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Traveler Camino Portuguese 2025
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- Day 36
- Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
- ☀️ 90 °F
- Altitude: 72 ft
- Portugal Ponte de Lima 41.767502, -8.58309941°46’3” N 8°34’59” W
Camino Part II Ponte de Lima
May 29 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
I had originally planned to walk from Braga to Ponte de Lima over two days, but with the heatwave going on I decided to take the bus there so I could shorten my initial days of this second part of my Camino.

When I walked the Central Route of the Camino Portuguese in 2019 it was kind of a rushed trip, and one of the places that I wasn't able to fully appreciate was Ponte de Lima, so I decided that it would be the starting point of Part II.

As I was walking to the bus station in Braga around noon I spotted a pharmacy thermometer that read 37C, which is 97F! I was glad that I had changed my plans and wasn't walking.

Unfortunately, it was too hot to get out and explore much in Ponte de Lima.Read more
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- Day 35
- Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- ☀️ 86 °F
- Altitude: 636 ft
- Portugal Braga 41.551058, -8.42800441°33’4” N 8°25’41” W
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Camino Interlude - Braga
May 28 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
I took the bus to Braga to see what it has to offer and liked what I saw.
Jzionna's Wanderings I like this! Nice!
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Traveler I think the bathroom is bigger than the bedroom! 😂🤣
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Traveler Yummmmm
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- Day 35
- Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
- ☀️ 84 °F
- Altitude: 1,332 ft
- Portugal Braga 41.554776, -8.37694541°33’17” N 8°22’37” W
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More from Braga
May 28 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
I took a Bolt car to visit the Santuário do Bom Jesus do Monte which was a little bit out of the city, and we'll worth the visit, even in the heat - it was at least 95F today.

The Santuário is located in a beautiful park on the slopes of Mount Espinho.

There's a small lake, walkways, and a man made grotto, but the star of the show is the church, or more specifically, the series of stairs leading up to it.

My driver dropped me off at the top so I didn't have to scale the 573 steps up in the heat. Though I could have taken the funicular if I had been dropped off at the bottom.

I did walk down, and took pictures at each landing.

After descending the stairs there was a very pretty walkway (fortunately with a lot of shade). Along the walkway were some small buildings, which I finally realized we're chapels. Within each one was a biblical scene.Read more
Jzionna's WanderingsMost beautiful place! And turtles!! So gorgeous!
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Traveler Wow!
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Traveler That’s beautiful
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- Day 34
- Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- ⛅ 73 °F
- Altitude: 755 ft
- Spain Santiago de Compostela 42.876384, -8.53908242°52’35” N 8°32’21” W
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Santiago
May 27 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
A couple of others that I met early on while walking from Lisbon arrived today. I met both Kristina from Slovakia (I met her on day two) and Cliff from Australia on the plaza.

Angie, Jzionna and I took a few pics in front of the Cathedral.

Dinner at La Galiciana again, because it's a perfect place for a group - especially when you don't know how many will show up.Read more
Jzionna's Wanderings I'm so glad to have shared this time with you two!💖
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TravelerMe too!!
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Laurie Reynolds Where did all the people go? Beautiful sunshine!
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- Day 33
- Monday, May 26, 2025
- ⛅ 68 °F
- Altitude: 755 ft
- Spain Santiago de Compostela 42.876384, -8.53908242°52’35” N 8°32’21” W
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Camino Day 30 - Santiago!
May 26 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Areal to Santiago
~15.76 km/9.8 miles

I'm still playing catch up on the blog - I'm writing a week after the fact.

I have these nifty new sleep earbuds that allow me to set an alarm that only sounds in my ears. I set it for 6:30 so that I'd be ready to go when Jzionna got here from Padrón. I also set a back up alarm for 7:00 on my phone. Typically, I wake up before my alarm, so I was a bit "alarmed" when I heard my phone alarm going off at 7. What happened to my ear bud alarm? It turned out that I had accidentally set it for 6:30 PM not AM. 🤦‍♀️

After finding my phone which was tangled up in my sheets I saw that Jzionna had left me several messages. She had left at 5:30, meaning that she would be there any minute!

I scrambled to get packed as quickly as possible, and just as I was finishing up Jzionna appeared outside my window.

It was great to walk my final day into Santiago with a friend, and we arrived to the plaza in front of the Cathedral just as the bells rang out noon.

After taking the requisite photos in front of the Cathedral we went off to our separate accommodations.

Later in the day we met up with Angie, another friend from home who I'd also met in Coimbra. And in the evening we had dinner with a few of my Camino friends who I hadn't seen in about a week, and some of their friends too. We met at Mercado La Galiciana - a large building that houses a variety of restaurants, like an upscale food court.Read more
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- Day 32
- Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
- ⛅ 64 °F
- Altitude: 200 ft
- Spain Padrón 42.799825, -8.63501742°47’59” N 8°38’6” W
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Camino Day 29
May 25 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Vilanova de Arousa to Areal
~28 km/17 miles by boat & ~13 km/8 miles walking

My last day on the Spiritual Variant. It was strange, because instead of waking up and walking I had to wait to take the boat at 10:30. It was a large boat, that held 100+ passengers, so it took a bit of time to get everyone on board and our backpacks stored below deck. We finally took off at around 11. Though the captain said that the trip would be about 1.5 hours, it was actually closer to 2 hours before I was on land again and could start walking. I got to the guesthouse I had booked at about 4:00, after stopping for lunch of grilled chicken and French fries.

