Camino Portuguese - Senda Litoral & Variante Espiritual

[@ciclocidade8937]

I love the video, congrats from Brazil. Here we ahve a beautiful Camino, Caminho da fé, you should try it.

[@evaianev]

Thank you! And thank you for the recommendation. I didn't know about it, I'll put it on the list!

[@anxomillaraveiga9404]

beautiful places

[@shu-chinwu6758]

I love the way you took your time to enjoy the beaches, churches, towns and places along the time. It is very different from others. This style gives me a lot of encouragement to do this route also.
Would you mind sharing where you stay along the way and the recommendations. Thanks.

[@evaianev]

I would encourage you to do this route - it is not too challenging, it's beautiful, it's longer than the Central Portuguese route (we estimate we've walked about 350 km with a detour through the Variante Espiritual). Note that we intentionally stretched it over five more days that are strictly needed, so that we can enjoy the views, start late in the morning, have a rest day in Pontevedra, etc. While our average mileage was about 18 km per day, some stages were just 12 km, others - over 25 km.
Here are the places we stayed in - some were brilliant, some just OK, and there were a couple of disappointing ones too. We didn't stay in albergues though (with just two exceptions), as I need my own room and bathroom. I pre-booked via Booking and AirBnB.
Matosinhos - Harbour Inn Design Townhouse (recommend)
Mindelo - ON THE WAY - Mindelo Beach/Guest House (highly recommend)
Apúlia - Casa do Vale (OK)
Antas - Antas Guest House (recommend)
Viana do Castello - A Botoeira da Praça guest house (OK)
Vila Praia de Âncora - Albergaria Quim Barreiros (recommend)
A Guarda - Hotel Monumento Convento de San Benito (highly recommend)
Oia - Casa Toñi (OK)
Baiona - Pazo de Mendoza (highly recommend)
Nigran - Hostal Montevideo (NO!)
Vigo - Exe Vigo (highly recommend)
Redondella - Pilgrim Rooms (OK)
Pontevedra - Apt Pleno Centro Entrada Casco Antiguo (recommend)
Armenteira - Villa Laredo (OK)
Vilanova de Arousa - Arco da Vella apartamentos (recommend)
Padron - Hostel & Rooms Murgadan (NO)
Milladoiro - Casa Rural as Bentinas (recommend)
I hope that helps. Buen Camino!

[@evaianev]

@martiposchek5266
From Baiona we walked through San Pedro de Ramallosa, Praia America, Nigran, Praia de Patos and Plaia de Samil towards Vigo.

[@margoyoung5658]

Wonderful. And no talking

[@evaianev]

😆 A picture says a thousand stories ...

[@anxomillaraveiga9404]

very complete repor

[@joaquinmadrid3642]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. By the way, I like the image quality of your video. What equipment did you used? Any filters? Thanks again!

[@evaianev]

Hi! Glad you liked it. We shot on our iPhones (13 Pro), but we used a Black Magic camera app (free) and the footage was later edited in DaVinci Resolve, with colour grading + a film look applied. I hope that helps :)

[@TomCole-qg1ti]

What time of year did you do this?

[@evaianev]

Just last month - from 29 April till 17 May. We weren't lucky with the weather - there was so much rain (way more than shown in the video) and it was unseasonably cold most of the time. Of 19 days on the road we had about 5 days without rain, and quite a few when it did rain all day.