More caminhos coming to Portugal

[peregrina2000]

I spent a week in southern Portugal recently and was surprised to see a familiar caminho sign on the Santiago Church in Tavira. It piqued my curiosity, naturally, and the woman inside the church gave me a pamphlet detailing stages on the "Caminho do Este de Portugal." Towns along the way include Alcoutim, Serpa, Monsaraz, Estremoz, Belmonte, Chaves and then through to Verín and Ourense on the Sanabrés.


My ViaLusitana friends are also involved in some of the meetings that are going to bring all of the interested parties together. So many questions about how to make longer routes through Portugal to Santiago. Should there be a connection from Rota Vicentina to Lisbon? Should Faro be the starting point in the south, heading east to Tavira for the "eastern route" and west to Sagres for the Rota Vicentina? Should the Tavira route head to connect with the Camino de Torres from Salamanca rather than the Sanabrés in Verín?

For anyone eager to explore the existing options, the little pamphlet I got gave a facebook page: walkingbaesurissantiago.blogspot.com

And an email address: baesurissantiago@live.com

My impression is that the Tavira group is led by a Dutch expat, but I am not sure about that.

 

[wisepilgrim]

Laurie,

I am glad to see more movement for the Este, which is on my short list of wanna walks. That blog page is rubbish though (no offense to the creator) and hopefully there will be more information coming soon from Via Lusitana. If it ever comes up in conversation, feel free to volunteer me for promoting the effort.

M

 

[Isca-camigo]

Faro is the starting point for the central route, via Palmela, or so say the group in Faro who are at present way marking the route north http://www.caminhosantiagoportuguessul.pt/caminho-de-santiago-portugues-central-do-sul They have the intention to join it up with the central route in Lisbon , with possibly later the option of bypassing Lisbon and joining in Santerem. I would like to do it when the option going via the interior is an option, which could happen from other groups.