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    • TravelerCamino Portuguese
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      Day 8

      Day 4 Valada to Santarem

      September 12, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F

      Day 4 - Valada to Santarem. 12 September. Started at 07:33. Finished at 12:03. 20.2k/12.6m. Walking time 3h42m. 24,108 steps. 914 calories.

      As I was typing in the calories I realized the figure is based on my body weight. Wonder what it would be if I added 12# for the weight of my pack. Let’s face it carry around a 12# dumbbell for over 12 miles you use more energy.

      It was a very good day for walking. Weather was absolutely perfect. The toes were good. I think my body is beginning to adapt to my 12# pack.

      Got a great sunrise photo over the Tejo River. Many would find today’s path very boring. Not much to see. Landscape pretty much the same all day. But I like days like this - filled with farm fields and smells that take me back to North Dakota. Something about smelling fresh tilled dirt!

      Followed the dike for a long time and then cut through a vineyard. Having the high dike provided some great shade! Also, adding to today’s boring side - only one town. And that was 3k from the start, so too soon to stop. Had a 3+km hill at the end leading into Santarem. I love hills - going up. Saw two pilgrims on the trail. So those staying in the hostel did not catch up to me.

      Played tourist in Santarem. Had a good filling lunch/early supper. Staying in a modern , new hostel. Right now only two of us in a 6 bunk room.

      Okay, I know you all want to hear about my toes! Well did not have a restful sleep. They were not hurting, but my brain just had to find a solution to my toe dilemma. I believe I found it. Since I wear sandals my toes were not hitting the front or top of my shoes. But I grip with my toes and the first small toe joint, instead of rounding up it presses down. Sort of like it’s double jointed but it is not. That joint compression pushes down right below the nail bed. Anyway, how do you prevent that from happening. My solution was to take a small wad of cotton ball and tape it to the bottom of my toe where the joint bends in. Well it worked. Still had to drain the blisters but not much fluid and no swelling, redness or pain.

      Photos had captions. Also added a couple videos. Hope you enjoy the journey. Bom Caminho.      Read more

    • Traveler2022 Camino Portuguese
      Day 8

      Santarém to Azinhaga - 23km

      May 11, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

      What a difference a good night's sleep is!
      I breezed right through today's walk.
      After leaving Santarém the trail went through miles and miles of vineyards.

      I saw the first Camino marker that wasn't also a marker for the route to Fatima as Santarém is where the two paths diverge. What I didn't see was any other walkers.

      The walk today was almost entirely through agricultural areas with fields ready for planting, fields with seedlings just breaking through the ground, and some more mature plants too.

      While it was warm, it wasn't as hot as yesterday, and there was often a cool breeze.      Read more

    • TravelerTerry’s 2024 Camino Portuguese
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      Day 7

      Santarem!

      March 22 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      A relatively straight forward walk along mostly farm track to Santarem. One section of 13.5 kms had no water or eats. Was great up to the big hill into Santarem. It was Ulia's birthday today! She is from Germany, and just retired.Read more

    • Camino Portuguese
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      Day 8

      Camino Day 3 - to Santarem

      April 28, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F

      21 miles today and the weather forecasters are as bad here as they are at home. Last night, the forecast was for a cloudy day. We didn't see many clouds and most were in the morning when it was cool. Very little shade, once again. The last 1.5 miles were up hill.

      Today we walked primarily through farmland - some ready to be planted, some recently planted, and we saw tomatoes being planted by a big machine doing several rows at a time. There were so many picturesque moments, but pictures would not do then justice (and if I stopped every time I wanted a picture, it would have taken us another hour!)

      We walked with Jeff from California for a while today and met Connie and Lizbet from Denmark. Jeff is 71 and did the Frances last year as a 70th birthday present to himself. Lots of bikers doing the camino as well.      Read more

    • El Camino
      Day 7

      Day 4: Valada to Santarem

      May 7, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

      We had a relatively short walk today, 19.8 kms mainly through flat farm lands that have recently been sown. We also saw quite a few vineyards, especially as we neared Santarem. The 16-kilometre stretch from Porto Muge to Santarem was without amenities so we just motored along until our last 2.7 kilometres, which was completely uphill. Talk about heartbreak hill.

