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Camino Portuguese 2025

April - June 2025
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  • TravelerCamino Portuguese 2025
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    Camino Day 13

    May 9 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F

    Curia to Águeda
    ~21.5 km/13.4 miles

     After a buffet breakfast with assorted pastries and bread, meat, cheeses, fruit, etc. we left the hotel and rejoined the Camino about 4 km from Curia.

    The day started out sunny, but we soon saw dark clouds, and there was quite a downpour as we stood partially sheltered by tress on the side of a busy road.

    Most of the day was spent walking on asphalt and dodging raindrops. We both had reservations at Residencial Celeste/Albergue de Peregrinos San António. Kelly was in the dorms, and I had a private room. Unfortunately, not as luxurious as the day before.

    A lot of other people we had met previously were also staying there, and we made some new friends. A group of 8 of us enjoyed dinner together in town.    Read more

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    Camino Day 14

    May 10 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F

    Águeda to Albergaria-a-Nova
    ~23 km/14.3 miles

    Two weeks completed! A short time period that feels so much longer because of everything place I've been and every person I've met.

    Not too many photos today. I walked with Kelly today, and we also ran into others we have met along the way. Mostly walking through small towns with fornerly grand old homes.

    We also passed through the larger town of Albergaria-a-Velha which was quite nice.

    I stayed in a very nice private room with shared bath at albergue. There were only four of us staying in the entire place. Katy from France and Kristina from Slovakia in the dorm. Peter from the Netherlands and me in private rooms.

    We went to dinner at a restaurant called Há Leitão, which roughly translates as There is Suckling Pig, a dish that this region is known for. From the outside the restaurant looked all but abandoned, as did the other businesses on this street.

    I hadn't had the suckling pig yet while in this area, and luckily there were two servings left that day. In addition to our main dishes we also had vegetable soup, salad, rice and French fries. Wine was served in a rustic clay pitcher. The owner brought us sliced fresh strawberries and a glass of port wine homemade by his friend.

    The national championship football (soccer) game was on TV, and we all cheered when the owner's favored team scored. As he was serving us he always had one eye on the game.    Read more

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    Camino Day 15

    May 11 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 54 °F

    Albergaria-a-Nova to São João da Madeira
    ~22 km/13.7 miles

    Today marked the first day of new territory for me on this route. In 2022 I tested positive for Covid while I was in this area, and isolated in a nearby town for 6 days before taking a train to Porto.

    I left my albergue and walked about 40 minutes to the albergue where Kelly was staying. After helping Omar, a pilgrim we had met in Águeda with some tech issues we set out.

    We enjoyed really good weather for walking. No rain, and not hot.

    The big excitement was a bicycle race that passed us by.

    I was surprised by how large São João da Madeira is after being in so many tiny towns where everything is closed on Sundays. It was very different in São João. Several large grocery stores and a mall were all open and busy.

    I had booked a studio apartment for me and Kelly which was really nice and very new. Apparently Omar's initial plans for the day were too ambitious, and he messaged me for help finding a place. Fortunately, there was one room left for him.

    Our friends Cliff and José were in the building next door, and made reservations for our group at a Chinese buffet restaurant with a HUGE variety of dishes. There were the standard rice and noodle dishes plus an area where you could choose meat, seafood, veggie stand noodles to be cooked in a wok. At one end of the buffet were dozens of sushi rolls. Then there was fresh fruits and a huge choice of desserts.    Read more

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    Camino Day 16

    May 12 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 59 °F

    São João da Madeira to Grijó
    ~19 km/12 miles

    Note - I am writing this many days late, so my memories have faded.

    Kelly took the bus to Porto so that she could spend more time there, so I walked alone today. We will meet up tomorrow.

    The municipal albergue where I'm staying has several rooms with just a single bunk bed, so we three of us had our own rooms. There were only five of us staying here.

