A day by day Video Diary of our 630km, 25 day epic adventure. The good times & the bad! Every foot-blistering step! Great memories with my bestie travel companion...
What a coincidence I started from Lisbon on the 7th of 2018. I loved it but it is definitely the wettest Camino that I have done even wetter than Camino del Norte. It certainly brings back good memories thank for sharing.
Can't believe my last comment was two years ago! Well...fresh from the VdlP, the planning begins for our next Camino to Portugal, and I still hold your video of this pilgrimage as a key 'go to' reference. Like you guys...my wife and I prefer private digs...so this viewing I was taking notes on your accommodations. Thanks again for this amazing piece of video. Appreciated.
@walkingthrulife2296 Thanks for your kind words, always happy to help out a fellow Pilgrim. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Who would have thought walking Camino's could be so addictive :)
So nice to see a VLOG that includes the actual walking dates.....so many don’t. Great not to have to guess the time of year by the leaves (or not) or pilgrim clothing. Great video....really enjoyed 👍
What a super fun video! Absolutely loved it. Walking my fourth Camino this year, and the Camino Portuguese remains one of my favorite experiences. Thanks for sharing this. Great to watch. 😀
Very enjoyable and entertaining recap of your Camino. Great music too and video well put together. My wife and two friends did, like you, walked the full Portuguese Camino three years ago. I joined them in a Tui for last section. Wonderful experience and nice to see here in your video the parts my wife walked and also the section I walked again. My wife and I are now planning to do the full French Camino next year (pandemic permitting!). Thanks again for sharing and Buen Camino!
Alan Harvey Thanks for your kind words Alan. You'll love the Camino Frances. Fingers crossed that this virus goes away so we can all get back to what we love doing :)
Thanks for your film. I've walked from St Jean to Muxia and Fisterra the last two years and have booked a flight to Porto for September 2019. It was cheap, so now thinking of going earlier and walking from Lisbon and meeting friends in Porto for the remainder.
Hello friends!!! I saw the french way video and now that i’m researching to do the portuguese way, find you again!!! It is so nice to see your records!!! Thank you for all the tips and regards from Brazil!!
ellenprochnow Thanks for your kind words, I’m glad you got some useful info out of the videos. I’m currently in South America. Just walked the Torres del Paine in Chile, and about to start Ye Inca trail in Peru. Unfortunately won’t make it to Brazil this time. Good luck on your next Camino...
Hi just watched your Camino Portuguese and like you we loved it. We have become addicted in 2015 walked the Frances, 2016 Portuguese from Lisboa, 2017 Norte and 2019 Via de La Plata. After watching your excellent video we think we will go back and walk the Portuguese. Just wondered where in Australia you are from?
Sandra Riordan Thanks for your message, yes these Caminos are rather addictive. I'm so keen to walk del Norte next... once the world returns to some kind of normality. We both live in Sydney :)
JP_SABO love the Norte. Our plan this year was to walk Norte to Ribadeo, then walk Ruta Del Mar followed by Camino dos Faros to Finisterre and finally into Santiago. Will now do this walk when possible. Also loved South America but I walked the Inca trail many years ago (1987)and I suspect it’s very different now. We are from Hobart so get to walk some great tracks in Tasmania.
Hi, This is “Michael from England” here. Dianne, Yarus and myself met you on the walk just before Tomar. Enjoyed your RU-vid report...... it brought back many memories. Michael
Michael Piper. Hi there, yes of course I remember you. Think we all stayed at the Astoria Hotel in Coimbra as well. Such great memories to have while having to endure these ‘Lockdown’ conditions. Would love to get away and walk another Camino sometime. Hope you’ve been keeping well. Julian :)
@@jp_sabo8460 Hi Julian, yes, keeping well, thanks. Since we did Camino Portuguese I’ve been on a few adventures.... Hohe Tauern, Austria (June 2018), Traverse of the Picos de Europa (Sep 2018), Camino de Invierno (May 2019) and the classic Tour du Mont Blanc (August 2019). I am booked for the Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites for this August but I fear I may have to cancel. You can see my walking notes on www.tumbarumba.co.uk I keep in touch with Dianne on a regular basis, and I hear from Yarus occasionally. Like you I am keen to get away on trips as soon as the lockdown ends. I was booked to walk Via Francigena from Lucca to Rome this month, with a planned return on 20th April, but all that had to be cancelled. Regards to Antoinette (correct spelling I hope). Best Wishes Michael
Loved this, doing a lot of the same in a couple of weeks, 2 of our group have done the French way but they are aware that this way is quieter, and a lot more cobblestones streets which are hard on the feet.