      We were happy to finish walking before noon since the weather forecast for the afternoon was for blue skies with the temperature peaking at 31 degrees.      Read more

    • TravelerCornelia’s Camperreis
      Day 59

      Carrasqueira

      April 27, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

      De haven op palen van Carrasqueira in Comporta, Portugal

      Het Cais Palafítico da Carrasqueira is een van de meest bezochte plaatsen in de regio Comporta. Dit meesterwerk van volksarchitectuur, gebouwd in de jaren 1950 en 1960, is uniek in Europa. De haven is gebouwd op onregelmatige houten palen en planken, zoals we in Azië konden zien. De kade en de aanleglijnen worden gebruikt door plaatselijke vissersboten. Dankzij de kades kunnen de vissers ook bij eb, wanneer de bodem bedekt is met een dikke laag modder en slik, hun boten bereiken.

      De haven op palen van Comporta is een tijdloze plek, hangend tussen hemel en zee. De ideale tijd om het te bezoeken is bij zonsopgang of zonsondergang, wanneer het licht en de kleuren worden weerspiegeld in het kalme water van de riviermonding. Het is een magische plek voor fotografieliefhebbers.

      Beter kon ik het zelf niet verwoorden.

      De foto's verdienen het om apart neergezet te worden, dus vandaag geen collages 😃      Read more

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    • TravelerEl Camino Portugues
      Day 5

      Etapa 3: Santarém

      January 8 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      I arrived around 4 pm when there was still a lot of daylight. This was good because I wanted to do a bit of snack shopping for the next few days and go to a laundry mat to wash/dry my clothes. I also offered to wash the clothes of the pilgrim that I’d arrived into the city with.

      The laundry wasn’t too hard to figure out how to use despite not knowing Portuguese, though it did take a while, but had the desired effect!

      It was a misty kinda for most of the evening and I went to dinner with two other pilgrims who knew it was my birthday. We had Indian food and then played a game of pool afterwards at the next door bar!

      I also got to enjoy a very thoughtful birthday card from my mom in the little cubby bed I had in the hostel.      Read more

    • Peter SprotMGTC trip to Portugal
      Day 12

      Santarem - antiquity hitting hard times

      May 26, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      We arrived in this once proud stronghold of Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Visigoths, Moors then Christians after 210 miles of driving.
      Well done Peter and little car.
      Actually just picked Santarem as has easy to reach hotel and we think we can get to Algarve tomorrow from here.
      So not expecting anything we stroll (up hill) to town. Not a great tourist town but it was very interesting. Who discovered Brazil? He is buried here in the ancient church of Grace....not Vasco da Gama .... Pedro Alvarez Cabral! OK the swots among you knew that.
      There is a lovely market building and lots of ancient properties in varying stages of decay...think the vandals have been busy. Lots of empty shops shut in the main streets a testament to the success of online purchasing or a decreasing population. However it was beautiful the main square all cream and white against a dark grey sky.      Read more

    • Peter SprotMGTC trip to Portugal
      Day 12

      Driving

      May 26, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      The roads of England even the motorways have far too many pot holes even on the M25 and to much traffic when compared to the roads of France it is a real pleasure driving in the countryside. We avoid the cities whenever possible. Spain started off very good but as we got south of the mountains the roads deteriorated to the point where we were dodging broken surfaces, holes and dimples. Portugal has by far the best roads best signage and most rescue phones on motorways. Hardly any traffic at all on the Portuguese motorways it is what England must have been like in the sixties. Petrol prices are similar in England and France, they can be 30 cents a litre cheaper in Spain. Portugal has the highest petrol price at around 1.7€ per litre.Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Santarém, Santarem, Scalabis, Σανταρέμ, Сантарен

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