Remember, even though porto and santiago fall almost on the same longitudinal line, spains time zone is one hour later than portugals, so dont forget to take. The second largest city in portugal, porto is an ideal place to start the camino. Although we know there are 2 trains a day one at 7. Some pilgrims prefer to do the first leg of the journey by bus as this day the walk is mainly on paved roads and getting out of porto, one has to pass through an. You cant leave the city of porto without visiting the porto cathedral and the historical center. Some pilgrims prefer to do the first leg of the journey by bus as this day the walk is. There is widespread community transmission in portugal. Get on our mailing list for new products on the camino store and news from the camino forum. In portugal there is a long history of devotion to st james and st roch, the patron saint of pilgrimage. Cycling porto to santiago portuguese way to santiago. With martin sheen, emilio estevez, deborah kara unger, yorick van wageningen. Somewhere i read that there is a bus that goes all the way from. While the whole camino portugues has its starting point in the capital of portugal, lisbon, most pilgrims start their trip from portugals second largest city, porto or from the portuguesespanish border town of tui.
Remember, even though porto and santiago fall almost on the same longitudinal line, spains time zone is one hour later than portugal s, so dont forget to take. First one by night train from madrid or irun to lisbon. Thought there would be a train, but the only way to go by train seems to be to change in vigo with not many departure options. Explore the unesco world heritagelisted cities of northern portugal and the breathtakingly beautiful douro river valley during an 8day bike tour along the. Ive tried the loco2 and petrabax and rail europe with no luck. Select your second country, germany, portugal, switzerland, bulgaria, croatiaslovenia. In order to train we recommend getting out for long walks regularly. Explore the coastline of portugal and northern spain on this fascinating vacation. The stretch from porto to santiago has frequent pilgrim hostels and bars on the road and is. Sundials of the camino why i did the camino flowers of the camino film script poem articles. The old singletrack diesel line that meanders along rivers and the atlantic coast and the new doubletrack electrified highspeed line.
We didnt quite do that trip but we picked a rental car in salamanca, spain. My friend and i two older women are taking a uniworld river cruise on the douro river, terminating in porto, portugal on sunday, june 2, 20. The route is a combination of rural paths asphalt, cobblestones or dirt, forest trails dirt or gravel, uneven and sometimes rocky, secondary roads and some main roads both on asphalt. The train is comfortable and easy to take, but you have to make a transfer in vigo, galicias largest city. Renfe is the national spanish company, which offers a very. Travel restrictions may apply and transportation services are subject to change. I would think that route would be similar to the one youre proposing.
French route listed as a world heritage site in 1993, the french route is the main route travelled by pilgrims, which at present hosts over 70% of those who complete their pilgrimage. Rail europe your best and fastest way to discover and enjoy europe. Bus andor train from porto to santiago rick steves. It appears there should be a train via vigo but i cant bring up this option on renfe, or. From porto airport sa carneiro portugal to tuy spain at 09. Porto, also known as oporto in some languages, is the secondlargest city in portugal, one of the iberian peninsulas major urban areas. Always accompanied by the ocean, this is a less steep track than the central camino.
Porto city has a population of 237,559 and a metropolitan area with 2. In portugal, overnight in lisbon and porto, and enjoy guided sightseeing in both cities, including a visit to lisbons jeronimos monastery, dating back to the 16th century, and in porto, the arabian hall in the stock exchange, which was inspired by granadas alhambra. The only direct method of travel between these cities is by bus or by car. I have 12 days total but would like an extra day or two in porto before my flight home. James, a leading catholic pilgrimage route since the 9th century. Alternatively you can take the alsa bus a spanish company direct to santiago from porto once a day i believe. It is recognized as a gammalevel global city by the globalization and. The portuguese way is the second most popular camino in terms of numbers of pilgrims. Between santiago and vigo there are two railway lines. We didnt want the hassle of changing trains, whereas the bus was direct, with stops, which also served as. Many of these are in prominent positions, well known and easily.
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