    It was rainy, and there weren't really any good places to eat within walking distance, so three of us took an Uber a few kilometers away to join the rest of the group I have been having dinner with most nights.    Read more

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    Camino Day 17

    May 13 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

    Grijó to Matosinhos
    ~26 km/16 miles

    Note - I am writing this many days late, so my memories have faded.

    The walk between Grijó and Porto was tougher and prettier than I had expected. There were some beautiful wooded areas with some hills to climb.

    As I got closer to Porto I caught up with Jaewoong, a South Korean man who had stayed in many of the same places as I had. We walked across the bridge into Porto together, then headed to the Cathedral where Kelly was waiting.

    After getting some pasteis de nata fresh from the oven Kelly and I said goodbye to Jaewoong and went for lunch.

    Then it was a nice walk along the Douro River, then a right turn up the coast when we got to the Atlantic.

    After checking into our respective hostels we went to a tour of the Pinhais Sardine Factory. Unfortunately, the catch that day hadn't been good, so the company didn't have any fish to process. Instead, the workers were packaging tins that had been already processed. Part of the tour was learning how to properly label a tin of sardines. Then the best part - sampling them. By that point I was pretty exhausted, so after some dessert and sangria I went to my hostel and bed.    Read more

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    Camino Day 18

    May 14 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F

    Matosinhos to Vila do Conde
    ~23 km/14.3 miles

    Note - I am writing this many days late, so my memories have faded.

    Today I walked past the jetty where I fell and broke my wrist in 2022. It was much longer than I remembered! I searched for the beach bar that called the ambulance for me to thank them, but there were quite a few and none of them looked the way that I remembered.

    The day started with some breakfast at a bakery with an abundant assortment of yumminess.

    Most of the day was spent walking on boardwalks along the ocean in perfect weather.

    I slept at the Pousada de Juventud, which is a very well run hostel. I was somewhat annoyed when the other women in my room insisted that the skylight window which I had opened earlier in the day to let in fresh air be completely closed, lest one of them feel a draft and get sick. 🙄

    After dipping our toes in the ocean Kelly and I headed to Lidl to procure a couple of frozen meals and desserts for dinner, which we enjoyed in the hotel's lovely dining room.    Read more

  • TravelerCamino Portuguese 2025

    I'm completely behind on the blog...

    May 14 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 59 °F

    I'll try to catch up soon

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    Camino Day 19

    May 15 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

    Vila do Conde to Esposende
    ~24 km/15 miles

    Note - I am writing this many days late, so my memories have faded.

    Not long after leaving Vila do Conde we checked the map to see how far we had to walk, only to discover that we had accidentally booked a place that was 8 km farther from Esposende!

    We did some quick searching on booking.com and found a hotel with two beds for about 20€ more. I think that I could have walked he additional 8 km, but Kelly wasn't having it. She called the first place that we had booked (on her account) , and they advised that she request cancelation with a full refund. Later on in the day she discovered that the request had been granted. Whew!    Read more

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    Camino Day 20

    May 16 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    Esposende to Viana do Castelo
    ~25.3 km/15.75 miles

    Note - I am writing this many days late, so my memories have faded.

    This was Kelly's last day on the Camino, and we mostly walked inland, with more ups and downs than in previous days.

    Upon approaching Viana do Castelo you can't help but notice the beautiful church way above the town. Rather than adding one more hill to my walk I took the funicular up yo the top. The views up there were stunning.

    A group of us went out for dinner and I had an amazing salad (sorry no picture) and chocolate cake with ice cream for dessert.

    I was sad to say goodbye to Kelly, she has been a great Camino friend, but I'm looking forward to what comes next.    Read more

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    Camino Day 21

    May 17 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F

    Viana do Castelo to Caminha
    ~30.5km/19 miles

    I started out on the official Coastal route that is a bit inland, but after walking several kms on an extremely rocky road, and encountering crowds of other pilgrims, I went down to the Litoral route, closer to the ocean. Although it was a little longer, it was much nicer.Read more

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