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No bother.. it is just to keep the information there where it belongs and where others can find their answers on their questions.Ciao Albertinho,
Sorry to ask this in the wrong forum.... I am starting in Porto on 21 March and haven't made any plans about stops. I appreciate the suggestions you made and would like to know if you think reservations are needed in advance, or if I can just walk up and knock. (I walked Camino Primitivo this time last year, and it was easy to find a bed wherever I knocked.)
At Vigo, what do you think about taking a boat across the Ria do Vigo instead of walking over the bridge? Where could I do that, and is there a marked route, or good route, on the north side?
I would like to hear more of your thoughts, but could take this to the other forum if you prefer.
Obrigado,
Keith
@Keith Camino or ask @Albertinho in a PM! Although we probably all appreciate the information, sometimes going off on a tangent does tend to kidnap the thread.
Btw your question is in the wrong subforum..this is the subforum the coastal from Lisbon-you should ask your question in the subform coastal from Porto. Anyway here my answer.
What is your plan about following the route ?
Many think the coastal is the first stage from Porto to Vila do Conde before it changes to the central one but the coastal goes as far as Vigo . Municipal albergues are not very common in Portugal. You will find them more in Galicia.
You find your first cheap place to sleep at the camping in Angeiras-between Porto and Vila do Conde. Then the Vila do Conde one and one 5 kms further in Póvoa de Varzim. Then one just before Esposend in Fâo and one beyond in Marinhas.
Then one in Viana do Castelo and your last one in Portugal in Caminha.
There you cross the Lima river and find your next after 3 kms in A Guarda. Then one just outside Oia, in Mougas. Your next is beyond Baiona in Nigrán Ramallosa
In Vigo is no albergue so here you have to find a cheap hotel.
Your next will be in Redondela but I advice you to walk another 3 kms to Cessantes where is o refùxio de la Jérezana which is far better and not expensive.
I can't say anything about Herbon However I passed it twice in the past I never went in.
Bom caminho
I have never stayed in Herbon but have long wanted to. Eroski says they open April 2.
It’s about 2.5 km off camino. The turn comes after you pass the church of San Julian de Pontecesures, before you cross the bridge over the Ulla River.
I’ve never heard anyone say they regretted having added those kms to their Camjno!
From Pontecessures it is an aprox 2 kms detour to HerbónHello!
In my first Camino last year, I considered going into Herbón, but I wished to know Padrón as well, which I did. This time I won't be missing Herbón! I read that it is waymarked with red arrows from Pontecesures, seems a small detour. Thank you for your information on the opening, as I read in another site that it was only open from June I was worried, but I forgot to check the Eroski site! Thanks a lot for your time!
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