Have the idea of walking a caminho in Portugal, but where to start? A million questions will go though your head.
Need help with planning your caminho in Portugal? We planned a few already! I wrote some blogs about it. Questions are addressed like:
What is the weather like in Portugal? And really, this is not a silly question. For example: October could be warm and sunny but there is a lot of change that towards the end of this month it pours cats and dogs!
Which stretch is nice considering….?
Are the albergues open?
I also write about caminhada’s, the 200 km Fishermen’s trail in the Algarve, or PR walking routes we walked near our place.
I use website Gronze a lot to calculate amount of km on the paths. Also to research more about that specific path and places to sleep. I research mainly online, there are nice blogs out there to help you research.
Bom caminho, which starts when you have the idea of going to walk, and investigate!
To already feel the pilgrims mood, I wrote nice stories about the pilgrims dining @Casa da Lima’s table.
Day to Day blogs
You could read about our caminho’s day per day, it is also about the route and the place where we stayed. All the blogs start with Day… on our blog page.
Here there is basic information for pilgrims:
Info about the route from Casa da Lima to Porto
Info about Tomar to Coimbra
Start in Tomar
Info about Porto to Spain
Where to start?
Seasons in Portugal and the weather
September Portuguese fires
For pilgrims to Fatima:
Info about Fatima and the route
Portuguese culture
Roman heritage on the caminho:
Conimbriga
Help Line
Of course, you can also just call us with your specific questions. If you call our Portuguese number you ask all to Jaap-Willem, if you call the Dutch number it is Ay Lin you will be talking to. Using WhatsApp, Ay Lin will answer all.
We are happy to give you an idea of places, the route, and what to expect on the caminho’s! However, for all the journeys it is always the same: low expectations are always the best, it keeps you prepared, and certainly friendly!
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Bom Caminho!
