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Can anyone recommend sites or guides with (a) map(s) and simple but useful descriptions of the route for either the very coastal route of Senda da Orla Litoral or the slightly further away route of Caminho da Costa.
Hi, I will most likely have some form of a blog for this journey so will try to share with you to give you an idea, if you want.We are leaving on the same journey from Porto starting Sept 17 and like you intend walking the Senda Litoral. I bought the Brierley guide that was published in January of this year as it includes a section in the back specifically covering the Litoral route and the coastal route which is a little further inland. Of course it also covers the traditional interior route should the weather kick up on the coast and require a change of plans. We live on the west coast of Canada so we know things can change fast in a coastal climate. I also downloaded the maps referred to below by Luis do Freixo. I picked out the ones I might need for the litora and printed them off and placed a folded copy into my Brierley guide. I later copied them to my smart phone which works better as I can then zoom. I think the maps will come in most handy getting through the cities. Also, don't miss checking out the info posted in the forum about the Variante Espiritual option.
Bom Camino!
Hi KasiaEf! Welcome to the forum!
You won't find better maps than those offered by Luis do Freixo on his web: www.caminador.es He offers info about several Portuguese caminos so take your time and look for his info about the one(s) that are of your interest. Don't overlook neither the Area de links nor the Guías detalladas on his web. In both cases you are looking for option B. As you'll see, tracks are available on his web too. No idea is the info about albergues and other accommodations on his web is updated so make some research to know if the accommodations that he quotes are still on business, if there are new ones, look for current prices...
Oh yeah, I can see that. It's probably the most detailed information on any Camino I found. And that's the problem. There is too much for me. I am pretty relaxed pilgrim and I only need a general map with a description of what to expect and what are the options. I guess I can extract that from www.caminador.es but it's a lot of work and I don't have much time. Also, his maps and tools are fantastic! It's incredible that a single person has put so much effort to collect all this information. It should come out as a book! In English, tooYes Luis updates his information regularly...It's not a static website or a Guide !
Hi Kasia,Oh yeah, I can see that. It's probably the most detailed information on any Camino I found. And that's the problem. There is too much for me. I am pretty relaxed pilgrim and I only need a general map with a description of what to expect and what are the options. I guess I can extract that from www.caminador.es but it's a lot of work and I don't have much time. Also, his maps and tools are fantastic! It's incredible that a single person has put so much effort to collect all this information. It should come out as a book! In English, too
Hi Liana,Hi Kasia,
When are you leaving on your camino? I agree with you, I am usually relaxed and "go with the flow", but looking over the info, it's making me more nervous doing this camino with just me and my 20 yo son! I did the interior route last year with my husband, with was fantiastic, especially since he is very outgoing and is Portuguese and can also speak 4 other languages. I do speak Portuguese but this route seems more difficult to find info on albergues/pensions. I guess it's all gonna be ok, since I am leaving tomorrow night, "ready or not" here I come!
Bom Caminho to you Kasia, safe travels and maybe we will meet along the way!
Hi!Looking forward to your blog. As to your question, yes I believe the Brierly guide is worth the investment. I too like to go with the flow and regularly depart from the intended plan of the day. The guide book gives you a lot of information to maximize options and perhaps discover things you may otherwise have walked right past.
Hi Liana,
I hope all well on your Camino. I'm busy at school just before we break for summer holiday and I will be starting from Porto at early August. I plan to walk Caminho da Casto on and off and Senda Litoral weather and accomdation permitting. But to be honest, I'm open to any variations.
If you have any tips or information you think I might find useful please share it here.
Buen Camino
look at the subforum coastal and central route (not the interior that is a completely different caminho at the east side of Portugal from Coimbra via Viseu and Chaves to Ourense and the Via de La Plata.)Hi Kasia,
When are you leaving on your camino? I agree with you, I am usually relaxed and "go with the flow", but looking over the info, it's making me more nervous doing this camino with just me and my 20 yo son! I did the interior route last year with my husband, with was fantiastic, especially since he is very outgoing and is Portuguese and can also speak 4 other languages. I do speak Portuguese but this route seems more difficult to find info on albergues/pensions. I guess it's all gonna be ok, since I am leaving tomorrow night, "ready or not" here I come!
