Porto in May!

[Sarah Olson]

Starting my first camino in Porto on May 8, hope to walk through to Finesterre and Muxia as well. I will be looking for fellow pilgrims, say hi if you see me! Bom Caminho!

 

[Christian Hiriart]

Hi Sarah

What did you find to be the best way to get to Porto...

Buen Camino
Chris

 

[Deleted member 56069]

Sarah, my wife and I are doing the same route as you are planning except our first day of walking will be April 7th. We plan to walk to Finisterre and Muxia as well.

 

[Deleted member 56069]

Hi Sarah

What did you find to be the best way to get to Porto...

Buen Camino
Chris

Christian, I'll jump in here. Leaving from Alberta, Canada we are flying to Madrid and then flying via Omega Air to Porto. May be other or better ways, but this seemed like our best option

 

[Sarah Olson]

Sarah, my wife and I are doing the same route as you are planning except our first day of walking will be April 7th. We plan to walk to Finisterre and Muxia as well.

Your time is almost here! Bom caminho! I would be glad to know how it goes for you!

 

[Sarah Olson]

Hi Sarah

What did you find to be the best way to get to Porto...

Buen Camino
Chris

Hi Chris!
I am flying out of Portland to Madrid, then catching a Veuling flight to Porto. If you don't already have the Rome2Rio app, I highly recommend it! Bom caminho!

 

[DurhamParish]

Enjoy. My first Camino was from Porto to Santiago. I'll never forget it.

 

[Christian Hiriart]

Christian, I'll jump in here. Leaving from Alberta, Canada we are flying to Madrid and then flying via Omega Air to Porto. May be other or better ways, but this seemed like our best option

I did not realize that there was a flight from Madrid, that is perfect.

Thanks

 

[Christian Hiriart]

Hi Chris!
I am flying out of Portland to Madrid, then catching a Veuling flight to Porto. If you don't already have the Rome2Rio app, I highly recommend it! Bom caminho!

Thanks Sarah... I did not have or know about this app, appreciate that you mentioned it. Now i'm playing with it

 

[Sarah Olson]

I did not realize that there was a flight from Madrid, that is perfect.

Thanks

There are quite a few flights from Madrid to Porto! I made a mistake, mine is with AirEuropa. Some of the flights are quite cheap, my biggest challenge was finding one late in the afternoon.

 

[Mike Savage]

Hi Sarah

What did you find to be the best way to get to Porto...

Buen Camino
Chris

Chris I don't know how much time you have but see if it fits your needs/schedule/budget to fly Toronto to Boston to Ponta Delgada Sao Miguel Azores to Porto.

I will fly Salt Lake City to Boston to Azores to Porto in September. It is the cheapest way for me and I will get to spend 4 days in the Azores with my buddy from Boston who is walking the camino with me.

 

[Christian Hiriart]

I'm just planning at the moment but the more I look at the Portuguese route the more it calls me.

 

[Rainerbernd]

Olá Chris,

if you can get a flight to Lisbon, there are many cheap (36 €) rapid trains a day from Lisboa Oriente station to Porto Campanha.
Lisboa Oriente is close to the airport, by metro or by taxi in about 10 minutes.

 

[Sarah Olson]

Chris I don't know how much time you have but see if it fits your needs/schedule/budget to fly Toronto to Boston to Ponta Delgada Sao Miguel Azores to Porto.

I will fly Salt Lake City to Boston to Azores to Porto in September. It is the cheapest way for me and I will get to spend 4 days in the Azores with my buddy from Boston who is walking the camino with me.

Whoa, what an awful place to spend a few extra days!! Lucky you!

 

[Lmsundaze]

I'm now going in September -- have tickets! and the way I was able to use miles for my flight was American to Madrid, Iberian to Lisbon, then train to Porto. I wanted the Lisbon stop because I want to spend a couple of days seeing Lisbon. I may never get to Portugal again, would love to see at least some of Lisbon. Then, my return flight is from Madrid. So excited.

 

[Christian Hiriart]

Chris I don't know how much time you have but see if it fits your needs/schedule/budget to fly Toronto to Boston to Ponta Delgada Sao Miguel Azores to Porto.

I will fly Salt Lake City to Boston to Azores to Porto in September. It is the cheapest way for me and I will get to spend 4 days in the Azores with my buddy from Boston who is walking the camino with me.

That is a great way to do it Mike... Unfortunately I'm still working and have to schedule my time more closely, this working things interferes with my life

 

[Christian Hiriart]

Olá Chris,

if you can get a flight to Lisbon, there are many cheap (36 €) rapid trains a day from Lisboa Oriente station to Porto Campanha.
Lisboa Oriente is close to the airport, by metro or by taxi in about 10 minutes.

Hi Rainerbernd
That makes planning so much easier. Getting to Lisbon is simple, part of the plan is to be in Lisbon for a couple of days. I'm convincing my wife to come with me, perhaps September but she is not buying yet.

 

[Rainerbernd]

Olá Chris,

have a look: https://www.cp.pt/sites/passageiros/pt/consultar-horarios/horarios-resultado#!

Also have a look for discount and benefits:https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en/discounts-benefits

Round about 20 trains per day. If a train is booked out (reserved seats) take the next one. Main station in Porto is Campanhã. Your ticket is also valid for São Bento station in the inner city near the cathedral.

 

[Mike Savage]

That is a great way to do it Mike... Unfortunately I'm still working and have to schedule my time more closely, this working things interferes with my life

Me too. 5 years and 7 days until I retire . . .