Day 2: Vila Do Conde to Barcelos

Friday 20 September

The people are so friendly and helpful, even when they don’t speak English. Take the delightful hairdresser and her client, who teamed up to explain, with much gesticulating and finger counting, where to catch the bus to Sao Pedro De Rates. Autumn leaves and the beautiful Romanesque Church of Rates, where we found the yellow arrow marking the way, made for a memorable walk through farmlands, villages and forested areas to Barcelos, our home for the night.Read more