Bom Caminho to you Kasia, safe travels and maybe we will meet along the way!
Thanks. All is good. I'm already backLook at
look at the subforum coastal and central route (not the interior that is a completely different caminho at the east side of Portugal from Coimbra via Viseu and Chaves to Ourense and the Via de La Plata.)
Lots of forummembers posted so much info here about the coastal, the central, the variante espiritual and the interior caminhos.
Albergues are not everywhere at the coastal
The first except for Porto now you will find in Vairão (Mosteiro de Vairão)on the original caminho through the suburbs of Porto And then Vilarinho to Rates where some cross to the coast instead of continueing on the central route. We even did it further on after Barcelos and switched from Casa da Fernanda to Viana do Castelo to walk the coastal from there,
Directly at the coastal you'll find the first albergue in Vila do Conde then one in Póvoa de Varzim,Esposende, not in Viana do Castelo but one in Caminha and at the Spanish side of the Minho river one in A Guarda.
Than one in Mougas , Nigrán not in Vigo and than you will be in Redondela but I advise to avoid this smelly busy municipal albergue there and walk 3 kms further to Cessantes where is the refúxio de la Jérezana. Far better !
The others you know from before unless you really walked the caminho Português Interior from Farminhão via Viseu , Chaves and Verin to Ourense and then to Santiago. The only one who can answer this question is you !
Bom caminho
We are leaving on the same journey from Porto starting Sept 17 and like you intend walking the Senda Litoral. I bought the Brierley guide that was published in January of this year as it includes a section in the back specifically covering the Litoral route and the coastal route which is a little further inland. Of course it also covers the traditional interior route should the weather kick up on the coast and require a change of plans. We live on the west coast of Canada so we know things can change fast in a coastal climate. I also downloaded the maps referred to below by Luis do Freixo. I picked out the ones I might need for the litora and printed them off and placed a folded copy into my Brierley guide. I later copied them to my smart phone which works better as I can then zoom. I think the maps will come in most handy getting through the cities. Also, don't miss checking out the info posted in the forum about the Variante Espiritual option.
Bom Camino!
Hi Kasia,Hi,
I'm planning my second Camino this summer; this time from Porto. I very much would like to walk along the coast- hoping for some less human and car traffic as well as beautiful scenery.
But I'm struggling to find information, ideally a guide I could use. Can anyone recommend sites or guides with (a) map(s) and simple but useful descriptions of the route for either the very coastal route of Senda da Orla Litoral or the slightly further away route of Caminho da Costa.
If you have walked this Camino, please share with me what you think deserves or need to be shared.
Thank you,
Kasia
Hi,
I'm planning my second Camino this summer; this time from Porto. I very much would like to walk along the coast- hoping for some less human and car traffic as well as beautiful scenery.
But I'm struggling to find information, ideally a guide I could use. Can anyone recommend sites or guides with (a) map(s) and simple but useful descriptions of the route for either the very coastal route of Senda da Orla Litoral or the slightly further away route of Caminho da Costa.
If you have walked this Camino, please share with me what you think deserves or need to be shared.
