Walking the Way: Camino Portuguese
May 17-31/2026
with Julio Cochoy & Doris Kizinna
Cost: $3850 CAD Shared $4650 Single Accommodation CAD (includes tax)
The Portugese Way from Porto, Portugal to Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Experience a pilgrimage.
For more than a thousand years, pilgrims have walked to the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela where the remains of St. James, one of Jesus’ apostles are buried. Pilgrims have followed many routes, the most popular one being over Northern Spain on the French Way. To this day, pilgrims from around the world continue to make this journey following many different routes, each person walking for their own reasons. Maybe for you it’s a spiritual journey, a chance to get away from life and reflect. Maybe this will be a chance to challenge yourself physically and mentally and to walk with other pilgrims sharing the experience together. Maybe it’s a chance to be in nature walking through the beautiful countryside, along ocean beaches and ancient villages of northern Portugal and Spain. Your challenge and purpose await you on this journey. This year we will undertake our second Portuguese Way.
Consider this journey along the most northern coast of Portugal, up the coast of Spain and the final few days walking through the Spanish Countryside as we near Santiago de Compostela. We will walk a total of 230-250 kms. You may choose to walk each day alone or with others you meet along the way or with members of our group or a mix. We’ll gather together in the evenings for dinner and community, sharing stories of our experiences on the Camino and if you wish some of the incredible wine of the region. All accommodation will be booked for you and if you wish a support vehicle will carry your bag for you. We’ll stay in comfortable guesthouses and hotels along the way. Your guides will be waiting in the community we will stay in to guide you to the accommodation. We’ll build a community of Pilgrims sharing the journey together.
Cost: $3850 CAD Shared $4650 Single Accommodation CAD (includes tax) Tour includes all accommodation, all breakfasts and dinners, all group transport excluding personal taxi’s if needed on the way, all bag transport, guide support during the journey facilitating group meetings and logistics, gst, and alcohol at dinner. Lunches are your own responsibility during your days of walking as is your flight, airport transfers arriving and departing. We can share recommended flights to help you get to Santiago from your departure point.
Walking the Way Itinerary 2025
Gather in Porto and Walk from Capo Sante Andres to Santiago de Compostela along the Camino de Costa Senda Litoral route.
Portuguese Way Camino 2025
Sat, May 16: Arrive in Porto, overnight and meals on your own. Gather for happy hour.
Sun, May 17: Official beginning of the tour. Meet at our hotel and drive to Cabo Santo Andre (40 km drive) in our van shuttle. Begin the walk to Esposende 17 km. Lunch on your own. Dinner together and overnight in Esposende. Hotel Sauve Mar www.suavemar.com
Mon, May 18: Breakfast together. Marinhas to Viana do Castelo 23 km. Lunch on your own. Dinner together and overnight in Viana do Castelo. Hotel AP Dona Aninhas https://www.ap-hotelsresorts.com/donaaninhas
Tues, May 19: Breakfast together. Viana do Castelo to Ancora 19 km. Lunch on your own. Dinner together and overnight in Ancora. Hotel Albergaria Quim Barreiros Vila Praia de Âncora. Hotel right on the beach. https://www.albergariaquimbarreiros.pt/
Wed, May 20: Breakfast together. Ancora to Portecelo 18 km. Once we get to Caminha (8.7 km) we will meet in Caminha and together we will take the little boat to Spain. Lunch on your own. Dinner together and overnight at CASA MAR DA LAXE, fabulous guesthouse on the ocean, POOL.
Thurs, May 21: Breakfast together. Sleep in! Shorter day walk, enjoy house in the morning. Portocela to Oserallo 11 km. Lunch on your own. Interesting stop enroute is the Monastery de Oia from the 11th century https://www.mosteirodeoia.com/ Meet at Hotel and dinner together and overnight in Hotel Restaurante Glasgow, Villadesuso. https://hglasgow.com/
Fri, May 22: Breakfast together. Oserallo to Nigran 21.5 km. Lunch on your own. Dinner together and overnight in Nigran at Patos Beach. Hostal Montevideo on the beach. https://hostalmontevideo.com/
Sat, May 23: Breakfast together. Nigran to Vigo 21.9 km. Lunch on your own. Dinner together and overnight at Hotel Atlantico. https://www.hotelatlanticovigo.com/en/
Sun, May 24: Breakfast at hotel. Day off in Vigo to explore the city and enjoy a break. We will give you some options for interesting sites to visit and a spa option during the day. Dinner together and overnight at Hotel Atlantico.
Mon, May 25: Breakfast together at hotel. Shorter day! Vigo to Redondela 14.7 km. Sendo Litoral Route ends and we begin the Central Route. Lunch on your own. Dinner together and overnight Redondela. Hotel: tba.
Tues, May 26: Breakfast together. Redondela to Pontevedra, Starting on the Central Route 19.6 km. Lunch on your own. Dinner together and overnight in Pontevedra. Hotel: tba.
Wed, May 27: Breakfast together! Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis 22.2 km Dinner together and overnight in Pontevedra. Hotel: tba.
Thurs, May 28: Breakfast together. Caldas de Reis to Padron 19.1 km Dinner together and overnight in Padron. Hotel: tba.
Fri, May 29: Breakfast together. Our final and very long walking day! Padron to Santiago 25.6 km Meet a few km’s from the cathedral in Santiago. Celebration and finish! Dinner together and overnight at La Fonte Das Hortas https://afontedashortas.com/
Sat, May 30: Breakfast at our house. Santiago Rest Day: Optional mass in the cathedral at 12 pm. Line up for seats at 1045 am. Lunch on your own. Closing dinner and celebration in the garden of the house we are staying in. Overnight in Santiago.
Sun, May 31: Breakfast together. Flights home. Thank you for walking the Way!
The Way
This parade of sacrifice; such an offering.
Beauty laid out in homage.
Beautiful feet over and over blessing the earth.
Tears watering ancient soil; each tree teaching.
The journey unimaginably long; laid out under the milky way.
Human connection as it could be; open hearts littering the Way.
Walking in the steps of Saints and Bodhisattvas, I bow down.
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Video of the Pilgrim’s Mass in the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela
