Portuguese Way
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The Portuguese Way (Portuguese: Caminho Português, Galician: Camiño Portugués, Spanish: Camino Portugués) is the collective name for the various routes of the Way of St. James from several places in Portugal to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain.
UnderstandThe Portuguese Way is the second most popular Camino route after the French Way and is generally rated as easier than the latter due to minimum elevation differences.
PrepareThe official start of the Portuguese Route is in Lisbon. However the portion from the Portuguese capital to Porto is not as much visited.
Get inThese are the airports from south to north along the route: Lisbon, Porto, Vigo and Santiago de Compostela.
WalkThe towns listed here are major checkpoints where pilgrims normally stop and are also referred to by most guide books.
Go nextThe Trilho das Areias goes from Lisbon along the coast to Porto. On the way you actually find more private rooms and dorms than on the Portuguese Way from Lisbon to Porto.
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