Not quite right, t2. This all developed organically so maybe some history will help. The “regular” i.e., central, Caminho route through Portugal is the “Camino Portugues.” Way back when, when there were four or five caminos that anyone was talking about, we had subforums for the Norte, Frances, Portugues, Ingles, etc. So the subforum Camino Portugues was for all routes in Portugal. Then as interest developed, we got fancier. There was a special section given to “coastal route from Porto”, Variante Espiritual, Interior Route (that one is VERY confusing, as
@Bradypus notes, but it starts from Coimbra or Viseu and heads northeast to Verín). Then, people started asking about walking on the coast from Lisbon. Well, there is a “coastal route” but it really doesn’t follow the coast, just goes from central Lisbon out to Cascais (I think) and then up to Sintra. Those who really wanted a coastal route found there is one called the “Trilhas do Mar” that goes along the coast up to Arriceira, then people wanted to walk to Fátima. Most recently there is the Caminho da Geira. Etc. Etc. Anyway, step by step we wound up with the list of sub-subforums you attached.
What that means is that anyone wanting to walk the “regular” central route, either from Lisbon, Tomar, Coimbra, Porto, Valença or anywhere else, should not enter one of the sub-subforums, and just post in the straight up “camino Portugues”. Every now and then I get energetic and move posts around, because there is a lot of confusion, but things seem to be in pretty good shape right now.
Does this make sense? Bom caminho, Laurie