Leaving the Lost Inn at 10:30am to start our Camino Portuguese.

Luckily the start was at the Cathedral only a few hundred metres away.

We found our first Camino marker and a man who was there to greet us and provide a stamp.

Off we go 👈👉. Unfortunately we started on the wrong route & had to backtrack up hundreds of stairs 😩

Finally we found the correct route and commenced the hike (again)

Ann making her way down the treacherous steps in Porto 😥

Walking through the narrow streets of the city

Nobody said we could take a helicopter to do the Camino?? 🤪

Met Cam from Squamish BC and walked with him for 7kms. He's doing it solo.

Matosinhos is a fishing community 8 kms from Porto. This gigantic fishing net is a heritage tribute

Atlantic is an unforgiving place and many did not make it back from the sea

This statue pays tribute to the men lost at sea and the grieving women & children left behind

Matosinhos is known for their delicious BBQ salted cod. We had it last time and it was incredible!

Pool by the sea 🌊 Looked like the waves could come right over it.

An old church stands next to the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Canada 🇨🇦 lies beyond it

Much of the walk is on boardwalks that hug the coast. Ann is in the foreground

Our home tonight. Have a room with ensuite and have access to a kitchen and family room

Accommodations by the water and on the Camino. Perfect combination 👍

Reward for a good day of hiking. Vinho tinto 🍷 & Cerveja 🍺

CP Day 1 Hike - Porto to Cabo do Mundo

August 26 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 19 °C

Today was our first day of walking the Camino. We did approximately 17 km from Porto to Perafita which took about 5 hours in total, with breaks. It was a sunny, breezy and pleasantly warm day. For the most part we walked all along the water, starting with the Douro river out of Porto and then the Atlantic Ocean. How different this first day was from our last Camino’s first day. We had a lot of city walking with many tourists on the street and not many pilgrims to be seen. We did however meet our first Camino friend, Cam from Squamish. We were happy to be finished at the end of the day and enjoy a drink by the ocean watching the waves crash on shoreRead more