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Castelo do Neiva → Viana do Castelo (17,6km)
Published: 25.10.2026
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Castelo do Neiva → Viana do Castelo
18 km · Camino Coastal Route
I set off at 8.30, following the same route I’d taken the day before, and crossed the river via a small stone bridge.
The path led uphill through the village, past a church and into a wood, where it started to rain lightly, so I had to put on my rain trousers and use the rain cover for my rucksack. I passed a quaint self-service rest stop for pilgrims, but carried on.
Unfortunately, most of today’s route consisted of tarmac or cobbled side streets, and I had to keep a close eye on where I was going again.
Thanks to the tape and my walking poles, my foot was fine, but my legs were aching. Yesterday’s nearly 20 km took their toll and marked my current limit (15 km is my comfort zone).
Speaking of walking poles, I left my replacement cork cap behind in the woods today after it had fallen off three times.
I followed the signs through a village to the next church.
Pilgrim 1x1:
Pilgrims greet one another on the Camino with ‘Buen Camino’. And they use the informal ‘du’ when speaking to one another, that is, when conversing in German.The path led up to a hill overlooking Viana do Castelo and the River Lima, which flows from east to west into the Atlantic.
Tomorrow I will leave the Camino Coastal Route and walk along the southern bank of the Lima until I join the Camino Central Route, before setting off on my return journey to Porto
As I’d had a bit of trouble finding my accommodation today – a room on the 4th floor of a large block of flats in Viana do Castelo with no name on the entrance – I arrived at Carlos’s flat at 4 pm, feeling tired after a 17.6 km walk and quite a bit of climbing.
Carlos is very nice and was kind enough to do my washing. In the meantime, I popped round to the café just round the corner in my ‘pyjama bottoms’ to get my evening meal.
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