All about our pilgrimage backpacking the Camino de Portuguese from Porto, Portugal to Santiago de Compostela, Spain in June of 2026.
Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from A Picaraña to Santiago de Compostela | Finishing the Camino de Portuguese | A Day in Santiago de Compostela | June 2026 We awoke today with a renewed feeling of excitement and energy, as today would be our last day on the Camino de Portuguese. After spending 2 weeks…
Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from Pontecesures to A Picaraña | Hiking Monte da Grela | June 2026 Today was our second to last day on the trail, the day before we would finish in Santiago. It already felt different than the other days in several ways, which made the reality that we were almost…
Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from Briallos to Pontecesures | June 2026 After our rejuvenating night in Briallos, we rose early, quietly packed up, and set off on the road leading back to the Camino. Today we would be walking 20 kilometers to the town of Pontecesures, which we were pronouncing “Ponte-saurus” as if it…
Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from Pontevedra to Briallos, Spain | June 2026 In a few of the previous posts, I’ve touched on one of the only negative sides we had been experiencing on our Camino, which was dealing with inconsiderate other pilgrims in the public Albergues, specifically within the last 100km of the trail…
Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from Redondela to Pontevedra, Spain | June 2026 Today’s stretch of trail was definitely one of the best out of our entire hike, and after spending the last couple days missing Portugal, this section gave us a new appreciation for the beauty of Spain! We woke up before dawn thanks…
Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from O Porriño to Redondela, Spain | Festa da Coca | June 2026 Despite the time change when crossing from Portugal to Spain and the fact that the sun wouldn’t rise until almost 7, people still began rising and shuffling around in the dorm room around 5, and rather than…