Camino Portugués
26.8 km, 43 m up and 45 m down, through 4 places. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Parque das Nações. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.
Well marked but not much to look at, the camino turns inland at Sacavém. The park ends in a parking lot and follows a wide joggers path along the canal.You will follow this canal inland, around a heavily developed hillside along the Rio Trancao, and then back to the Rio Tajo near Póvoa.
NEW RIVER WALK: Where the camino meets the river in Sacavém a new river walk has opened which bypasses Alpriate altogether. Here is a breakdown of services and landmarks along the way:0-5: Wooden pier5.4: Exit to train station Santa Iria & grocery/restaurants6.1: End wooden pier, start of asphalt path8: Exit to train station Povoa & grocery/restaurants9.6: Praia do Pescadores, "Riverside Lounge Bar"9.7: Start wooden pier10.5: End wooden pier10.6: Camino through reed12.3: Reunification with old camino13.8: Train station Alverca, all services
A large town that the camino tries, with limited success, to avoid. Services are available but stay close to the arrows — they're difficult enough to find without wandering off track. The river walk from Sacavem passes t…
When approaching Alverca, keep an eye out for the Air Museum on your right-hand side. Opposite it is the pedestrian bridge over the railway that you will need to cross over into town. Follow the arrows and Fatima signs and to the N10. It is a busy road but with wide berms.
The expectation is that you walk on the left side of the road, against oncoming traffic. For this reason, the arrows are more abundant and easier to see from the left side of the road. Keep an eye out for them on traffic and electric posts.
A new pedestrian path in Alhandra has replaced the camino proper, but some arrows and signs remain along the N10. These should be ignored in favor of the river path.To get there turn right off the N10 and head into town. The path is easy enough to find at the end of town, and it follows the water to Vila Franca de Xira. Blue and Yellow arrows indicate the way.The pedestrian path keeps along the Rio Tejo into Vila Franca de Xira. The bright yellow bull ring tells you that you have arrived. Unless you need to enter the town, keep along the path. Otherwise, yellow arrows at the bull ring will guide you into and then back out of town to rejoin the path.
The camino goes through the municipal gardens and then under the N10. From this point, the new camino might get confused with the old route. Shortly after the camino passes under the N10, it passes a small factory and then turns right. By turning right the camino continues along a much quieter and safer path to Vala do Carregado.NOTE: The old arrows indicating the way over the busy road may still exist.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 367 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 27.3 km.
Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.