RumAndChupacabras
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Jul-Sept 2019: Six weeks in Northern Spain.
Apr 2018 Asturias
May 2016 CP: Portuguese
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On the coastal are not many alternatives if you want to be as close to the coast as possible.Hi All!
I/we will be leaving for our Camino in mid-May through mid June. Our actual boots on the ground Camino time will be 21 days (4 days of travel time there and back). We HOPE to stick as close to the coastline as much as is possible. However, since there are so many routes and variation options from Lisbon (mainly Porto) to SDC, I am really interested in seeing how you chose to leapfrog between the routes (if you did).
Please share with me links to your photo albums of the Coastal Route (not all media in the albums area of this site have routes their routes listed). I'm also interested in your comments and suggestions.
Thank you in advance. I think I'm just overwhelmed with options and...
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...Casa Fernanda is the best place to stay at the entire caminho Portugues , anyway from Porto. From there we "leaped "to Viana do Castelo at the coastal and walked from there to Santiago, following the coastline as far as Redondela where you hit the central caminho again. For your information -we followed the green waymarkers from about Baiona-Nigrán along the waterline instead of the yellow ones into the hills to Vigo...
Wow, that is quite a blog! Since the archives are simply dated, would you be so kind as to post a few links of your experience on the coastal route here???You could look in my blog archives, for my experiences of both the interior and the coastal...
COOL!@Albertinho ...Then cut back in land to Rates and keep walking north to stay at Casa Fernanda. (Booked already!)...
Yes we walked the Variante Espiritual in 3 stages. Pontevedra to Combarro, Combarro to the end of the ruta de Pedra e Augas in Barrantes . Barrantes to Vila Nova de Arousa was a lift by car from the lady of the hostal os Castanhos in Barrantes due to the early sailing of the boat to Padrón . The sailing of the boat is dependent on the tide of the sea. Stage 1 about 16 kms. Stage 2 About 16 kms -lots of climbing ! Stage from Barrantes to Vila Nova de Arousa 12 kms. The boatstage is 28 kms ..a bumpy and fast ride in a fast boat. About one hour to Pontecessures and then a 3 km walk to Padrón.@Albertinho , have you walked the Variante Espiritual?
I was thinking of walking Oporto to Santiago and them Fisterra and Muxia but I think that instead I will focus on Portugal this time around.
@RumAndChupacabras , I plan on the following:
Oporto to Vila do Conde via Matosinhos.
Then cut back in land to Rates and keep walking north to stay at Casa Fernanda. (Booked already!)
From there up to Valenca/Tui to then make it back to the Coast in Caminha.
Follow the coast, and get to Pontevedra.
Pontevedra taking the Variante Espiritual.
Hook back up the regular route in Padron.
If someone has the list of albergues, with distances inbetween them on the Variante I would be most grateful.
Casa Fernanda is on the caminho. You can't miss itThank you for this reply, Albertinho! This is precisely the kind of information which I am looking for. The Green waymarkers comment is especially appreciated!
By the way, I hope to be able to find Casa Fernanda
Yes that is right. When you enlarge your picture you see a road to Poiares that turns to the right. Moreless that is the road that crosses the N214 between Balugaês and Ponte de Lima I will try to find it on Google maps and come back to this threadCaminho Coastal, correct? This is the area, yes?View attachment 24879
I took a picture of my Ipad with my iphone. At the bottom you see the mainroad from Viana do Castelo to Braga from left to right It crosses the N214 from bottom Barcelos to top Ponte de Lima. When you enlarge the picture a bit about half way you see the name Cambado . Here about crosses the caminho the N214 and when you look well you see moreless parallel along the N214 upwards (northwards) a smalll road. Thats your caminho again.Yes that is right. When you enlarge your picture you see a road to Poiares that turns to the right. Moreless that is the road that crosses the N204 between Balugaês and Ponte de Lima I will try to find it on Google maps and come back to this thread
Only as I read now. No. it is not the coastal. It is the central route. The coastal follows the coastline. At the bottom left of your picture you see Esposende. That is one of the coastal towns on the coastal caminho. Heading northwards (to the top of the picture) and just not on the picture is Viana do Castelo the next stop on the coastal caminhoThank you, @Albertinho!
Aha...NOW I see it. It's beginning to come together, this map in my mind!...it is not the coastal. It is the central route...
What is your plan and how much time you have?Aha...NOW I see it. It's beginning to come together, this map in my mind!
Thank you, once again Albertinho.
Hyperventilation starts reading your trip from"Plan"=HaHa! Our travel to Camino is very cheap/inexpensive, but ridiculous: Las Vegas, NV USA to Stockholm with a 6 hour layover, then onto Madrid with a 6 hour layover, then on to Lisbon to our first Hostel. After the flying and recovery time we've allowed ourselves, our boots on the ground time is 21 days.
Here's the basic idea, from Lisbon to Porto: Visit Fatima, Coimbra and as many relic, reliquaries as is possible by transportation of some type, due to time constraint. Once we're in Porto our true Caminho begins.
From Chafé is possible but it is quite a nasty 18 kms walk .@Albertinho, We have no specific plan apart from preferring to stay close to the coast but not limited to that route. There is the probability of starting on a coastal route then moving to the Central. For example, if I/we are reading the map correctly, it is about 14-15km from Chafe' to Casa Fernanda. From Casa Fernanda we would most likely walk to Ponte de Lima and continue up to Tui.
This is why I started this thread. I wanted to hear about Peregrinhos which may have jumped/leapfrogged from one route to another.
Albertinho, thank you SO much for these insights. This is valuable information you are passing on to me, which I am thankful to be learning here and now as opposed to by experiencing it! Blessings to you and yoursFrom Chafé is possible but it is quite a nasty 18 kms walk . The road from Viana do Castelo to Barrosellas and Balugaēs , the N405 is not pleasant to walk. Lots of fast driving cars and trucks and walking on the hardshoulder. Better is to walk your day from Esposende to Viana de Castelo and take the train to Barrosellos or the bus to Balugaēs and walk from there to Fernanda. Much safer...
http://www.transdev.pt/fotos/horarios/af_vbus1_braga__vianacastelo_a4_1112_1326386103.pdfAlbertinho, thank you SO much for these insights. This is valuable information you are passing on to me, which I am thankful to be learning here and now as opposed to by experiencing it! Blessings to you and yours
Best alternative to take the bus because the stop in Balugaēs is the closest to Fernanda
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