Today i ordered John Brierley book, Camino Portogues, Lisabon-Porto-Santiago, just wonder if it is useful if i want to walk the coastal route???
I used John Brierley´s camino de santiago st.jean-roncevalles-santiago, it was ok with maps and albergues and so on....i did´nt need it so much but it felt good to have it in case.

So how is his book on camino portogues?? or is there other guidebook you rather recommand.

aysun

 

[svila]

Hi,
we walked Camino Portuguese from Lisbon last summer. I brought Brierley's book, it was nesserary, because sometimes route from Lisbon to Porto wasn't marked very well. Only 5 peregrinos we met there (before Porto), sometimes route was very lonely but so much beautifull.
Bon camino,
Danica

 

[svila]

O, sorry, now I am reading that you want walk coastal route. Brierley's book isn't usefull for coastal route after Porto, only for first etape to Vila do Conde, than he guggest return on main route.
Bon camino,
Danica

 

[viadukt]

Do You know any other book or map for costal routh? I´m going from Port to Santiago in June and I haven´t found any yet.

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Do You know any other book or map for costal routh? I´m going from Port to Santiago in June and I haven´t found any yet.

Hola - A guide to this route is work in progress. If you e mail me I'll send you some notes.

johnniewalker-santiago@hotmail.com

 

[HeidiL]

We're walking from Porto to Santiago around Easter but haven't completely made our minds up yet regarding the route. We bought and downloaded the CSJ book, but the phrasing regarding refugios and other places to stay seemed a bit unclear, while a few hours on Google Maps showed us that there were plenty of hotels near the inland route, not listed in the guide!

Are there people around who have walked both the coastal route and the inland route? Could you say something about how they differ?

Thank you in advance!

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Are there people around who have walked both the coastal route and the inland route? Could you say something about how they differ? Thank you in advance!

Yes - the Inland route is very well developed and is travelled by the vast majority of pilgrims. It is well served by pilgrim albergues. The coastal route us just that: it is a route which follows the sea from Oporto to Redonedela where it joins the interior route. It has very few albergues but is reasonably well served by private accommodation.

Until a guide is ready I have posted notes on the coastal route here:

http://www.johnniewalker-santiago.blogs ... guese.html