Camino De Santiago - Portugues

April 2024

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- Apr 5, 2024, 11:56am
- ☁️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 262 ft
- Portugal Lisbon District Socorro São Jorge de Arroios Largo da Estefânia 38.731201, -9.14401638°43’52” N 9°8’38” W
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Lisbon by Foot
April 5 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Got to Lisbon yesterday at 3pm after leaving San Francisco at 3pm on Wednesday. 24 hours of travel and a wild cab ride to our hotel left us a bit spent. Once we got to the hotel we thought “let’s take a nap and then head to dinner “. Well guess what? Our nap lasted till 7 am 😂.

Took off this morning for a hike around Lisbon, and what a great city to walk. The mosaic tiled sidewalks are not easy on the feet but very impressive to look at. We made an unexpected stop and bought tickets to walk through the botanical gardens located in the middle of town which was a real highlight.

Lisbon has a feel of San Francisco. It sits on a bay with lots of tourists and even a replica of the Golden Gate bridge that spans the harbor. As the afternoon grew warmer, and we had logged about 8.6 miles, we headed back to the hotel to put our feet up. Tomorrow will probably be a Hop On-Hop Off bus tour day (heavy on the “On”, light on the “Off”) as there is so much more to see.Read more
Traveler Just as I had envisioned Portugal, lots of color! Beautiful
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Envy! And neat tidbits of the city via the photos. [Gabriele]
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Traveler As seen on the Netflix show “Somebody Feed Phil” Lisbon episode!
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- Apr 6, 2024, 10:15am
- ☁️ 59 °F
- Altitude: 1,617 ft
- Portugal Lisbon District Sintra (São Pedro de Penaferrim)Santa Eufémia Pena National Palace 38.788097, -9.3904438°47’17” N 9°23’26” W
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Pena Palace
April 6 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
Today we tried something different and joined a bus tour that took us out of Lisbon to Pena Palace, then to the town of Sintra, on to Cabo da Roca, and finished up in Cascais. Turned out to be a very full day.

The Pena Palace started off as a monastery and then in 1755 an earthquake practically turned it into a ruin. In 1836, Queen Maria II married Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a prince from Belgium. Ferdinand began renovating the monastery and expanded it to the palace of today to hold his family of 11 children.Read more
Traveler Wow
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Traveler Colours of the Pena Palace are stunning
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Traveler Gorgeous!
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- Apr 6, 2024, 12:49pm
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 712 ft
- Portugal Lisbon District São Martinho Largo Rainha Dona Amélia 38.797344, -9.39025338°47’50” N 9°23’25” W
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Sintra
April 6 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
After touring the Pena Palace we went into the town of Sintra for lunch. Sintra was full of narrow streets winding up steep hills full of small restaurants and shops. It was quite beautiful but crazy busy with people. For lunch Peg and I decided the best course of action, to find a quiet place to eat, was to climb to the top of the steepest street. Our plan worked great and we found a nice refreshing place for lunch with great service.

After lunch we had a nice stroll through town while dodging all the tourists. I can’t imagine what the busy summer season must be like.Read more
Traveler Looks so fun
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Traveler Pecans? What tha?
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Traveler That’s an almond cake Mr. Andrew!
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Traveler There are some long almonds on that cake.
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- Apr 6, 2024, 3:29pm
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 39 ft
- Portugal Lisbon District Cascais Jardim Visconde da Luz 38.69931, -9.42089738°41’58” N 9°25’15” W
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Cabo da Roca
April 6 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Cabo da Roca, known as the most western point in Europe was our next to last stop for the day. It was our shortest visit but I think for both of us the highlight of the day. There is something so special about the ocean, seeing it’s vastness, feeling the wind and watching the waves. It definitely beats being stuck in a long line of people slowly walking through an old palace.

The last stop was a town named Cascais which reminded us of Monterey. It is known to be the most expensive place to buy a home in Portugal with houses starting at over a million euros. The town has lots of restaurants, tourist shops and street vendors. I think if we were able to have a seafood dinner it would have been great but time did not allow it.Read more
Traveler Yay!
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Traveler So cool
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Traveler ❤️
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Traveler Looks like the CA coast. Beautiful!
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- Apr 7, 2024, 9:58am
- ⛅ 59 °F
- Altitude: 331 ft
- Portugal Lisbon District Socorro Castelo Jardim do Castelo de São Jorge 38.713554, -9.13349438°42’49” N 9°8’1” W
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Castelo de São Jorge
April 7 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
Today we thought we would do what we always try to do in any major city, a Hop On Hop Off bus tour. But at the last second said, let’s just go to the castle. We got an early start and grabbed a Bolt (Portugal Uber) to drive the steep winding streets (barely large enough for a vehicle) to the top of the hill. The driver finally stopped a couple of blocks from the top and said, “you’re on foot from here”.

An early start turned out to be a great decision as we walked right up to the ticket window, got our senior discount and were some of the first people in.

We both agreed this was the best castle we had ever been to. It was surrounded by huge trees and wide walks of beautiful verandas and great views of the city. The castle grounds are beautiful and home to colorful (loud) peacocks that are not intimidated by the crowds. Once we wandered inside the walls we were treated to full access to walk through the interior courtyards and around the perimeter fortifications. The shear amount of stonework was amazing and beautiful.