Dinner was offered at my accommodation, which ended up being another round of chicken)(but baked this time) and French fries.

Then I set my alarm for 6:30 so I'd be up in time to meet Jzionna, my friend from home who would start walking early from Padrón so that we could walk into Santiago together.Read more
Traveler There are so many sculptures on the Csmino. Really enjoyed them so much
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Traveler I recognize this from our walk last year 😊
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- Day 31
- Saturday, May 24, 2025
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 43 ft
- Spain Barrantes 42.495836, -8.77658342°29’45” N 8°46’36” W
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Camino Day 28
May 24 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Os Castaños to Vilanova de Arousa
~17.2 km/10.7 miles

My stay at Hostal Os Castaños included breakfast, so I got a later start than normal because breakfast started at 8. Often the included breakfasts aren't worth waiting for, but today's was good - toast, egg, ham, fruit, and fresh orange juice. I gave my coffee to the South African couple that I sat with, as they were I need of mire caffeine than me.

Fortunately, the walk today wasn't long nor strenuous, or I would have skipped the breakfast in favor of an early start.

I walked along the river and past vineyards, where the vines are elevated off the ground on roof like trellises. According to Google's AI "Elevating the vines allows for better aeration, sun exposure, and reduced moisture, which helps mitigate the risk of fungal diseases and pests common in the region's wet, oceanic climate."Read more
Traveler Weren’t those flowers so beautiful.
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TravelerWhat is the burro statue, do you know?
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Traveler Absolutely phenomenal.!!
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Sharron Mathans Everything ok?
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- Day 30
- Friday, May 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
- Altitude: 62 ft
- Spain Barrantes 42.495982, -8.77152842°29’46” N 8°46’18” W
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Camino Day 27
May 23 in Spain
Combarro to Os Castaños
~16 km/10 miles

I'm playing catch up on the blog. I'm writing this a week later.

This was an absolutely beautiful walk - one of the top five days on any Camino.

After a steep climb out of Combarro I continued uphill, but at a more moderate grade, then downhill to Armenteira. There were some pretty views down onto Combarro and the pretty inlet that it sits on. I didn't see another soul on the trail all morning.

After a quick look at the monastery in Armenteira I continued on, excited for the next part called La Ruta de la Piedra y del Agua (The Route of Stone and Water). I was not disappointed. It was 8 tree shaded kilometers along the Armenteira River with multiple waterfalls. Along the way there are 12 old water mills that have been restored. I was really happy that I had planned a short walking day so that I coukd take my time and really enjoy it.

I arrived at my accommodation. Hostal Os Castaños in the early afternoon, and had a yummy salad with chicken, apples, and peppers. After I ordered three women from Tennessee arrived, and we talked a bit.

For dinner I went to a little snack bar/café type place and had a surprisingly good pizza while I chatted with a South African couple.Read more
TravelerBeautiful pictures and great bunny closeup!
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TravelerThanks. The pictures don't do justice to how beautiful and peaceful it was.
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TravelerNice! Yes I don’t see many crowds on your pictures. That’s awesome.
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- Day 29
- Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
- ⛅ 72 °F
- Altitude: 489 ft
- Spain Poio 42.436035, -8.71473142°26’10” N 8°42’53” W
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Camino Day 26
May 22 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Arcade to Combarro
~24 km/15 miles

Started on the "Spiritual Variant" of the Camino today. I didn't spend much time in Pontevedra because my plan is to come back through here in about 10 days, for Part II of this Camino.Read more
Laurie ReynoldsI have never walked the spiritual variant, and I am not really clear on exactly where it is. So I look forward to your post on this route!
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TravelerIt is definitely worth the extra kms!
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Traveler And how did I miss that? 😂🤣
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- Day 28
- Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
- ⛅ 73 °F
- Altitude: 217 ft
- Spain A Calle 42.33314, -8.60734442°19’59” N 8°36’26” W
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Camino Day 25
May 21 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Vigo to Arcade
~23.3 km/14.5 miles

I got a early start because I knew that there were some big hills ahead, and I encountered the first ones as I was leaving the city. But the views of the harbor in the morning were well worth the effort.

I passed through Redondela where the Central and Coastal routes merge, and suddenly there were lots more pilgrims on the trail - and some more hills to climb!

I think that I was the first to arrive to my albergue at 12:30 - at least I was the first to take a shower.

After making up my bed with the provided sheets and blankets I went for lunch at a cute restaurant I had read about on the Wise Pilgrim app. They had a huge assortment of burgers and sandwiches, but the really cute thing was being served by a robot. Unfortunately, it turned away so fast after delivering my burger that I didn't get a good picture of it. After I picked my plate off of it a cartoon cat face was on the screen. You can see video of it on Google Maps here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qUVCD9NqvzqAJrtt6?g_st=acRead more
TravelerRuss and I went to a restaurant in Lisbon that had one of those!
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Traveler Is this still on the Litoral Terri?
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Jzionna's Wanderings Wow, so cool!
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