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Camino Portugués

Camino Portugués

Por el interior, entre viñedos de vinho verde, cruceiros y las villas medievales de Barcelos y Ponte de Lima.

241,0 km Distance 11 Stages +3.970 m Ascent Porto Starting point

Variants Portugués Central 241 km Portugués de la Costa 277 km

The route

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The climb, stage by stage

Bar chart: 11 stages, 3.970 m of climbing in total. The stage that climbs most gains 560 m.

+3.970 m −3.800 m

1. Porto → Vairão, 26,6 km, Ascent 320 m 2. Vairão → Barcelos, 27,9 km, Ascent 420 m 3. Barcelos → Ponte de Lima, 33,5 km, Ascent 540 m 4. Ponte de Lima → Rubiães, 17,9 km, Ascent 560 m 5. Rubiães → Tui, 19,4 km, Ascent 230 m 6. Tui → Porriño, 16,5 km, Ascent 180 m 7. Porriño → Redondela, 15,5 km, Ascent 330 m 8. Redondela → Pontevedra, 19,4 km, Ascent 390 m 9. Pontevedra → Caldas de Reis, 21,4 km, Ascent 330 m 10. Caldas de Reis → Padrón, 18,6 km, Ascent 270 m 11. Padrón → Santiago de Compostela, 24,3 km, Ascent 400 m

Porto 241 km Santiago de Compostela

Each bar is as wide as its stage is long and as tall as the metres it climbs. The dark ones climb more than 25 m per kilometre. Open a stage by clicking its bar.

The hardest days

4 Ponte de Lima → Rubiães +560 m · 31 m per km
7 Porriño → Redondela +330 m · 21 m per km
8 Redondela → Pontevedra +390 m · 20 m per km

The stages

1 Porto → Vairão +320 m / −260 m Demanding 26,6 km 2 Vairão → Barcelos +420 m / −410 m Demanding 27,9 km 3 Barcelos → Ponte de Lima +540 m / −520 m Hard 33,5 km 4 Ponte de Lima → Rubiães +560 m / −390 m Gentle 17,9 km 5 Rubiães → Tui +230 m / −420 m Gentle 19,4 km 6 Tui → Porriño +180 m / −170 m Gentle 16,5 km 7 Porriño → Redondela +330 m / −340 m Gentle 15,5 km 8 Redondela → Pontevedra +390 m / −390 m Gentle 19,4 km 9 Pontevedra → Caldas de Reis +330 m / −300 m Gentle 21,4 km 10 Caldas de Reis → Padrón +270 m / −300 m Gentle 18,6 km 11 Padrón → Santiago de Compostela +400 m / −300 m Demanding 24,3 km

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Seis Caminos de Santiago

The website and app of the Camino Portugués

Everything you need for the Camino Portugués, in Seis Caminos de Santiago: website and app in 18 languages with 100 features, 85 of them free.

Questions about the Camino Portugués

Where do I get stamped on the Camino Portugués?

In hostels, bars, parishes, town halls and tourist offices along the Camino Portugués. In Seis Caminos de Santiago every venue has a sticker with a code: point your phone at it and the stamp goes into your digital credential and your parchment.

How do I prove I walked the Camino Portugués?

With the stamped credential: the Pilgrim's Office in Santiago issues the Compostela if you walked at least the last 100 km (200 by bike) with two stamps a day on that stretch. Seis Caminos de Santiago adds the parchment, which proves with the app's stamps that you walked the whole Camino Portugués.

How many stages does the Camino Portugués have?

The Camino Portugués has 11 stages and 241 km. Seis Caminos de Santiago has them all, with their profile, their hostels and their stretches without water or food.

Where can I see all the hostels of the Camino Portugués?

Seis Caminos de Santiago lists every hostel, bar and restaurant of the Camino Portugués, stage by stage, with opening times, prices, free beds and reviews.

Which app should I use for the Camino Portugués?

Seis Caminos de Santiago is the website and app of the Camino Portugués: it opens in the browser and installs on the phone, in 18 languages, with 100 features, 85 of them free.