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AGACS, the Galician camino amigos group, just finished waymarking a green alternative route that saves Camino Portuguese hikers and bikers the less-than-inspiring slog through the O Porrino industrial park. Read all about it here:
http://www.amigosdelcamino.com/
Hi tried to look at the webpage but its all In Portuguese please can you help?....
Thank you so much for this, I'm trying to format the brochure for my pc. Although a founder member of the Confraternity Poligono Industrial O Porrino , I'll definitely be using this green alternative, probably AS WELL as walking the traditional route. I can't resist the delights of the businesses like Wartsila ...
For those interested the area has it's own highly informative website here
http://www.poligonoagranxa.com/
Has @Rebekah Scott told in this thread http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/green-alternative-to-industrial-porrino.20261/, there is a new way that goes outside from O Porriño through a green area, making pilgrims not passing el Polígono Industrial.
The way was marked by the ACAGS, the Galician Association of Camiño Friends. The thing is that these markings are being replaced by people who have nothing to do with the Camiño. I’m talking of course of the people who have businesses on the old way, and that want that the pilgrims still pass on their cafes, restaurants, whatever, so that they can make more money!
This it's what happened on the last few days:
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I personally don’t support this people, I’ve paid 16€ for an average lunch in O Porriño this year. The only good thing from that lunch was the Tapas, all the rest was not so good has that (soop was more boiled water with vegetables), and the lady even tried to refuse the new 5€ bill’s.
SO PAY ATTENTION!
If you intend to take this route, I will give you some advices:
- Download the official flyer from the A.C.A.G.S. website.
In spanish: http://www.amigosdelcamino.com/attachments/article/541/orb_porr_cast.pdf
In Gallego: http://www.amigosdelcamino.com/attachments/article/541/orb_porr_gal.pdf
If you take a GPS, you can download the full section from Ponte de Lima to Redondela in here: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/371387197
Most of all, enjoy your Camiño, but be carefull.
Best Regards
Diogo
Is this alternate route well way marked?See the English version about the new path:
http://www.amigosdelcamino.com/attachments/article/541/orb_porr_eng.pdf
I agree with you. After the place where Citroên cars ,manufactured in Vigo, have their stock was a transport company and there I could check out how the heavy transport lowloaders were doing. The company I worked for in Spain manufactured them.There were arrows both ways. Since I was desperately in need of a bar I took the old route, just to see that the bar / restaurant near by was closed and the rest area further on looked a bit closed down too. At least no toilet. But there was a bar later on.
Most of the people I saw on the camino that day took the old way. It was not very enjoyable but also interesting to see that people work with other things than tourists and peregrinos in Spain, lot of places to work and since unemployment is a big problem in Spain, it is Ok to see that things still go on. Sure some path in the wood would be nice after all this walking on hard roads all the way from Porto, but 4 km more or less doesn't matter so much.
Here are a couple of photos I took. This alternative route is a MUST! And it's so easy to follow, once you've ignored the attempts to paint out the arrows in Orbenlle.
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I think the waymarks were quite ok. There were posters along the way before the takeoff which showed you the new way. At the takeoffpoint there were arrows both way, but there was a big arrow with the text the real camino pointing the old way. I could not say I was lead into the industrial wasteland.Sorry I have not been back to this thread for a while. I have seen the AGACS postings about the vandalism and destruction of the new waymarks. I suppose pilgrims who must follow clear markings will have to take their chances if the vandals have been there recently... if they end up in the industrial wasteland they can, hopefully, NOT spend any money there.
obrigado Diogo for sharing this video -For all of those going to do the Portuguese Caminho, and that count to walk on this detour, have a look on this video:
Did you make this video Diogo ?For all of those going to do the Portuguese Caminho, and that count to walk on this detour, have a look on this video:
hola Maggie que tal ?@Diogo92 that video is fantastic......I want one of those cameras! Four months on the memories are still very fresh. Thanks for posting. I will add the video to my blog.
Did you make this video Diogo ?
Annie, it was great to meet you too!!! Best wishes!Good morning @winewalker it was nice to meet you, your wife and your Canadian group on the Portugues.
Hey, I liked Porrino! (There again, I liked Decazeville...so maybe the problem is with me.)
My wife and I just arrived in Porrino via the new route. We have not been on the old route so cannot compare other than what we have heard of the old route through the industrial zone. We did see the painted out arrows and burnt signs.AGACS, the Galician camino amigos group, just finished waymarking a green alternative route that saves Camino Portuguese hikers and bikers the less-than-inspiring slog through the O Porrino industrial park. Read all about it here:
http://www.amigosdelcamino.com/
Thankyou for that. I'm walking that section tomorrow. Really will help me now I've watched the video.For all of those going to do the Portuguese Caminho, and that count to walk on this detour, have a look on this video:
Good to hear you both are doing well.My wife and I just arrived in Porrino via the new route. We have not been on the old route so cannot compare other than what we have heard of the old route through the industrial zone. We did see the painted out arrows and burnt signs.
The route was nice and included the trail by the river as per the idyllic photos on the commercial "feel the difference" posters advertising the new route. What the posters don't say is that there is also a fair bit of narrow shoulder walking on busy highways and that the new route is 2 to 3 km longer than the old.
We are curious why the route is marketed as a replacement and not an optional or alternative route as other green alternatives are further south considering the extra length. It also might have lessened some bitterness of the restaurant owners on the old route.
We did find a wonderful bar/restaurant 50m+ off the road to the left just near the end of the new route where the white sidewalk starts at the edge of town. We were soaken wet after a day of heavy rain, only spoke English and they only Spanish but we ended up being served a chilled bottle of homemade red wine, bread, a pasta starter and a wonderful roast chicken dinner, plus cafe and a shot of "firewater" for 2 of us for a total of 13 E. Certainly compares favourably to the 16E lunch for 2 mentioned in one of the thread comments.
The bar (A Farola) across the square, directly in front of the albergue door, has internet. The harder thing is finding a place to dry clothes (although there is a decent field for that on one of the side streets just southwest of the bar, particularly if you have your own piece of rope).Good to hear you both are doing well.
Up to Redondela.
If you stay at the xunta Redondela albergue you have to walk a bit around in the area to find a bar with "accesso internet " ..wifi... Have a nice walk tomorrow
Okay ! We could not reach that place by then that particulairy Sunday. End of May there was "the feast of the Dragon" the square and sidestreets were packed with people. But we tried on several places in bars,restaurants and at last we found a wifispot in of the sidestreets. But this was one and a half year ago..The bar (A Farola) across the square, directly in front of the albergue door, has internet. The harder thing is finding a place to dry clothes (although there is a decent field for that on one of the side streets just southwest of the bar, particularly if you have your own piece of rope).
AGACS, the Galician camino amigos group, just finished waymarking a green alternative route that saves Camino Portuguese hikers and bikers the less-than-inspiring slog through the O Porrino industrial park. Read all about it here:
Just back from the Camino Porto to Santiago .Regarding the issue of the industrial section before Porrino , my solution we got a taxi from Tui to the alberque in Porrino, sharing with three others , cost 5€ each
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