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Hi Erika and smp My wife and I will start the Camino Portuguese from Lisbon on 27 March 2018. We are planning to reach Santiago by 23 March 2018.
Last year we did the CF from Pamplona and we also started in the last week of April and we only had 20 minutes of rain for 5 weeks.
Hi Erika, I will be walking Lisbon- Santiago May/June 2018 so would love you to post best and worst parts of your journey on your return.Hi fellow Pilgrims,
wondering if anybody has walked the Camino Portuguese in March/April from Lisbon and what was your experience regarding weather and what to bring . Also was there any others walking. I've walked the camino frances in June/July and it was super warm and busy - just wondering what to expect
Thanks
Erika
Hi fellow Pilgrims, wondering if anybody has walked the Camino Portuguese in March/April from Lisbon and what was your experience regarding weather and what to bring . Also was there any others walking. I've walked the camino frances in June/July and it was super warm and busy - just wondering what to expect
Thanks
Erika
I did the true coast route (senda litoral) from Porto to Santiago in june. I expected it to be warm but as you indicate the mid June experience was a heatwave. I provide advice and links in my blog which you can find at stevov.wordpress.comThanks for all your advice - very helpful - I'll make myself a little "Abergue to stay in" list.
Not worried about the distances as when we did the camino fraces we had limited time so it was pretty much 20 miles for 25 days and some days more. I'm planning on the coastal route as the idea of walking along the ocean sounds amazing to me. Does anybody have any experience of this route?
Also, did a lightweight sleeping bag do the trick and shorts and light weight fleece + raincoat good enough or will I need to bring a warmer jacket? And sounds like not that many fountains to fill up water?
Thank you fellow pilgrims
I just read your Camino blog. What a thoughtful and informative recount of your Camino experience. My husband and I will be walking the same route in May 2018 and many of your observations/tips will be very helpful in our planning.Thank you for sharing.I did the true coast route (senda litoral) from Porto to Santiago in june. I expected it to be warm but as you indicate the mid June experience was a heatwave. I provide advice and links in my blog which you can find at stevov.wordpress.com
Bom Caminho!
We will start walking in Lisbon on or about May 5th. See y'all on the trail!Hi Erika, I will be walking Lisbon- Santiago May/June 2018 so would love you to post best and worst parts of your journey on your return.
Buen Camino! have a wonderful walk.
Julie
Hello,Hi fellow Pilgrims,
wondering if anybody has walked the Camino Portuguese in March/April from Lisbon and what was your experience regarding weather and what to bring . Also was there any others walking. I've walked the camino frances in June/July and it was super warm and busy - just wondering what to expect
Thanks
Erika
Welcome to the forum @Jeep500 and thank you for your useful post. It sounds like anyone planning to walk from Lisbon should research all the alternative routes.
There is basically only one route from Lisbon to Porto.
The only alternatives I can think of, and which are not part of the main Caminho Portugués, are:
heading towards the coast, and Sintra, immediately from Lisbon (and very few pilgrims do that), or
heading to Fatima from Santarem, and rejoining the main route at either Tomar or Ansiao.
I’m planning on walking from Lisbon to Porto in October, staying in albergues, or similar-type hostel every night, and hope to write up a summarised report when I get back home. I have walked this caminho several times, and I just don’t understand why people complain about it. Maybe I’ve been walking it with my eyes closed. So I want to do it again with new, more aware, eyes, writing up notes as I go along.
Jill
Hi Surya!Regarding accommodation on the route: There is a good hostel 2300 Tomar in the centre of town. Alvaiazere: Albergaria Pinheiro - small one, rooms for 2 people or private ones, stamps to rememerRabacal: go to the private one, at Cafe Bonito, brand new, have a swimming pool. Coimbra: Rainha Santa Isabel, before crossing the river to the city, huge, old and atmospheric. Mealhada: Alb Hilario, check if they have hot water in the dormitories, we didn't but the ones staying in private rooms did. Agueda: probably the best albergue on the Portuguese way, Alb St Antonio. Slightly out of town but worth it, still on the way for next day. Albergaria: we went to A-Nova - avoid as almost on the highway, very dusty and polluted. Stay in A-Velha instead, greener and more pleasant town. Sao Joao da Madeira: we stayed in Casa da Misericordia, donation, not exactly an albergue, huge room, mattresses on the floor. Hope that helps.
Didn't book anything, but that was late in the season, few people on the route. I don't think it will be that crowded though even in summer, the route is popular but not that busy, in comparison to the one from Porto onwards. Make sure you have enough water with you as I remember long stretches especially before Coimbra where cafes were not that plentiful. That could be important in summer, or ask locals for water, you can drink tap water there everywhere. Sometimes the water fountains on the way were empty.Hi Surya!
I will be going Lisbon to Santiago in July or August this year, 2018. Did you book ahead at all? What are your feelings on crowds this time of year?
Thank you!
Rosemary
Thank you!Didn't book anything, but that was late in the season, few people on the route. I don't think it will be that crowded though even in summer, the route is popular but not that busy, in comparison to the one from Porto onwards. Make sure you have enough water with you as I remember long stretches especially before Coimbra where cafes were not that plentiful. That could be important in summer, or ask locals for water, you can drink tap water there everywhere. Sometimes the water fountains on the way were empty.
Hi. I am doing coastal route next April. Were there many people from Porto ?Maybe see you all at the coastal from Porto Matosinhos to Valença do Minho.
Starting April 17th coming.
If the weather is not that good we will start the central route from Vairão and see if we make a jump to Viana do Castelo by bus or train and continue the coastal from there.
Bom caminho
Did you do your Camino last year. Would love to hear about it. My husband and I hope to walk Lisbon to Santiago next year 2020. We are still trying to work out the best time. Looking at the months of March, April or May.My partner and I are locked in to commence the Lisbon to Santiago pilgrimage from March 26, 2018. Can't wait! - thoroughly enjoyed CF in Sept.2016. Good to see we won't be the only ones walking at that time of year with others like Butterfly & Givesome starting around the same time. Hopefully our paths will cross...
I love all the valuable information available on this forum!! Thx Heaps! - Julian
Did you do your Camino last year. Would love to hear about it. My husband and I hope to walk Lisbon to Santiago next year 2020. We are still trying to work out the best time. Looking at the months of March, April or May.
Thanks heaps, really enjoyed your film of your Camino Walk.Hi Romalban, Yes we did walk the Camino Portuguese from Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela. Here is a YouTube video which should answer all of your questions good and bad. It was a great adventure!!!
I'm sure you will love it! - Cheers, Julian
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