Cycling the Portuguese Way: a routebook for cycling the Portuguese Camino by the Coast, from Porto

The Cycling the Portuguese Way: a roadbook is a project designed by the Go Cycling Portugal team. After organizing hundreds of adventures in the Portuguese Camino de Santiago by the Coast starting from Porto, we decided to create the ultimate road book for this adventure, to help bike touring enthusiasts have a great experience in the Portuguese Camino by the Coast.

The 2021 Cycling the Portuguese Way: a roadbook is a guide, fully written in English, exclusively in digital PDF format (no paper version) that takes you along the Portuguese Camino, by the most beautiful secondary and low traffic roads of the Portuguese Coastal route from Porto. It is identified exclusively using GPS (no need for vertical signaling), and the roadbook possesses up to 10 GPS routes from Porto to Santiago by the Coast for navigation.

The 2021 edition presents a detailed look on the 288 km that separate Porto from Santiago de Compostela by the Coastal route, separated in 5 to 10 riding days with GPS trails for you to follow and suggestions for accommodation ( albergues, hostels and hotels), bike shops for assistance along the way, restaurants, points of interest, luggage and passenger transfer companies, bike rental companies, how to return from Santiago and other relevant information. 

 

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- Guide in PDF format

Maps, photos, technical and tourist information, tips and curiosities about the Portuguese way, answering the following questions:

👉 History of the Portuguese Camino

👉 When is the best time to go?

👉 What type of terrain should I expect and what kind of bike should I use?

👉Planning the duration according to your experience and skill;

👉 How to Navigate

👉 Where to rent bikes

👉 Bike shops along the Portuguese Camino for assistance

👉 How to organize luggage and passenger transfers

👉 Hotels and Albergues along the Portuguese Coastal path

👉Daily detailed maps with mileage and altimetry for each day

👉Safety and comfort tips

👉 Points of Interest, with links to websites for more information

👉 Restaurantes along the Camino

👉 How to return from Santiago

👉 Important contacts and information

- Maps, photos and much more

Maps, photos, technical and tourist information, tips and curiosities about Portugal and the Portuguese, in a 25-page guide.

- GPS tracks to guide yourself

10 GPS tracks, starting from Porto and ending in Santiago de Compostela by the Coastal route. Using any map-and-navigation app installed on your smartphone, you can guide yourself through any part of the network using GPS tracks, in gpx and kml formats, which come with the guide.

 

- 1 PDF file (6 Mb), ready to print, containing the 2021 road book, in english, with all the maps, technical and touristic information for each section, tips& tricks for cycling in Portugal, hyperlinks for Points of Interest and more

- All GPX  files (one for each long distance route) with all the available sections, to use with your GPS device or smartphone.