After our first and very successful foray into all things Camino at Easter time, we were seriously hungry for more..... Pretty much as soon as we got home we started to look into the coastal camino and how we could set about walking the parts we felt we had missed out on. This would mean starting at the handsome seafaring town Vila do Conde where the Central and Coastal routes diverge – which would be far from a hardship.... We had a bit of leave due to us in August and figur

The first 24 hours So, this time it's the fishermans trail on the western cost of Portugal. Noted for excellent, unspoilt views of the...

Prior to reading Kevin Gould’s article in the Guardian , sometime during lockdown #1, which described Olhão as “a whitewashed village...

This guest blog comes from my cousins wife Rosie, after having a long and happy relationship with this area. They have often shared many special memories of fun filled family holidays, relationships with super friendly local businesses and so agreed to put this together for us. If you have a favourite place or cuisine please do get in touch – we would love to hear from you! We were fortunate enough to schedule in an out of season trip to Lagos to celebrate some overdue birthd

Starting our Camino de Santiago walk from the impressive Sé Cathedral was the perfect excuse to spend a couple of days in our favourite...

The famous Camino de Santiago (the way of St James) walking trail is something we've been aware of and talked about for a long time. Following two years of uncertainty and dreaming of new adventures, we decided that now was the time to take action. We had a look at various routes and decided to follow the Portuguese camino as we were really interested in exploring more of northern Portugal and Galicia in Spain. Having done more reading than walking, we plan to set off from o