My thoughts are: That last section of the Portuguese route is definitely flatter and has a lot fewer pilgrims. There are, however, enough to walk with some if you decide you want to but also (at least in September when I walked it) few enough that if you want to walk alone, you may only pass (or be passed by) a handful of pilgrims. Comparing the two routes, I preferred the mountains, trails and scenery of the French route but I preferred the smaller crowds and historical sites of the Portuguese route. Finally, the "normal" stage stops in the Portuguese routes are a bit bigger towns with more history outside of the Camino.
=My thoughts are: That last section of the Portuguese route is definitely flatter and has a lot fewer pilgrims. There are, however, enough to walk with some if you decide you want to but also (at least in September when I walked it) few enough that if you want to walk alone, you may only pass (or be passed by) a handful of pilgrims. Comparing the two routes, I preferred the mountains, trails and scenery of the French route but I preferred the smaller crowds and historical sites of the Portuguese route. Finally, the "normal" stage stops in the Portuguese routes are a bit bigger towns with more history outside of the Camino.
=Portuguese is lovely, and Valencia is definitely worth a visit, I would go Portuguese, I would avoid massive crowds in Francés
Meeting so many different people on the Camino is half the fun of doing it.Portuguese is lovely, and Valencia is definitely worth a visit, I would go Portuguese, I would avoid massive crowds in Francés
=We all have our opinions and rest assured they are tempered by our own wants and expectations. Some look for solitude. Some hope to socialize. Others...are just open to the experience that is the Camino.
The final decision is yours. The outcome: the Camino's.
Whether Buen or Bom it's still Camino and Caminho.
Arn
=We all have our opinions and rest assured they are tempered by our own wants and expectations. Some look for solitude. Some hope to socialize. Others...are just open to the experience that is the Camino.
The final decision is yours. The outcome: the Camino's.
Whether Buen or Bom it's still Camino and Caminho.
Arn
Zohar,=
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Thanks, it looks that the Portugese is flatter, that mean easier for my old body. More than that, I think of walking half stages, not more than 10 km a day. Shall I find places to sleep in such intervals, no matter which kind? Zohar
I'm sure others will disagree vehemenantly
That's the easy thing to remember! I'm the genius that knew that, fixed my watch but didn't even consider that it meant that the sunrise will be one hour later than in Portugal. After stepping out the door to start walking about 30 minutes before sunrise for 3 weeks, I mistakenly got up at the same time as always in Tui and for a about 30 minutes wondered where the dawn was and why were there so many stars in the sky. I'm glad that my wife and I can both laugh at my mistakes. My blog entry for that day was "Dumb and Dumber do the Caminho".Remember on thing, when you cross the bridge from Valença, Portugal into Tui, Spain, you have to move your watch back by one hour. Portugal and Spain are on different time zones.
The time in Spain is one hour later than in PortugalRemember one thing, when you cross the bridge from Valença, Portugal into Tui, Spain, you have to move your watch back by one hour. Portugal and Spain are on different time zones.
The time in Spain is one hour later than in Portugal
Portugal has Greenwich Mean Time GMT. Spain has GMT + 1 so move your watch forward one hour. !
Thanks. I knew I'd mess things up. Luckily, I got it right when it counted.
Happens to everybody once in a lifetime.Thanks. I knew I'd mess things up. Luckily, I got it right when it counted.
i'd second that. - uhh - having been reminded of the woman host of that albergue .... my skin crawlsThat lady in Tui at the Albergue alongside the cathedral...em, if there was ever a burro crat...she it it.
Then again, I'll bet taxi pilgrims can't get past her.
Bom Caminho
Arn
I also stayed just up the street from the Cathedral. Great food, clean facility. Sometimes, it's the little disappointments that lead to the greater outcomes.i'd second that. - uhh - having been reminded of the woman host of that albergue .... my skin crawls. the most 'antipatico' encounter of the entire caminho.
god bless her and i truly hope she'll encounter happier and more serene days in her life and won't die in that 'state'.
on another note: spent a warm, peaceful and cozy night at a pensione near by, enjoyed a yummy pizza and fine wine in Tui and found candles to light in the catedrale. life was / is good!
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