We've made our plans

We will be setting off from Porto, Portugal, on Thursday, April 12, to begin our 150 mile walk to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. We've built in some rest days but otherwise will be walking between 6.5 to 19.5 miles each day.

Traditionally pilgrims walk the Camino carrying their belongings on their back and stay in pilgrim hostels at the end of each day. These hostels are dormitory style accommodations and first come first serve. If the hostel is full you have to walk to the next one.

We decided we wanted the assurance of a real bed each night. Our friends who previously walked the Camino Portugués used Follow the Camino, a Dublin based tour company.

The company books your rooms and schleps your bags. Although we might be pampered pilgrims we decided this was the best option for us.

Since Ian was born in Ireland, an Irish tour company seemed fitting so we decided to use them too. They were a great company to work with and we booked the following itinerary.

Date	Walk to	Miles
11-Apr-18	Arrive in Porto
12-Apr-18	Fajozes	15.5
13-Apr-18	Arcos	6.2
14-Apr-18	Barcelos	11.9
15-Apr-18	Barcelos	Rest Day
16-Apr-18	Ponte de Lima	19.5
17-Apr-18	Rubiaes	11.1
18-Apr-18	Tui	11.9
19-Apr-18	Tui	Rest Day
20-Apr-18	O Porrino	9.9
21-Apr-18	Arcade	13.7
22-Apr-18	Pontevedra	6.8
21-Apr-18	Pontevedra	Rest Day
24-Apr-18	Caldas de Reis	14.9
25-Apr-18	Padron	11.2
26-Apr-18	Padron	Rest Day
27-Apr-18	Santiago de Compostela	17.4