After our tour we exited the castle grounds and headed down the ancient streets of Lisbon and walked the path of the Camino for a few blocks. What a great start to the day!Read more
Traveler Love
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Traveler Love the Hop on Hop off bus
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Traveler Incredible picture! Wow!
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- Apr 7, 2024, 1:44pm
- ☁️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 177 ft
- Portugal Lisbon District Socorro Bairro Alto Largo de Camões 38.710471, -9.14364238°42’38” N 9°8’37” W
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Praca Luís de Camões Walkabout
April 7 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
The second half of our day we decided to take a slow, meandering walk through the city. It was a beautiful Sunday with perfect temperatures to eat and drink outdoors, people watch and take in all the sights and sounds of this amazing city. We weaved our way through out of the way streets and were amazed at all the architecture, street art and cafes tucked away off the beaten path. Lisbon has been a great introduction to Portugal. We are excited for more to come. 🇵🇹Read more
Traveler Thanks for sharing guys. Love the stories and photos😍🇪🇸
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Traveler Looks so fun
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So happy for you both. Ultreia friends [Monika]
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- Apr 8, 2024, 9:12pm
- 🌙 52 °F
- Altitude: 266 ft
- Portugal Porto Santo Ildefonso Lapa Antigo Asilo de Mendicidade do Porto 41.143456, -8.60383341°8’36” N 8°36’14” W
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Porto Arrival
April 8 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 52 °F
Today was a 4 hour train ride from Lisbon to Porto. We were so excited the whole way in anticipation of meeting up with friends, Helen and Mike from Dublin, who we met on our last Camino in the fall of 2022. They flew in to Porto just to see us ☺️. We have a sweet little Airbnb (see red door in pictures) for this stage of our journey that we will share with Miguel, another friend from Germany that we also met along The Way in 2022. Miguel was born and raised in Porto so we will have our own personal tour guide for the city. We are excited for new adventures in Porto and time spent with friends.Read more
Traveler The best Açaí bowls across from the train station in Porto!
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Traveler The colors there are unreal
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Traveler All so pretty
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- Apr 9, 2024, 7:50pm
- ☀️ 57 °F
- Altitude: 276 ft
- Portugal Porto Santo Ildefonso Lapa Antigo Asilo de Mendicidade do Porto 41.143562, -8.60395341°8’37” N 8°36’14” W
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Out and About - Porto
April 9 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
It was a perfect day in Porto; blue skies, good temperatures and great friends. We met up with Mike and Helen and headed straight for the Hop On-Hop Off bus to tour around the city. We then spent our afternoon at the river where we had a great lunch, rode a river cruise, listened to great street music and attended a Port wine tour/tasting. We finished our day by meeting up with Miguel, once he flew in from Germany. He directed us to a great place for dinner and more outdoor music in the streets. More Porto to come tomorrow.Read more
Traveler Sounds like a great day. Enjoy tomorrow 😊
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Traveler Love this photo
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Traveler Love the picture of the Robelo boat with backdrop of Porto. I’m starting to plan when to go back.
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- Apr 10, 2024, 10:00am
- ⛅ 57 °F
- Altitude: 266 ft
- Portugal Porto Santo Ildefonso Lapa Antigo Asilo de Mendicidade do Porto 41.143471, -8.60399841°8’36” N 8°36’14” W
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Porto - Day 2
April 10 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
Today was a lot of walking in Porto with Miguel as our personal tour guide. We first went to the cathedral to purchase our pilgrim credentials for the Camino and took a quick tour of the cathedral. Then off to walk the city, have lunch, ride the trolleys and ended up at a beach cafe drinking coffee and eating carmel gelato. After a long day out, we had Helen and Mike over to our apartment, that we are sharing with Miguel, for a home made dinner by Tom. Porto is the birthplace of Vinho Verde wine (which happens to be my favorite white wine) so it was fun to share a couple bottles with good friends. It was a great day in Porto.Read more
Traveler Porto is stunning
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Traveler Love these
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Traveler Ry’s 🌞!
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- Apr 11, 2024, 7:40pm
- ☁️ 75 °F
- Altitude: 262 ft
- Portugal Porto Santo Ildefonso Lapa Antigo Asilo de Mendicidade do Porto 41.143578, -8.60405241°8’37” N 8°36’15” W
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Prep Day for Camino
April 11 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
Today was mostly a day of Camino prep as we spent the morning at the local laundromat washing all our clothes and getting our suitcase packed in order to get it shipped to Santiago to be received once we complete our walk.

We still had plenty of time to do some exploring and found the amazing open market where we had lunch and talked forever to a fun couple from Canada who wanted to know all about the Camino. Otherwise it was a lazy afternoon of reading, hanging out with Miguel, after he returned from visiting his family, and then the cherry on the top of the day was finding Taco Bell for a quick dinner! Who knew?!
Portugal never fails to surprise us 😂

Tomorrow morning comes early as our Camino journey begins.Read more
Traveler To top off the excitement of Taco Bell was to find out they serve beer!!
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Traveler Epic
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Traveler Heaven on the Camino!
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