Camino De Portugues Landschaft
While the whole camino portugues has its starting point in the capital of portugal lisbon most pilgrims start their trip from portugal s second largest city portoor from the portuguese spanish border town of tui.
Camino de portugues landschaft. The portuguese way is the second most popular route after the french way and the portuguese coastal way is the seventh most popular route in galicia. The portuguese way is the second most popular camino in terms of numbers of pilgrims. The camino portugues is the second most popular camino de santiago after the french way about 19 of all pilgrims or 52 200 people walked this camino in 2019. I was only planning to do around 300km that s why i thought to do the coastal route then from the santiago de compostela down to the beach if i have time.
The camino portugués is a great option for pilgrims looking for a more rural walking experience on the camino de santiago. I was set on doing the portuguese camino from porto along the coast this may however after reading your article i started second guessing myself whether i should do the camino frances. The coastal route 280 km the central route 260 km. The camino portugues as its name suggests is the pilgrim path that runs through portugal from south to north from lisbon to santiago de compostela.
The portuguese way is the name of the camino de santiago pilgrimage routes starting in portugal. It begins at porto or lisbon. From porto along the douro river pilgrims travel north crossing the five main rivers the ave cávado neiva lima and minho before entering spain and passing through padrón on the way to santiago de compostela.