Hi everyone
Does anyone know if the albergues are closed at this time of the year between Lisbon and Porto?
I have walked from Porto to SdC therefore I choose now the sectio from Lisbon to Porto but I have seen many posts where everyone recommended Porto to SdC. Can someone tell me why that is? Is it the road, the landscape?
I‘ll start walking next week.
Thank you
greetings and bom caminho -
i for one really enjoyed the section lisboa - porto. yes, not as many albergue perhaps - but still stayed in a few along the way (wrote about it on this forum ... posted ca july 2014 or thereabouts) and more have opened since i walked the camino. (which are listed somewhere here on the forum. maybe "peregrina2002" can point you to the right link?
and there are now apparently boardwalks (wood) on some sections out of lisboa - making it much more easeful to walk.
can't tell you though why there are less posts on recommending the lisboa-porto route.
yes - less pilgrims perhaps. thus less of a chance to be part of "camino family" . it depends on what you are looking for, what your values are, etc.
i was grateful that i took that route, especially after azambuja, walked through the tejo flat plains, explored santarem (good hostel there), tomar ... coimbra (stayed in monastery there in Santa Isabel (across the river/bridge on the other side of coimbra).... solitary stretches through interesting fields and woodlands with amazing sights.
keep warm layers with you - also protection against rain and the wind.
and try not to compare ... just take it as an experience on its own.
(any comparison places one instantly into the mental frame/perspective ... and thus becomes quite removed from what actually IS at the present moment).
bom caminho -