You did good! I enjoyed your video a lot. I did El CAmino from Porto to Santiago in August this year(2018). I am 66 years old and I loved doing Camino. Now, I am planning to do a full French Camino next year. Please, tell me where I can buy the red rain poncho that you were using. I am willing to buy one for me. God bless you!
Jeffrey Yang Hi there, and thanks for your kind words. My partner and I both brought our ponchos in St Jean Pied de Port before starting off on the Camino Frances. It was on the same street that you have to pick up your Camino paperwork. They worked really well. Definitely worth the money. Hope that helps! :)
AppleGenie, Hey there! The brand of the Ponchos was 'Altus'. Don't know what style they were as I've thrown mine out now. My partners poncho was the same brand as mine but better quality. We bought them in St Jean Pied de Port the year before when we did Camino Frances. You should be able to get them online. Hope that helps?
Very nice and informative video. We are doing the same Camino next year around the same time of the year you did yours. Any inputs or advice on the Gaiters for the shoes?
nice video. I have hiked from Porto, and the French camino. thinking of hiking from Lisbon in January, but is a little nervous about whether hostels are open, and possible to find a bed. what month you went
Hello. I like your video. Next year I am planning to do the same route but on a bike. Hoe is the camino from Lisbon to Porto and how are the arrows. Are they difficult to find?
Great video, what time of year did you go? Hope to do Porto to SdC next year, finished Frances to Finisterre 2019. Looks u got worse weather than the West of Ireland- Angela's ashes rain, obrigado
I'd suggest starting in Santarem or Tomar. There will still be roads and a few Industrial type areas to walk through, but most of them will be behind you. Good luck, hope this helps :)
Pilar Carchi, I would suggest you to start from Porto city and on. There you can take the Central Way to Santiago, or the Coastal. I took the Central Way, and started in Barcelos, and was the last pilgrim that reached the border of Portugal and Spain. It was March 20, 2020, a Friday, and the boarder was already closed due to the pandemic. The city in Portugal is Valença, which has a beautiful fortified old center. From there you can Minho River, and on other side it is Spain, and the City of Tuí.
Hi, i really enjoyed the video!Great photos and the music! I have walked already Camino from Porto, this time Im thinking abt to start from Lizbon. I have a question, maybe You can give me some advice. First, Im worried about the road, is it marked well? And then, about the hostels, from which town do I have bigger chance to find some cheaper acommodation? From Porto i remember there were many hostels on the way, how does it look like from Lisbon?
Oliwia Weronika The roads can be bad in some places between Lisbon and Porto, and the drivers see you more as a hinderance. A 5 kilometre stretch leading into 'Golega' was a little scary with no side area to walk by the road. As mentioned in my Vlog, accommodation is scarce in areas. You just really need to do research. We used Booking.com wherever we could which helped:)
Thank you for this informative and lovely video. I am actually planning to follow the same route in a couple weeks starting from Lisbon! A few questions, it doesn't look like you stayed at any of the albergues on the way. Did this create any issues getting your stamps? Did you simply taxi from your hotels to the albergues to get your credential stamped or could the hotels do it? Also, I was thinking of doing the detour to Fatima. Was it something you considered? Any reason not to do it? I know it adds another day or two of walking. Cheers :)
Micah the Hika, Hi and thanks for your response. Yes all hostels & hotels have stamps. Even a lot of the cafes and restaurants have them. We didn't consider detouring to Fatima. We were on a pretty tight schedule. Hope you have a great time :)
We loved your video. My husband and I have hiked the Camino Frances in 2017 and will be hiking the Camino Portugués in June-July 2019. I have a few questions for you, if you don't mind. We are teachers so we have 8 weeks to be in Spain/Port. We want to hike from Lisbon but we want to know is it worth it? Meaning - would you do it again like it sounds like you want to hike the Camino Frances again? We want to use our extra time to hike some of our favorite parts of the Camino Frances again but are struggling with how to make that happen with spending half if not more of our time on the Camino Portugués, suggestions/opinions welcome. Last questions... do you have links/reviews of where you stayed or any from the video that you would not recommend? Did you use booking.com? Was translation/communicating tough or tougher in the early stages? Thank you so much for a well put together video! We truly appreciate the insight.