Thank you,
Kasia
Liana thankyou for this information. I arrive in Porto in 5 weeks to start the Camino Portugues, mostly the Coastal route. If you could provide any tips/recommendations id really appreciate itHello Kasia,
I walked this route last July with my son. It was a beautiful route, but be prepared to walk against the wind and ocean at times, which made it a slower pace. Lots of walking on boardwalks also, was tougher on the feet and legs at times. I walked the central route the previous year and can't say that I loved it more, but being in the forests and nature made it a little less strenuous. It was also a shorter route (central), but one can absolutely adjust on the Portuguese way, as there were MANY albergues/cafes. I was given a great map when we stopped in Caminho and it is what I used along the route, you can find it on the following: http://www.dobrarfronteiras.com/guia-caminho-portugues-santiago/, also stopped in Porto at the famous bookstore and found another great guidebook that was smaller and easier to carry than Brierley's, comes in many languages also: http://www.fromportugal.com/en/. One other recommendation that I may make is to take the "Espiritual route" once you come to Pontevedra. It is very well marked and the distance is the same, difference is that instead of walking 21k on the 3rd leg, you take a boat (1 1/2hrs) and meet up again in Padron and than on to Santiago. Hope this helps and would be happy to share more if you need it! Bom Caminho
We just walked the coast from Porto to Caminha then inland to Valenca and Tui,. The coast road is very well marked,it is either a boardwalk through the dunes or a paved way, there is only about 6 kilometers of dirt path. just stay by the beach abd ekkp the ocean on your left. The only place it broke up was in Afife where the path stops. You either have to walk on the soft sand for about an hour or walk into Afife and follow the village road north and you will pick up the yellow arrow about 6 kilometers south of Prai Ancora. We had no map, npo guides and just used this forum to find the Alburgues. Never had a problem,never got lost. Plenty of places to eat and drink along the way . Bon Camino!!!!Hi,
I'm planning my second Camino this summer; this time from Porto. I very much would like to walk along the coast- hoping for some less human and car traffic as well as beautiful scenery.
But I'm struggling to find information, ideally a guide I could use. Can anyone recommend sites or guides with (a) map(s) and simple but useful descriptions of the route for either the very coastal route of Senda da Orla Litoral or the slightly further away route of Caminho da Costa.
If you have walked this Camino, please share with me what you think deserves or need to be shared.
Thank you,
Kasia
Hello! Did you blog? Can you send a link to your blog? Thanks!We are leaving on the same journey from Porto starting Sept 17 and like you intend walking the Senda Litoral. I bought the Brierley guide that was published in January of this year as it includes a section in the back specifically covering the Litoral route and the coastal route which is a little further inland. Of course it also covers the traditional interior route should the weather kick up on the coast and require a change of plans. We live on the west coast of Canada so we know things can change fast in a coastal climate. I also downloaded the maps referred to below by Luis do Freixo. I picked out the ones I might need for the litora and printed them off and placed a folded copy into my Brierley guide. I later copied them to my smart phone which works better as I can then zoom. I think the maps will come in most handy getting through the cities. Also, don't miss checking out the info posted in the forum about the Variante Espiritual option.
Bom Camino!
How was your camino in Portugal? I am considering the Coastal route with a friend next summer, 2018. I have already done walked Camino Frances. Are the albergues as plentiful and cheap?Hi Kasia,
When are you leaving on your camino? I agree with you, I am usually relaxed and "go with the flow", but looking over the info, it's making me more nervous doing this camino with just me and my 20 yo son! I did the interior route last year with my husband, with was fantiastic, especially since he is very outgoing and is Portuguese and can also speak 4 other languages. I do speak Portuguese but this route seems more difficult to find info on albergues/pensions. I guess it's all gonna be ok, since I am leaving tomorrow night, "ready or not" here I come!
Bom Caminho to you Kasia, safe travels and maybe we will meet along the way!
Hello Claudia.How was your camino in Portugal? I am considering the Coastal route with a friend next summer, 2018. I have already done walked Camino Frances. Are the albergues as plentiful and cheap?
We started off at about 22 to 24 K a day then took a 15 k day then another 16 k day and back to 20 to 24 k>alternating depending on how we felt after we arrived at our destination. In Portugal the terrain along the coast was flat so it is an easy walk.We found the hotels using booking.com each time we arrived at our destination we would book for the next night and contact the bag transfer company of our destination. Since we were walking the coast in Portugal and it was not high season the 3 and 4 star hotels were really inexpensive considering the rates included breakfast for 2.How many kms per day did you average? We are planning to do the Portuguese next October, but have heard that the stages are really long. We too like to stay in private rooms (did the Frances last year). How did you locate them?
I have just completed the Portuguese coastal via the senda littoral however I didn't find many arrows on the senda and at times i seemed to get a bit lost or ended up on the coastal path proper. Generally I went porto to Vila do Conde, there to esposende, there to viana, v to caminha etc as per the Brierley guide. On the coast be prepared for strong winds and fog. There were a few 15/18 km stages but on average you will be doing between 22 to 24kms per stage, with the odd one longer. I was walking in June which was very hot and what with stops I didn't manage much more than 3kms per hour. I stayed in hotels and guesthouses, mainly using booking.com as most are cancellable if you have to change plans etc. I would esp recommend ibis porto central as its well located for all the porto sites, casa do marques in Baiona, casa puertas in Oia.How many kms per day did you average? We are planning to do the Portuguese next October, but have heard that the stages are really long. We too like to stay in private rooms (did the Frances last year). How did you locate them?
