THE CAMINO PORTUGUÉS
FROM LISBON AND PORTO TO SANTIAGO – CENTRAL, COASTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAMINOS
by Kat Davis
JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS,
OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL
About the Author
Originally from Melbourne, after graduating from university, Kat moved to Japan. Working as an adventure tour guide in Japan helped Kat develop her skills to seek out the local hotspots and also develop a love for hiking. ‘A wise man climbs Mt Fuji, a fool climbs it twice’ is a popular Japanese saying – so Kat climbed it seven times. From Japan to Canada to London where Kat is now based, she quit her office job in 2013 to walk the Camino de Santiago and has never looked back. She has since completed multiple Caminos and walked over 10,000km in Spain, Portugal, England, Italy, Japan and America, including the 4240km Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. Kat is happiest hiking and discovering local foods, and ate more than 100 pastel de natas in the making of this guide.
© Kat Davis 2018
First edition 2018 Reprinted 2019 (with updates)
ISBN: 978 1 85284 932 0
Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.
Contains OpenStreetMap.org data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA. NASA relief data courtesy of ESRI
Updates to this guide
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Front cover: top left and bottom right – Central and Coastal Camino waymarks; top right – St James tile painting on a wayside shrine; bottom left – mosaic at the Roman Villa in Rabaçal; middle – Santiago Cathedral; others – Portuguese tiles along the Camino
CONTENTS
St James and the beginnings of Santiago de Compostela
Portuguese history and the Camino
Getting there and getting away
Stage 2 Alpriate to Vila Franca de Xira
Stage 3 Vila Franca de Xira to Azambuja
Stage 5 Santarém to Golegã
Stage 6 Golegã to Tomar
Stage 7 Tomar to Alvaiázere
Stage 8 Alvaiázere to Rabaçal
Stage 9 Rabaçal to Coimbra
Stage 10 Coimbra to Sernadelo
Stage 11 Sernadelo to Águeda
Stage 12 Águeda to Albergaria-a-Velha
Stage 13 Albergaria-a-Velha to São João da Madeira
Stage 14 São João da Madeira to Grijó
Stage 15 Grijó to Porto
Stage 16 Porto to Vairão