Portuguese Pilgrim's Route to Santiago de Compostela
The Portuguese Camino de Santiago de Compostela is the second most popular variant of the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela after the Camino Francés. Nevertheless, the Caminho Português is still a largely unknown route, where the pilgrimage is less established than in the Meseta of Castile. This is certainly due to the fact that there are no pilgrims' hostels along most of the routes - from Lisbon to Porto. Here the pilgrim is dependent on hotels, guesthouses or camping sites. The route begins in Lisbon and initially follows the largest river on the Iberian Peninsula, the Rio Tejo, upstream via Santarém to Vila Nova de Barquinha. Here we leave the river and continue our walk to Tomar. We cross the southern foothills of the Serra da Estrela and reach the old university town of Coimbra. From here we continue through undulating hills and many small towns and villages to Porto. Via Barcelos and Ponte de Lima, we finally reach the Portuguese-Spanish border at Valença. The first
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