Water Taxi from Caminha to A Guarda

Went to Taxi Mar - they said about an hour… > 1 hour later, was obvious would be at least another hour or more (only 5 people every half hour)

Walked down to Popeye … she not only put me on the next boat in 10 minutes, but told me I could go get a refund from Taxi Mar …

Saved me over an hour AND 6€ !!

Obrigado 🙏

I recommend Popeye - boats run every 8 minutes, even if you have a ticket to a next day - you still can jump on one of the boats. We bought a ticket at Xacobeo, but apparently they don’t have their own boats and Popeye run service for them.
Station is not at the cafe but a bit before on the river side, lovely lady is there to help you and guide you and she has a great stamp!!!

We used Popeye and were happy woth the service.very professional, inspired and provide life jackets. They run about every 10 minutes during the season. You don't need reservations. Just show up and buy a ticket. 9 euros now.

Did not have the most positive experience with Xacobeo Transfers to cross the channel. Their boat “broke” so they had to have another boat come get us after they dropped of their customers. This caused a 30 minute delay of departure which is not ideal as you lose an hour due to time change when entering Spain. I instead would recommend taking the water taxi down the road which was 2€ cheaper and we saw running on time.

Website says they operate till 7 pm. But they only run till 5/6 pm. Call and check beforehand to be sure

There is a an alternate route available to Bar Baracuda just before Caminha. It goes through lovely pine forest. Much to our surprise and delight, there is a water taxi operating adjacent to the bar.

The taxi crosses at the mouth of the river and the detour avoids Caminha, cutting off several
Kilometres of walking to a Guarda.

I don’t know how long/how often this company will run, but it was a pleasant surprise.

The taxi can simply be booked online at https://xacobeotransfer.com/en/home/ in several languages. It runs on time and is quite easy.

Taxi boat is not operating. Only Xacobeotransfer.com make sure you chose Caminha to AGuarda option if going north. €6

We booked xacobeo transfer online the night before. The collection point was marked on the quayside by a banner. It was a stormy day but the boat still ran. Skipper showed up on time and the crossing was smoothly done.

Note it was a long walk to a Guarda and it wasn’t well marked (we got lost for a while)

touristtaxiboat.com very good service

15. Mai 2023 Die Fähre liegt defekt am Anleger in Caminhas. Die einzige Möglichkeit ist es momentan ein Wassertaxi zu nehmen.

Grab a water taxi earlier. Had to wait over an hour for our turn.

I used Xacotransfer yesterday. €6 and he goes straight away. He is the first you will see at the port. Great service.

There’s a small water taxi leaving from by the Hotel deal Sol in Esteiro as well, it’s great! Run by Paulo and Miguel and 6€ pp. They leave whenever they have people so I arrived with a group of about 9 people and we took two boats over. It was great because we also landed on the Litoral path by the coast but further around so it didn’t add a lot to the way.

I paid 4 euro each for a water taxi for 2 adults and 5 year old son was free of charge . Smooth and too fast . 3 mins max ride to the other side. Just know your feet will get wet arriving to the side of Spain

Taxi Mar offices sit on the coast. A very straightforward journey over to Spain.

I was able to buy a ticket and get a ride across in a very short time.

The ferry isn’t running, but almost directly in front of where you would book the ferry is a little dock just to the right. There was a fisherman there waiting for Pilgrims who called us over, and took us by boat immediately for 7 euros :)