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Having pilgrimed this route in 2014, I can attest that it is both beautiful (I was there in September) and challenging. Aurelio Simones ( amsimones@gmail.com ) was / is a strong supporter of the Interior Route and the reason that I gave it a go. I suggest you communicate with him concerning questions about the route. He lives in Lisbon.Just as I have settled on the Geira from Braga as a part of my 2021 camino (hopefully), I see this report on Gronze that describes the Caminho Portugues Interior from Viseu (ultimately the hope is to join Coimbra to Viseu, so people starting further south could easily transition).
When someone starts to describe a camino by calling it “the most beautiful, the most spectacular, the most intimate and the most spiritual of the Portugués caminos” you have got my attention.
Camino Portugués Interior | Información | Gronze.com
Informacióin general de Camino Portugués Interior en el Camino de Santiago: Poblaciones, Guías, Relatos, Estadísticas, etc..www.gronze.com
I think that those of us who love untraveled and rural caminos, like the Invierno and Olvidado, will be turning our attention more and more to Portugal. The big numbers have not yet got there, and the infrastructure seems decent. The Portuguese government is promoting caminos for economic redevelopment purposes, and the pilgrims are the likely beneficiaries.
387 km from Viseu to Santiago. It joins with the Sanabrés in Verín, so that section will be familiar territory (at least once you get beyond the Verín alternative of the Sanabrés). Gronze has got a stage by stge with all its typical information posted.
Camino Portugués Interior | Gronze.com
El Caminho Portugués Interior, que por su belleza algunos han calificado como el secreto mejor guardado de las rutas jacobeas, fue recuperado entre 2010 y 2012 por algunas de las câmaras municipales atravesadas. La ciudad de Viseu ha sido fijada, por el momento, como el punto de partida más...www.gronze.com
In mid December of 2019 I had just completed the CF and met my beautiful, wonderful and of course perfect older daughterJust as I have settled on the Geira from Braga as a part of my 2021 camino (hopefully), I see this report on Gronze that describes the Caminho Portugues Interior from Viseu (ultimately the hope is to join Coimbra to Viseu, so people starting further south could easily transition).
When someone starts to describe a camino by calling it “the most beautiful, the most spectacular, the most intimate and the most spiritual of the Portugués caminos” you have got my attention.
Camino Portugués Interior | Información | Gronze.com
Informacióin general de Camino Portugués Interior en el Camino de Santiago: Poblaciones, Guías, Relatos, Estadísticas, etc..www.gronze.com
I think that those of us who love untraveled and rural caminos, like the Invierno and Olvidado, will be turning our attention more and more to Portugal. The big numbers have not yet got there, and the infrastructure seems decent. The Portuguese government is promoting caminos for economic redevelopment purposes, and the pilgrims are the likely beneficiaries.
387 km from Viseu to Santiago. It joins with the Sanabrés in Verín, so that section will be familiar territory (at least once you get beyond the Verín alternative of the Sanabrés). Gronze has got a stage by stge with all its typical information posted.
Camino Portugués Interior | Gronze.com
El Caminho Portugués Interior, que por su belleza algunos han calificado como el secreto mejor guardado de las rutas jacobeas, fue recuperado entre 2010 y 2012 por algunas de las câmaras municipales atravesadas. La ciudad de Viseu ha sido fijada, por el momento, como el punto de partida más...www.gronze.com
It sounds like when talking about difficulties, you are referring to waymarking and lack of infrastructure. But what about the trail itself? Is there a lot of asphalt walking? How challenging are the mountainous sections?I often have said that the route was "half as far as the Frances' but twice as hard!" I have suggested that it really wasn't the best route for a 1st time pilgrim.
There were places that the route was not well marked. It was marked but not "well". There were places where the albergues were not well served by food opportunities - but it was not so difficult that I wouldn't recommend it. As a matter of fact, I found it quite rewarding as a "pilgrim's progress" - so to speak...
There was not a "lot" of roadway. I did find myself making up for my not observing a marker by using the road - the whole route parallels the N2 for much of the journey. There was a lot of muddy trail and the route in and out of the valleys was fairly steep. Some places were literally through a vineyard. You have, no doubt, seen how difficult that can be. I would say that the whole of the route is challenging. Of course, I am no longer as young as I once was.It sounds like when talking about difficulties, you are referring to waymarking and lack of infrastructure. But what about the trail itself? Is there a lot of asphalt walking? How challenging are the mountainous sections?
