Walking the Portuguese Camino
- And now, we walk
- Day 1 Lisbon to Sacavem
- A minor delay
- Day 2 Sacavem to Vila Franca de Xira
- Day 3 Vila Franca de Xira to Azambuja
- Day 4 Azambuja to Santarem
- Day 5 Santarem to Azinhaga
- Day 6 Azinhaga to Vila Nova Barquina
- Day 7 Vila Nova Barquina to Tomar
- Rest Day Tomar
- Day 8 Tomar to Portela de Vila Verde
- Day 9 Portela de Vila Verde to Alvaiazere
- Day 10 Alvaiazere to Ansiao
- Day 11 Ansiao to Rabacal
- Day 12 Rabacal to Condeixa-a-Nova
- Day 13 Condeixa-a-Nova to Coimbra
- Rest Day Coimbra
- Day 14 Coimbra to Mealhada
- Day 15 Mealhada to Agueda
- Day 16 Agueda to Albergaria-a-Velha
- Day 17 Albergaria-a-Velha to Oliveira de Azemeis
- Day 18 Oliveira de Azemeis to Sao Joao da Madeira
- Day 19 Sao Joao da Madeira to Grijo
- Day 20 Grijo to Porto
- Rest day Porto
- Day 21 Porto to Vilarinho
- Day 22 Vilarinho to Barcelos
- Day 23 Barcelos to Casa do Rio
- Day 24 Casa do Rio to Ponte de Lima
- Day 25 Ponte de Lima to Rubiaes
- Day 26 Rubiaes to Valenca
- Day 27 Valenca to Porrino
- Day 28 Porrino to Redondela
- Day 29 Redondela to Pontevedra
- Day 30 Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis
- Day 31 Caldas de Reis to Padron
- Day 32 Padron to Santiago de Compostela!
- We did it!
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- Day 32 Padron to Santiago de Compostela!
- Day 31 Caldas de Reis to Padron
- Day 30 Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis
- Day 29 Redondela to Pontevedra
- Day 28 Porrino to Redondela
- Day 27 Valenca to Porrino
- Day 26 Rubiaes to Valenca
- Day 25 Ponte de Lima to Rubiaes
- Day 24 Casa do Rio to Ponte de Lima
- Casas do Rio
- Day 23 Barcelos to Casa do Rio
- Day 22 Vilarinho to Barcelos
- Day 21 Porto to Vilarinho
- Rest day Porto
- Day 20 Grijo to Porto
- Day 19 Sao Joao da Madeira to Grijo
- Day 18 Oliveira de Azemeis to Sao Joao da Madeira
- Day 17 Albergaria-a-Velha to Oliveira de Azemeis
- Day 16 Agueda to Albergaria-a-Velha
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Day 10 Alvaiazere to Ansiao
15km. Gorgeous day, blue sky with no clouds this morning, and just a few high, wispy clouds by the time we finished walking at 3pm. We spent the day walking on quiet country roads and along cobbled paths through old … Continue reading
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Day 7 Vila Nova Barquina to Tomar
24km. After spending a couple of days walking mainly on roads from Santarem to Vila Nova Barquina through Portugal’s vegie patch (lots of corn plus tomatoes, capsicum, potatoes, peas, olives and grapes), we spent the morning walking on forest tracks … Continue reading
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Day 5 Santarem to Azinhaga
Today’s blog post is brought to you by Greg and Judy. I decided it was time to see if I could handle walking for more than a couple of kms with my pack and get back into walking. The good … Continue reading
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A minor delay
We were getting all set to pack up and leave the Lisbon apartment on Friday morning when I turned the wrong way on my seat and hurt my back! We had complained to the agent about the crappy low folding … Continue reading
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And now, we walk
We’re starting our second Camino today with an easy 13km walk through the suburbs of Lisbon. Easy because of both the relatively short distance and we’ll only be carrying our small daypacks, not the full 12 – 15kg rig. As … Continue reading
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The 25th April, Freedom Day
We woke up this morning to find Portugal is on holiday. While it’s ANZAC day in Australia, in Portugal its Freedom Day , a celebration of the almost-bloodless military coup which began on 25th April 1974, when a revolution toppled … Continue reading
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Lisbon
Arrivederci Italia, Olá Lisboa e Portogallo! We’re staying in an apartment just off Praça de Dom Pedro IV – ‘The Rossio’, which is one of the main squares in Lisbon. The view from our window is the National Theatre D. … Continue reading
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Milan
We took a fast train from Rome to Milan yesterday – 3.5 hours, average speed 270kph. Lovely green countryside. We’re staying a few Metro stops from the city centre and after checking in, we headed straight back into the city … Continue reading
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Catacombs of San Sebastiano
Yesterday, Friday, we spent the day being tourists. Proper tourists in an open-roof tour bus, with earphones connected to the English language tour commentary. There weren’t many fellow tourists, probably because it was raining and all the seats were wet, … Continue reading
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Rome
It took us a day to get from Singapore to Paris to Rome, then another half a day to recover. The AirFrance flight to Paris was … squeezy. But then, it was cheap, so we got what we paid for. … Continue reading
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