Pack a good rain coat, we walked the Portugeses route in November and it was a mud track. Rain starts in October and is constant. Most of the pilgrims start in Tui so the route before then is sparse and not always well marked, The few albrgues are also closed that time of year but you will find cheap hotels in most places, we slept in plenty of fire stations, which were pretty Spartan, Stages are not long, but often they are on the side of busy roads, and it gets dark early that time of year, so take headlamps, one for the front and one for the back of your pack, we also sewed reflective strips on our packs after seeing French pilgrims get hit by cars on earlier caminos.How many kms per day did you average? We are planning to do the Portuguese next October, but have heard that the stages are really long. We too like to stay in private rooms (did the Frances last year). How did you locate them?
Look at
look at the subforum coastal and central route (not the interior that is a completely different caminho at the east side of Portugal from Coimbra via Viseu and Chaves to Ourense and the Via de La Plata.)
Lots of forummembers posted so much info here about the coastal, the central, the variante espiritual and the interior caminhos.
Albergues are not everywhere at the coastal
The first except for Porto now you will find in Vairão (Mosteiro de Vairão)on the original caminho through the suburbs of Porto And then Vilarinho to Rates where some cross to the coast instead of continueing on the central route. We even did it further on after Barcelos and switched from Casa da Fernanda to Viana do Castelo to walk the coastal from there,
Directly at the coastal you'll find the first albergue in Vila do Conde then one in Póvoa de Varzim,Esposende, not in Viana do Castelo but one in Caminha and at the Spanish side of the Minho river one in A Guarda.
Than one in Mougas , Nigrán not in Vigo and than you will be in Redondela but I advise to avoid this smelly busy municipal albergue there and walk 3 kms further to Cessantes where is the refúxio de la Jérezana. Far better !
The others you know from before unless you really walked the caminho Português Interior from Farminhão via Viseu , Chaves and Verin to Ourense and then to Santiago. The only one who can answer this question is you !
Bom caminho
I see a pension in Fao. is out still there?Look at
look at the subforum coastal and central route (not the interior that is a completely different caminho at the east side of Portugal from Coimbra via Viseu and Chaves to Ourense and the Via de La Plata.)
Lots of forummembers posted so much info here about the coastal, the central, the variante espiritual and the interior caminhos.
Albergues are not everywhere at the coastal
The first except for Porto now you will find in Vairão (Mosteiro de Vairão)on the original caminho through the suburbs of Porto And then Vilarinho to Rates where some cross to the coast instead of continueing on the central route. We even did it further on after Barcelos and switched from Casa da Fernanda to Viana do Castelo to walk the coastal from there,
Directly at the coastal you'll find the first albergue in Vila do Conde then one in Póvoa de Varzim,Esposende, not in Viana do Castelo but one in Caminha and at the Spanish side of the Minho river one in A Guarda.
Than one in Mougas , Nigrán not in Vigo and than you will be in Redondela but I advise to avoid this smelly busy municipal albergue there and walk 3 kms further to Cessantes where is the refúxio de la Jérezana. Far better !
The others you know from before unless you really walked the caminho Português Interior from Farminhão via Viseu , Chaves and Verin to Ourense and then to Santiago. The only one who can answer this question is you !
Bom caminho
I see a pension in Fao. is out still there?
Thank you! I went to their web page and now have a better understanding.
How many kms per day did you average? We are planning to do the Portuguese next October, but have heard that the stages are really long. We too like to stay in private rooms (did the Frances last year). How did you locate them?
Has anyone done the Vigo Moana ferry , and walked over the hill there.
My journey is changing every day. Looking at Moana area, and thinking of walking around the peninsular, and up, or over the 500m high hill.
I leave september 14th, so no rush to figure it all out.
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