Michelle Coleman In answer to your your question 'would I do it again', the answer would have to be no. In saying that though, we get quite competitive so nothing was going to stop us walking the whole thing and we’re glad we did. You may be the same… As mentioned the first few days are long, flat and quite boring, and dangerous in parts with the traffic. So if you’re willing like us to train or taxi forward to a destination, then retrace to where you left off the previous day, you should be ok. Another thing you could do to avoid a couple of the long boring sections is to start in Santarem or Tomar. From Porto to Santiago de Compostela was really nice though. Certainly recommend! Most of our hotel bookings were through booking.com. It was very easy to book the day before. We don’t know a word of Portuguese, but again nothing was a problem. These are the places we stayed and prices at the time. Anything with two asterisks I would stay again. Good value for money. Hope that all helps. Buen Camino! DAY01 MAR26 - euro35 VILAFRANCA / HOSTEL DP*** DAY02 MAR27 - euro45 AZAMBUJA / OURO HOTEL** DAY03 MAR28 - euro70 SATAREM / UMU HOTEL* DAY04 MAR29 - euro70 SATAREM / UMU HOTEL* DAY05 MAR30 - euro45 GOLEGA / CASA DA TIA GUIDA*** DAY06 MAR31 - euro50 TOMAR / HOTEL KAMANGA* DAY07 APR01 - euro32 ALVAIAZERE / RESIDENCIAL O BRAS* DAY08 APR02 - euro55 ALVORGE / CASA VALE FLORIDO** DAY09 APR03 - euro60 COIMBRA / HOTEL ASTORIA*** DAY10 APR04 - euro60 COIMBRA / HOTEL ASTORIA*** DAY11 APR05 - euro46 MEALHADA / HOTEL QUINTA DOS TRES** DAY12 APR06 - euro76 AGUEDA / HOTEL CONDE AGUEDA* DAY13 APR07 - euro60 OLIVEIRA DE AZEMEIS/HOTEL DIGHTON*** DAY14 APR08 - euro60 MALAPOSTA/HOTEL FEIRA PEDRA BELA** DAY15 APR09 - euro57 PORTO / MY STAY PORTO CENTRO* DAY16 APR10 - euro57 PORTO / MY STAY PORTO CENTRO* DAY17 APR11 - euro56 VILA DO CONDE / HOTEL BRAZAO** DAY18 APR12 - euro48 ESPOSENDE / HOTEL SUAVE MAR*** DAY19 APR13 - euro39 VIANA DO CASTELA / HOTEL DO PARQUE** DAY20 APR14 - euro80 CAMINAH / DESIGN & WINE HOTEL* DAY21 APR15 - euro55 TUI / COLON TUY** DAY22 APR16 - euro50 REDONDELA / ALVEAR SUITES** DAY23 APR17 - euro72 CALDAS DE REIS / BALNEARIO ACUNA** DAY24 APR18 - euro66 PADRON / HOTEL CHEF RIVERA* DAY25 APR19 - euro65 SANTIAGO / HOTEL GELMIREZ***
Thank you for your very thoughtful response. We have a lot to consider and you just gave us some serious food for thought, thank you. If you want to follow our travels our Facebook page is @Cruisin' with the Colemans and we just started blogging at www.cruisinwiththecolemans.com Thank you again!
Ruby Tuesday Hey there... Most of the time we booked through booking.com the day before. Although there were a few days we just winged it. Hope that helps :)
Hi.! We are a couple similar in age to you and would like to take the El Camino challenge. But are hoping to ask your advice for practical things...What you absolutely should take, what you definitely don't need and most importantly, do you need a shovel for....emergencies?? I hope to hear from you when you have time, thanks
Sandra Martensen The only thing we bought along which we didn’t use were our lightweight sleeping bags. This was because we opted to stay in Hostels & Hotels. My only other luxury item was my iPad which I used a lot. Other than that, in my 36 litre pack I had a change of lightweight clothes & shoes. Fleece jacket, Poncho, Medical stuff [compeed, bandages, medication etc] toiletries, litre of water, snacks, phone chargers & cables, head torches and stuff. In total it would have been no more than 9 kilos. Small shovel not required. There are lots of places to stop, although there are a few long stretches for the first few days out of Lisbon. [if that’s where you’re starting] - Buen Camino
Hi. Thank you so much for answering!! I am a fellow aussie, but live now in Denmark, so I am fortunate that I dont have to travel too far to start on El Camino! I appreciate your tips, and look forward to our own adventures. Keep up the good videos, if you are venturing out again in the future.. Regards, Sandra
Kyle Rotheram The route was marked very well, although because we set off in the morning when it was still dark we relied on a 'Trail Smart' App. Albergues were few and far between for the first few days. After that there were many.
It was great watching your video ... and even more so, because we've walked the Portuguese Camino during the same time as you - and cherry on the cake: We then remembered that we've met you in Albergaria-a-Velha on that nasty rainy day! Thank you for wonderful memories ... you can find our thoughts on the Portuguese Camino on our blog (www.wetanddustyroads.com). Greetings from South Africa
Berto Wiese Hi Guys, yes I do remember you, and of course that crazy rain we endured. We ended up walking past Albergaria-a-Velha that day which was a little crazy. A shame we didn’t get to catch up in Agueda the day before. I read some of your blog. Great that you’re steering your life in a new direction. Life’s too short to be caught up with all the materialistic stuff. Good move! :)
