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The Camino Portugués de la Vía de la Plata SEARCH A route, first waymarked in 2000, which deviates from the main Via de la Plata in Zamora to lead west via San Pedro de la Nave and Alcañices, crosses the border into and continues via Bragança, Vinhais and Segirei before going back into to join up with the southern route through in Verín. From there the pilgrim continues on via LATEST NEWS and to and then, together with pilgrims coming via Puebla de and A Gudiña, to Santiago. Christmas & New Year The Route. 198 km long from Zamora to Verín, with 184 km more to Santiago (say 380 km in total). 18 km shorter than Greetings the option via . Calling all CSJ members! AGM Waymarking. Generally well-waymarked throughout, with the yellow arrows familiar to those who have already Workshop & walked the Camino francés . The Fundación Ramos de Castro has also placed terracotta information plaques in every Performance – town and village along the way from Zamora up to and including Bragança, plus one in Vinhais, informing the pilgrim Saturday 23rd January (and local residents) of features of this camino in that area, as well as, more recently, large marker stones at main 2016 turning points. Castle Cary, Somerset – Saturday 16 January Terrain. Not particularly demanding as far as Alcañices (though the route is gently but almost continuously uphill from 2016 at 6.30pm Zamora onwards) but once the pilgrim crosses the border into Portugual and into the mountainous Parque Naturel de “Walking the Camino: Montesinho it becomes extremely strenuous. This continues until the Camino reenters Spain, after which it becomes Six Ways To Santiago” flatter as far as Ourense. Hackney Picturehouse Weather/When to go. Avoid July and August but otherwise the route is normally practicable throughout the year. – Monday 11 January March-May and September-October are recommended but later in the year it can be very foggy. 2016 at 6pm “Walking the Camino: Six Ways What to see. 22 Romanesque churches in Zamora, Visigothic church of San Pedro de la Nave, Gothic wall paintings in To Santiago” church in , Cidadela (fortess town) in Bragança, many smaller churches and interesting vemacular See all news architecture.

Accommodation. Hostales , pensiones or casas rurales in most places of any size. Refugios in Zamora, Fonfría, SIGN UP FOR CSJ EMAIL Alcañices, Quintanilha, Verín, Alberellos de Monterrei, Viladerei/ (in preparation), Sandías, Ourense (and UPDATES thereafter to Santiago) plus R&F (roof and floor) facilities in Valdeperdices and Edral, thus making it possible to walk this route without doing more than 25km a day. We can let you know about CSJ events and Distinctive features of the route/General. An extremely solitary route at present, with few pilgrims and terrain that is meetings about the only sparsely inhabited. On several parts of the route in the province of Zamora and in the section through Portugal camino from time to pilgrims will not encounter villages with facilities of any kind all day long so well-organised daily planning is needed. time. However, despite its physical difficulties this is a very interesting camino and recommended to anyone who has already walked from Seville or other places futher south and is already fit. Email Address*

Guide books First Name* * Camino Portugués de la Via d la Plata , Alfonso Ramos de Castro, Zamora: Fundación Ramos de Castro, 2002. A very brief, useful guide to the route with clear but small-scale maps, though this is no longer readily available. * Vía de la Plata, C: Zamora-Braganza-Santiago (Pilgrim Guides to Spain #2), by Alison Raju, Confraternity of St Last Name* James, 2005. Detailed route-finding descriptions as well as information on places of interest, accommodation and services. For copyright reasons no detailed maps can be provided. A second, updated and enlarged edition is in preparation. Available in our Bookshop. * = required field

However, the main tourist office in Zamora (Oficina Regional de Turismo at Avenida Principe de 1, website Preferred Format here for opening times, phone number and email) has detailed information, much of it in English as well, on the route in HTML that province plus briefer material on the rest of this camino . Text

Cyclists. Much of the route is accessible to very fit, energetic mountain bikers though there are sections where the cycling pilgrim will need to dismount and push his/her machine up steep hills. Touring bikes will have to stick to the roads. powered by MailChimp !

Language. Pilgrims without a reasonable command of Spanish and Portuguese will find this route difficult. Please see our FAQ Do I need to speak Spanish or French? for suggested ways of learning. Find your pilgrim guide in our bookshop Thanks to Alison Raju. June 2011.

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