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Porto → Santiago de Compostela · 12 stages · 273 km
The coastal Camino Portugués follows the Atlantic from Porto to Caminha, crosses the Minho by boat to A Guarda and hugs the Galician coast through Baiona and Vigo until it joins the central route at Redondela.
| Stage | km | Ascent | Descent | Time | Villages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto → Vila do Conde | 27.5 | 169 m | 244 m | 7 h | Matosinhos · Angeiras |
| 2 | Vila do Conde → Esposende | 24.1 | 46 m | 59 m | 5 h 45 min | Póvoa de Varzim · Apúlia |
| 3 | Esposende → Viana do Castelo | 24.9 | 110 m | 105 m | 6 h 15 min | Marinhas · Castelo do Neiva · Anha |
| 4 | Viana do Castelo → Caminha | 27.1 | 15 m | 20 m | 6 h 30 min | Areosa · Carreço · Afife · Vila Praia de Âncora |
| 5 | Caminha → Mougás | 24.4 | 236 m | 211 m | 6 h 15 min | A Guarda · Oia |
| 6 | Mougás → A Ramallosa | 18.2 | 289 m | 312 m | 5 h | Baiona |
| 7 | A Ramallosa → Vigo | 19.7 | 402 m | 336 m | 5 h 30 min | Nigrán |
| 8 | Vigo → Redondela | 17.8 | 200 m | 214 m | 4 h 45 min | Chapela |
| 9 | Redondela → Pontevedra | 20.7 | 314 m | 357 m | 5 h 30 min | |
| 10 | Pontevedra → Caldas de Reis | 23.6 | 208 m | 188 m | 6 h | |
| 11 | Caldas de Reis → Padrón | 20.3 | 193 m | 209 m | 5 h 15 min | |
| 12 | Padrón → Santiago de Compostela | 24.9 | 250 m | 0 m | 6 h 30 min |
April to October. The north wind in summer is fresh; winter brings storms.
Porto has an airport and trains. To start in Galicia, A Guarda and Baiona have buses from Vigo.
From Baiona or A Guarda you exceed 100 km. Careful: from Vigo it is under 100.
The Minho crossing depends on the tide and the boatman’s timetable; check the day before. Alternative: the Valença bridge on the central route.