Camino Portugues Coastal | Day 1
Porto to Labruge, 26.46 km
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Good morning on day one of the Camino Portugues. A twelve-day pilgrimage from Porto to Santiago on the Coastal route.
I woke up this morning at 5:30 am and was out the door by seven. A quick breakfast and I was following the Douro river down to its inevitable crash with the Atlantic Ocean. A spectacle in full display at the Felgueiras Lighthouse.
Matosinhos beach is the first of many to come along the trip. Modern, massive and with a historic fort. The sea was angry just how the surfers like it.
It was 11:23 am and a cool 15c, and after a quick break at a local garden, I crossed the Ponte movil to the quite beachfront neighborhood of Leça da Palmeira. A mere 4km away, you can find the famous 1926 Lighthouse of Boa Nova. At 46 meters tall it’s one of Portugal’s tallest.
I had lunch at a grassy field with the unexpected company of two pilgrims I will come to see a few more times along the way. The panoramic views from the stone marker at Boa Nova chapel were breathtaking, or was it the oil refinery in the distance?
The wooden walkway was a surprising addition to an almost perfect day. A snack with a great view and a couple of charming fishing villages here and there and I was at the albergue in Labruge around 5 pm.
The one-kilometer walk down to the beach to witness my first sunset on the Camino Portugal was worth enduring the cold and the unpredictable strong gusts of wind.
But then it was time to enjoy a delicious meal at a pizza restaurant. What a better way to end a perfect day on the Camino?
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Daily Cost Breakdown
€03.00 Breakfast
€00.80 Snack
€01.75 Snack
€10.00 Albergue
€25.00 Dinner
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€40.55 Total
Accommodations:
Albergue de Peregrinos do Porto
+351 220 140 515
+351 912 591 321
Rua Barão de Forrester, 954
Albergue Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Vilar
+351 226 05 60 00
+351 910 27 49 82
C. Arcediago Van Zeller, 50
Pousada de Juventude de Porto
+351 226 17 72 57
+351 226 16 30 59
+351 925 66 49 83
C. Paulo da Gama, 551
microsites.juventude.gov.pt
Porto Downtown Hostel
+351 222 01 80 94
Pl. Guilherme Gomes Fernandes, 66-1º
Porto Lounge Hostel
+351 222 08 51 96
Rua do Almada, 317
portoloungehostel.com
Being Porto Hostel
+351 222 011 977
Rua de Belomonte, 13
beingportohostel.com
Foz do Douro
Residencial Portofoz
+351 226 172 357
Rua do Farol, 155 3º
Hotel Boa-Vista
+351 225 320 020
Esplanada do Castelo, 58
Casa das Laranjas
+351 965 445 624
Travessa das Laranjeiras, 33
Suites Foz O Porto
+351 917 550 670
Jardim Antero de Figueiredo, 42
Apartamento da Foz
Rua da Senhora da Luz, 85
Agra Traditional Houses
Rua da Agra, 54
Hostel Fishtail
+351 229 380 345
Rua do Godinho, 224
Pensão Central
+351 229 380 664
Rua Brito Capelo, 599
O Valentim Hotel
+351 224 053 781
+351 961 030 593
Rua Gago Coutinho, 11
ovalentim.com
Pensão Leão de Ouro
+351 229 380 673
Rua Conde São Salvador, 162 1ª
leaodeouro.com
Residencial D'el Rei
+351 229 372 914
Rua Brito Capelo, 843
Leça da Palmeira
Residencial Luso-Brasileira
+351 229 953 860
Rua Dr. Augusto Cardia Pires, 57
Holiday Inn Express Porto Exponor
+351 229 995 400
Av. Dr. António Macedo, 163
TRYP Porto Expo Hotel
+351 229 990 000
Rotunda da Exponor, s/n
Aldeia Nova
Casa Velha
+351 965 072 203
Rua de Almeiriga Norte, 2510
B&B Casarao Paraiso
+351 933 446 305
Rua de Almeiriga Norte, 2694
B&B Caravela
Rua de Almeiriga Norte, 2764
Camping Orbitur
+351 229 270 571
Rua de Angeiras, 1262
orbitur.com
Apartment Beach Lavra Porto
+351 912 702 409
Rua Fernando José Oliveira Maia, 86 R/C Esq
Albergue de peregrinos São Tiago de Labruge
+351 229 284 686
+351 961 180 256
Rua de Labruge, 1720
Casa da Praia Guest House
+351 910 894 591
Av. da Liberdade, 439