FYI Page is up on Gronze (Not sure since when)Nice! I remember (from a previous post of yours, I think) that Gronze had planned to introduce their page for the CPI in the first part of this year. At one stage during our 2021 camino we were going to switch from the Torres to the CPI in Lamego and go to Santiago that way, so I checked to see if the page was up yet, but it wasn't and - unrelated to that - we chose the Geira in the end instead. That will allow us to do a 'full' CPI from Viseu (or even Coimbra) one day as we're pretty hooked on the Portuguese caminos!
Yes. Since the middle of last year.FYI Page is up on Gronze (Not sure since when)
Can you get a Compostela walking the Camino Portuguese Interior? I asked the Pilgrims Office and they said the only valid routes are the Coastal and Central. I could start from Coimbra which is on the Central before going East to Viseu. ThankyouJust as I have settled on the Geira from Braga as a part of my 2021 camino (hopefully), I see this report on Gronze that describes the Caminho Portugues Interior from Viseu (ultimately the hope is to join Coimbra to Viseu, so people starting further south could easily transition).
When someone starts to describe a camino by calling it “the most beautiful, the most spectacular, the most intimate and the most spiritual of the Portugués caminos” you have got my attention.
Camino Portugués Interior | Información | Gronze.com
Informacióin general de Camino Portugués Interior en el Camino de Santiago: Poblaciones, Guías, Relatos, Estadísticas, etc..www.gronze.com
I think that those of us who love untraveled and rural caminos, like the Invierno and Olvidado, will be turning our attention more and more to Portugal. The big numbers have not yet got there, and the infrastructure seems decent. The Portuguese government is promoting caminos for economic redevelopment purposes, and the pilgrims are the likely beneficiaries.
387 km from Viseu to Santiago. It joins with the Sanabrés in Verín, so that section will be familiar territory (at least once you get beyond the Verín alternative of the Sanabrés). Gronze has got a stage by stge with all its typical information posted.
Camino Portugués Interior | Gronze.com
El Caminho Portugués Interior, que por su belleza algunos han calificado como el secreto mejor guardado de las rutas jacobeas, fue recuperado entre 2010 y 2012 por algunas de las câmaras municipales atravesadas. La ciudad de Viseu ha sido fijada, por el momento, como el punto de partida más...www.gronze.com
The Caminho Portugues Interior merges with the Vdlp in Verín (where you can either take the “standard” Vdlp or the Verín alternative of the Vdlp. Since that location is many more than 100 km on the Vdlp, there is no problem with the Interior. All that “counts” for the compostela is whether the last 100 are on an officially recognized route.Can you get a Compostela walking the Camino Portuguese Interior? I asked the Pilgrims Office and they said the only valid routes are the Coastal and Central. I could start from Coimbra which is on the Central before going East to Viseu. Thankyou
ThankyouThe Caminho Portugues Interior merges with the Vdlp in Verín (where you can either take the “standard” Vdlp or the Verín alternative of the Vdlp. Since that location is many more than 100 km on the Vdlp, there is no problem with the Interior. All that “counts” for the compostela is whether the last 100 are on an officially recognized route.
Many thanks for the advice and warnings. I suspect their system has specific options make pilgrim processing faster. You have to register to get a QR code online now before turning up at the Pilgrims Office. I think the only options I can pick is Camino Portuguese. I will be taking my bike which I did on the Central this year. It sounds like I am going to be pushing it up a lot of hills again! ThankyouI walked from Viseu in 2014 and I have the Compostela to prove it! I surely don't know who might have told you that since all those "ways" finish on known routes, always for the last 100km. That, alone, would allow you to have the recognition by the church. I sometimes wonder if the folks who say the rules have any understanding of the nature of the camino experience. I'm sure pilgrims left from many spots throughout the ages and to say there is "a" camino route that is not valid is their confusion. By the way, that route (my 2nd) was half as far and twice as hard as the Frances'. Be prepared for long ventures through lightly populated areas and up and down, in and out of river valleys. Bom Caminho!! P.S...It was not overly well marked then since it was less travelled, but I understand that it's much better now. (It wasn't bad then.)
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