CaminoKate0214
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- June/July 2015 (CF, 100 miles), June/July 2018 (CP, ~40 miles, too hot!)
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Walk toHi everyone,
I walked 100 miles total of the Camino Frances in 2015. Now this summer, I'll be walking the Camino Portugues, starting from Porto. I have the Village to Village Map Guide, and in looking in the inside front cover, I see the terrain maps and mileage. From stage 19 through 26, I see a LOT of up and down hills. How difficult are these, compared to say, Portomarin on the Camino Frances? Overall I've heard that the Camino Portugues is much easier. Any ideas or suggestions you can give me about these hills would be most appreciated. Thanks.
P. S. I'm a slow stroller, but thought that I might go back and walk from Lisbon to Porto if I have time. However, this is up for debate. I'm not sure if I want another compostela, which would remain rolled up in a tube, or if I just want the walk experience overall, and might start from Lisbon. Ideas?
Katie
Walk to Rubiases is especially difficult.Hi everyone,
I walked 100 miles total of the Camino Frances in 2015. Now this summer, I'll be walking the Camino Portugues, starting from Porto. I have the Village to Village Map Guide, and in looking in the inside front cover, I see the terrain maps and mileage. From stage 19 through 26, I see a LOT of up and down hills. How difficult are these, compared to say, Portomarin on the Camino Frances? Overall I've heard that the Camino Portugues is much easier. Any ideas or suggestions you can give me about these hills would be most appreciated. Thanks.
P. S. I'm a slow stroller, but thought that I might go back and walk from Lisbon to Porto if I have time. However, this is up for debate. I'm not sure if I want another compostela, which would remain rolled up in a tube, or if I just want the walk experience overall, and might start from Lisbon. Ideas?
Katie
Yeah, I remember this stretch very well, in a heavy rain I am sure it is a river! Met a few cyclists that were not amused at all.There are many hills on the central route between Porto and Santiago, but most are not very difficult. They look steep on the guidebook profiles because of the compression of the vertical vs horizontal scales of the diagrams. This short but steep and rocky climb up the Alto da Portela Grande was the hardest for us, mainly because the rain made the rocks slippery. However, the climb starts as the trail crosses a road, and if you follow the road around to the right, it reaches the same point at the top of the hill.
(Edit: This is probably the worst section of the hill that @zrexer and @It56ny refer to in their posts above. It's between Ponte de Lima and Rubiães. Other than the rain that day and my wife not feeling well from intestinal problems, I would consider it pretty normal, but a bit rockier, for our typical hikes in Colorado, but probably a bit more challenging for those from flatter terrain.)
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