Hiring bikes in Lisbon but how to get them back from Santiago?

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GDRD

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• Nov 14, 2022

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Any advice on hiring bikes in Lisbon and how to get them back to Lisbon from Santiago; and also any advice on transporting extra luggage from town to town. Much appreciated. Regards, Robyn, Napier, New Zealand

 

trecile

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• Nov 14, 2022

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I used a company called Luggage Driver to send a suitcase directly from Lisbon directly to Santiago, and I was pleased with their service. They also provide stage by stage luggage transportation (starting in March), and shipment of bikes.

Luggage Passengers Bikes Transfers - Luggage Driver | Transfer Bagagens Passageiros Bicicletas

luggagedriver.com

 

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GDRD

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Thank you they look great!

 

mspath

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• Nov 14, 2022

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Check out Bikeiberria and search using the blue search box on the top left of this forum home page for other forum users of this firm.

Happy planning and Bom caminho

 

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JoEllen

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• Nov 14, 2022

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Tuitrans does luggage transfer town to town in Portugal. Caminofacile does town to town transfers from Porto to Santiago.

Just a note....the biking from Coimbra to Porto can be somewhat grueling. We biked in September and found it to be much harder than we expected. It is very hilly - not mountains, but some sizeable uphill rides. If you want to stay off the main roads - which we did - you need a mountain bike in many of the areas between those two towns. If you're okay with road biking, you might be okay, but even when we were on the roads, it was hilly. I tried to attach one photo as an example, but I'm not sure it uploaded.

Anyway....you might be perfectly okay with it. We're planning to ride the Camino again next September, but we're going to start in Porto and ride the Senda Littoral......that is lovely!

 

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Xali1970

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• Nov 14, 2022

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If you're hiring bikes, look for someting like www.cycling-rentals.com. they'll have the bike delivered to your accommodation in lisbon and organise collection in Santiago.

 

trecile

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• Nov 14, 2022

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JoEllen said:

Tuitrans does luggage transfer town to town in Portugal. Caminofacile does town to town transfers from Porto to Santiago.

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Tuitrans also only serves the route between Porto and Santiago.

Taxi, bus and minibus service on the Pilgrims´walk to Santiago

Tuitrans transports luggage quickly and safely, stage by stage and directly to Santiago de Compostela

tuitrans.com

 

Skinnybiker

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• Nov 14, 2022

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CTT in Portugal did a very good job sending some surplus clothes to my home in Spain, Correos will have a reciprocal service for sure. It was easy & cheap.

 

Helen O'Shaughnessy

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• Nov 14, 2022

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GDRD said:

Any advice on hiring bikes in Lisbon and how to get them back to Lisbon from Santiago; and also any advice on transporting extra luggage from town to town. Much appreciated. Regards, Robyn, Napier, New Zealand

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Hi Robyn, I’ve used a company called Bike Iberia a few times for the hiring of bikes. For a reasonable fee they will ship the bike to your hotel, in Spain or Portugal, and collect it from your hotel in Santiago. They will also forward your luggage that you are not taking on the bike with you. They’ve been around for more than ten years, a very good company.

 

Corned Beef

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• Nov 14, 2022

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Helen O'Shaughnessy said:

Hi Robyn, I’ve used a company called Bike Iberia a few times for the hiring of bikes. For a reasonable fee they will ship the bike to your hotel, in Spain or Portugal, and collect it from your hotel in Santiago.

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Bike Iberia are actually based in Lisbon (Largo do Corpo Santo 5, 1200-129) so you can go and collect/inspect the bikes before you decide, though there is no need. Good bikes.

I've used them twice and they have collected from Santiago and Madrid without a problem. Maria looks after the English-speaking clients.

 

henrythedog

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• Nov 14, 2022

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GDRD said:

Any advice on hiring bikes in Lisbon and how to get them back to Lisbon from Santiago; and also any advice on transporting extra luggage from town to town. Much appreciated. Regards, Robyn, Napier, New Zealand

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Perhaps buy a serviceable bike from Decathlon in Lisbon and donate it in Santiago?

 

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bill Burgess

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• Nov 15, 2022

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Contact a bike rental company in Lisbon. I am sure they can advise you on whether or not they will pick them up in Santiago. I assume they would have all of that arranged as they want their bikes back.

 

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Bill632

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• Nov 15, 2022

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GDRD said:

Any advice on hiring bikes in Lisbon and how to get them back to Lisbon from Santiago; and also any advice on transporting extra luggage from town to town. Much appreciated. Regards, Robyn, Napier, New Zealand

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We did the Camino Portuguese from Lisbon in 2019 and there was no bag transport on our stages between Lisbon and Porto. We ended up posting our bag a week ahead at a time to Tomar, then Coinbra and finally to Porto. It meant carrying everything for a week at a time. It worked for us.

 

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GDRD

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• Nov 20, 2022

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JoEllen said:

Tuitrans does luggage transfer town to town in Portugal. Caminofacile does town to town transfers from Porto to Santiago.

Just a note....the biking from Coimbra to Porto can be somewhat grueling. We biked in September and found it to be much harder than we expected. It is very hilly - not mountains, but some sizeable uphill rides. If you want to stay off the main roads - which we did - you need a mountain bike in many of the areas between those two towns. If you're okay with road biking, you might be okay, but even when we were on the roads, it was hilly. I tried to attach one photo as an example, but I'm not sure it uploaded.

Anyway....you might be perfectly okay with it. We're planning to ride the Camino again next September, but we're going to start in Porto and ride the Senda Littoral......that is lovely!

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Thank you for your advice (we come from New Zealand and love hills ... crazy people!!).