The Camino Portugués is the name of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage routes starting in Portugal. It begins at Porto or Lisbon. (I will start in Porto.) From Porto, along the Douro River, pilgrims travel north crossing the five main rivers – the Ave, Cáado, Neiva, Lima and Minho – before entering Spain and passing through Pontevedra on the way to Santiago de Compostela. It is 260 km long starting in Porto (without the Spiritual Variant). Wikipedia.
Spiritual Variant – I’ll walk this alternate route which adds another 73 km. The first two stages are done on foot crossing the region of O Salnés and the last stage is by boat from Vilanova de Arousa to Pontecesures. (santiagoways.com)
Stages
Porto – September 13: Arrive in Porto and spend two nights for rest and exploring before starting Stage One from Matosinhos.
Senda Litoral (Coastal Route) – Stage 1
The Coastal Way is sometimes referred to as the Senda Litoral, although this name is technically reserved for the sections of the route that strictly follow the coast. (Wise Pilgrim Guide)
Stage 01: Matosinhos to Vila do Conde – 23.0 km / 14.3 mi
Vila do Conde to Arcos – Taxi 12.1 km / 7.5 mi
Central Way – Stages 2 – 9
The Central Way continues due north from Porto up the center of Portugal.
Stage 02: Arcos to Barcelos – 20.6 km / 12.4 mi
Stage 03: Barcelos to Balugaes – 15.1 km / 9.3 mi
Stage 04: Balugaes to Ponte de Lima – 18.4 km / 11.4 mi
Stage 05: Ponte de Lima to Rubiaes – 17.9 km / 11.1 mi
Stage 06: Rubiaes to Tui – 19.5 km / 12.1 mi
Stage 07: Tui to Porrino – 17.0 km / 10.6 mi
Stage 08: Porrino to Rendondela – 15.7 km / 9.8 mi
Stage 09: Rendondela to Pontevedra – 19.5 / 12.1
Spiritual Variant – Stages 10 – 12
According to legend, Santiago the Apostle was beheaded on the orders of Herod Agrippa I in Jerusalem. The disciples who had followed him there stole his body and put him on a stone boat that had neither rudder or crew. They say it was the angels and the stars who guided the boat to the Galician coast. As is done on the last stage of the Spiritual Variant, the boat crossed the Arousa Estuary and the River Ulla, docking in Iria Flavia. A neighborhood in the present town of Padron. (Santiagoways.com)
Stage 10: Pontevedra to Armenteira – 23.0 km / 14.3 mi
Stage 11: Armenteira to Villanova de Arousa – 23.5 / 14.6 mi
Stage 12: Villanova de Arousa to Pontecesures (by boat) – 27.0 km / 16.8 mi
Central Way (The Spiritual Variant is an alternate route that reconnects to the Central Way)
Stage 13: Pontecesures to Padron – 2.2 km / 1.4 mi
Stage 14: Padron to Milladoiro – 19.7 km / 12.2 mi
Stage 15: Milladoiro to Santiago de Compostela – 7.4 km / 4.6 mi