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Chapter 8 of the book

Camino Portugués Coastal from Baiona

Baiona gives you two days by the Atlantic before the route turns inland at Redondela and joins the Central Portugués. Fly into Porto, book beach-town hotels early for July and August, and budget a day for crossing Vigo.

79.4 mi127.8 km in total
7 or 9 dayswalking days, Classic or Gentle
10 to 12vacation days, door to door
15.7 milongest Classic day

Fly into: Porto. Getting there: Easy: train or bus from Porto to Vigo, then a 30-minute bus.

Book first: Barro and Nigrán, the overnight towns with the fewest beds on this route.

The Classic stage plan

Day From To Miles Km
1 Baiona Nigrán 5.6 9.0
2 Nigrán Vigo 11.1 17.9
3 Vigo Redondela 9.8 15.8
4 Redondela Pontevedra 11.3 18.2
5 Pontevedra Caldas de Reis 14.2 22.8
6 Caldas de Reis Padrón 11.7 18.8
7 Padrón Santiago 15.7 25.3
Total 79.4 127.8

Distances from the Xunta de Galicia. The book adds a Gentle plan , beds per town and booking advice.

Stage map of Camino Portugués Coastal from Baiona, day by day, with pilgrim beds in each town
Day by day, with the pilgrim beds listed in each overnight town. From the book.