The Portuguese Way (Portuguese: Caminho Português, Spanish: Camino Portugués) is the name of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage routes starting in Portugal. It begins at Porto or Lisbon. From Porto, along the Douro River, pilgrims travel north crossing the five main rivers—the Ave, Cávado, Neiva, Lima and Minho—before entering Spain and passing through Padron on the way to Santiago de Compostela.
The Portuguese way is the second most popular route after the French Way and the Portuguese coastal way is the seventh most popular route in Galicia, with 19.9% and 4.41%, respectively. The Portuguese way is 227 km long starting in Porto or 610 km long starting in Lisbon. The way from Porto was historically used by the local populations and by those who arrived in the local ports. In the contemporary period, most pilgrims are foreigners, and of the total number reaching Galicia between January 1 and October 6, 2017, only 4.27% were Portuguese. Roughly 30,000 pilgrims per year walk this path. It is growing in popularity, and 81,000 walked the Portuguese way in 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Portuguese_Way
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago
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I will be having a go at the self-supported FKT starting on the 29th of October. My attempt will be a continuous effort.
It would be possible to follow live here: https://maps.findmespot.com/s/SH5M
I will be attempting this record, starting on November 3rd, running as a continuous self-supported effort.
All runs will be tracked on Strava and uploaded each day. Will be using the route David has shared / followed.
Good luck to Hugo, who seems to be midway through his attempt as I type!
Irei realizar este precurso no dia 31 de Agosto pelas 19h a sair da Sé do Porto. Irá ser feito em auto-suficiência e sozinho.
Até já! 🙌😁
I will be attempting this record, starting on 19.January 2025, running as a continuous self-supported effort.
I will track all runs on Strava and uploaded each day. Will be using the route Harry has shared / followed.
You can follow me also on Instagram on this time @nico.endurance
Best regards
Nico
Did you try it? 😉
I’m considering an attempt on the Portuguese CdS next week. Originally I had my eye on the Central Route (which everybody else here has taken) — however, it appears that wildfire is going to make that dangerous/difficult/impossible.
I’m now looking at the Coastal Route, which has the option of a boat crossing at the border of Portugal/Spain to follow the Coastal Route proper, or a marked Camino trail link up that meets the Central Route at the border. Both options follow official Camino trails, however the latter is only on foot.
I’m yet to decide which is better — follow the entire coastal route (with boat) or make the entire journey on foot.
If anybody has a perspective I’d be grateful to hear it.
— LL
Coastal one 280 km and proper will be crossing the bridge as the ferry from caminha for me it’s not aceptable because was not in use a ferry in that time. But it’s a personal opinion
I thought so to do it next year but I did many small parts of it