Camino Portugués
Lisbon, Santarém, Tomar, Ansião, Coimbra, Oporto, São Pedro de Rates, Barcelos, Ponte de Lima, Redondela, Santiago de Compostela; Oporto, Braga, Ponte de Lima; Barcelos, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Vigo
Camino Portugués/Caminho Português is a generic term for various routes from Portugal.
The main route Lisbon-Santarém-Tomar-Coimbra-Porto-Barcelos-Tuy-Santiago is now complete. Called the Caminho Português Central or Camino Central Portugués, a guide in either Castilian or Portuguese is available for download from the website of the Galician Amigos. See website of Associação dos Amigos do Caminho de Santiago do Norte de Portugal (Porto/Maia) for detailed mapping of the route between Lisbon and Porto.
Between Lisbon and Santarém, and between Ansião and Porto, this route is coincident with the routes to Fátima being developed by the Centro Nacional de Cultura, and marked with blue arrows in the direction of Fátima and yellow in the direction of Santiago. So, between Santarém and Ansião, pilgrims have a choice between a blue/yellow route via Fátima and a yellow route via Tomar.
From Porto, the Amigos in northern Portugal have created 2 routes to Ponte de Lima and on to the border at Valença de Minho, the Central one via Barcelos (126km), and a variant via Braga, called the Caminho Português do Interior (140km). For an outline of these, see the site of the Associação dos Amigos do Caminho de Santiago do Norte de Portugal (Porto/Maia); for more detailed maps, description and photos of the main route, see the site of the Associação dos Amigos do Caminho Português de Santiago (Ponte de Lima). There is further information on the stretch in Paredes de Coura on the website of the Camara Municipal.
These routes continue on as the Camino Portugués from Tuy via Pontevedra and Padrón to Santiago (97km); see guide on Mundicamino.
See separate page for the Camino Portugués de la Costa
In addition, another route, the Caminho Português do Norte/Camino Portugués del Norte, runs from Barcelos via Lanheses to the Minho at Vila Nova de Cerveira, continuing on to Gondomar and the coastal route at Vigo. A guide is produced by the Asociación Amigos de los Pazos.
Confraternity of St James produces English: guide | factsheet
Detailed mapping for sections (compare with list above):
- Lisbon-Santiago de Compostela
| km | cumul km | view on map | ||
| Lisbon-Santarem | 93.94 | 93.94 | ||
| Santarem-Tomar | 62.80 | 156.74 | ||
| Tomar-Ansiao | 47.10 | 203.84 | ||
| Ansiao-Coimbra | 44.93 | 248.77 | ||
| Coimbra-Porto | 136.77 | 385.54 | ||
| Porto-Valenca | 122.71 | 508.25 | ||
| tui_oporriño | 16.98 | 525.23 | ||
| oporriño_redondela | 15.93 | 541.16 | ||
| redondela_pontevedra | 20.30 | 561.46 | ||
| pontevedra_caldasdereis | 20.77 | 582.23 | ||
| caldasdereis_padrón | 18.17 | 600.40 | ||
| padrón_santiago | 23.50 | 623.90 |
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