Today we headed east to visit the Cathedral at Santiago de Compestela. We were aware that many thousands of pilgrims and hikers make the pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago, along various routes to visit the remains of St. James believed to be buried here. The BBC recently highlighted the Camino in the series Pilgrimage: The Road To Santiago.
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Today, we continued our trek northward and back into Spain.
The route was of approximately 270km on toll motorways passing near Braga, Vigo, and Pontevedra, places we will have to visit on another trip.
Our rough plan is still to visit Scandinavia this summer so we need to press on north a bit.
We were heading for Camping Ancoradoiro, in Galicia.
Towing Kilometres – Today: 267 Cumulative: 13,404
The campsite is about 100 metres from an excellent white sand beach and would serve as a base to visit Santiago De Compostela and spend some R&R time on the sand.
Our journey today continued north toward Parque de Campismo Sol de Vila Chã, our chosen base for visiting Porto.
This trip involved a 235km tow mostly on fine two lane motorway toll roads. The last 3 kilometres, however, were on very rough cobbled streets where I feared for the integrity of the caravan and its’ contents even at less than 20km per hour.
Today we moved further up the coast to Campsite Vale Paraíso Natur Park which will be our base to visit the nearby fishing village of Nazaré, and the walled town of Óbidos.
The route was approximately 140km and we chose to avoid the toll roads which meant we passed through some nice looking villages. This required navigating some narrow streets and tight turns at times, but we arrived without incident.
Towing Kilometres – Today: 135 Cumulative: 12,902
Today we packed up our gear and got ready to tow the 215km route onward to Lisbon.
Towing Kilometres – Today: 215 Cumulative: 12,767