Camino Portugués
19.9 km, 41 m up and 37 m down, through 2 places. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Vila Franca de Xira. 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.
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.
The arrival to Carregado is marked by the train station. At the far edge of town the camino turns left, where the road meets the river. Follow the river 1km and then cross it via the new bridge.From the bridge, it is 3.5km along a straight road to Vila Nova de Rainha.
The camino through town is brief and before long you are back on the N3 national road.It is more road walking all the way to Azambuja. Remember to keep to the left side of the road.
Leaving town means another railway crossing. The arrows lead you to the train station, and an elevated pedestrian bridge (painted blue) gets you over the track and onto the first stretch of country walking for some time. You will be in flat farmland nearly the entire way to Santarém. A few villages and countless large Quintas can be found along the way.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 139 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 18.6 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.