Portugues : Best guide book

Gillyweb

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Portugues (2017)

• Jun 19, 2018

• #1

Hi all. What in your opinions is/are the best guidebook(s) for the Portugues COASTAL - possibly including the Senda Litoral. I used Brierly when I did the start of the coastal from Porto then moved inland to the central, and as I recall info on the coastal was limited in Brierley. Is there a better, more detailed coastal guide ?

I quite like Wise Pilgrim but it wasn’t too helpful when swopping routes whereas the Brierley maps were.

 

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Jill

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Portugués, Francés, LePuy, Rota Vicentina, Norte, Madrid, C2C, Salvador, Primitivo, Aragonés, Inglés

• Jun 19, 2018

• #2

Hi, see this thread:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/coastal-route-in-august.56218/
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andycohn

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• Jun 20, 2018

• #3

Brierley’s latest edition (2018) is more complete on the coastal options, with route descriptions, etc. Earlier editions had only maps.

 

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MaryB2624

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• Jun 20, 2018

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I am in the process of planning our coastal route starting in Porto and I have bought several books including the 2018 Brierley. The book that I have found most helpful in the way it is formatted and the information it provides is the Village to Village map guide: Camino Portugues: Lisbon-Porto-Santiago, Central and Coastal Routes by Matthew Harms. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1947474022/?tag=casaivar02-20

 

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• Jun 23, 2018

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MaryB2624 said:

I am in the process of planning our coastal route starting in Porto and I have bought several books including the 2018 Brierley. The book that I have found most helpful in the way it is formatted and the information it provides is the Village to Village map guide: Camino Portugues: Lisbon-Porto-Santiago, Central and Coastal Routes by Matthew Harms. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1947474022/?tag=casaivar02-20

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One advantage for me of the Village to Village guides over the Brierley is that they are also available in Kindle version so I can take them on my phone with no additional weight. You can do that with the Brierley maps, too, but I like having the full guidebook.