2025 Day 3 Camino PortugueseTuesday 30 Sept 2025 Esposende to Viana Do Castelo [27.3 km] The Camino Portuguese [Coastal] can lull you into a false sense of security during the first two stages, from Porto to Esposende, which are possibly the least demanding of the 80 legs that I’ve completed since 2019. Day 3 on …
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Calm Before the Slight Storm
Day 2 Camino PortugueseMon 28 Sept 2025 Vila Do Conde to Esposende [22.8 km]Start time: 9 am This was the shortest of my three stages this time. Rather than hug the coastline, I chose to dodge across to Caxinas to reduce the usual walking time by an hour. I completed this section in full last …
Atlantic Coastal Walking
Sun 28 Sept 2025 Porto [Passeig Alegre] to Vila Do Conde [27.5 km] I thought that I’d finished with the Camino for 2025 after a couple of days trekking over the Pyrenees in May. But, like a drug habit that can’t be kicked, I returned for three days on the Camino Portuguese, repeating the stretch …
Up and Over Alto del Perdón
Thurs 8 May 2025 Pamplona to Puente La Reina. 23.9 km4.9 km Cizur Menor11 km Zariquiegui [La Posada de Ardogi]13.3 km Alto del Perdón [Peak of Forgiveness]Look out for the famous pilgrim sculpture6.8 km Uterga19.5 km Muruzábal [Los Nogales Bar / Restaurant]21.3 km Obanos23.9 km Puente La Reina [Pop: 2,805] After a couple of nights …
Tough Going Over the Pyrenees
Mon 5 May 2025 Orisson to Burguete The elements made up for yesterday’s non-appearance of bad weather with persistent rain from my departure at 8 am and throughout the four and a quarter hours it took to get to Roncesvalles, three km short of Burguete, where I had booked my accommodation.It was the most challenging …
The Relentless Pyrenees
Day 1 of Camino Frances – Sun 4 May 2025 Saint-Jean-Pied-De-Port to Orisson This was my return to the Camino, retracing a section over the Pyrenees that I had completed in 2020. This stage is one of the most gruelling stretches on this Camino and it wasn’t much easier than five years ago, especially as …
Back To The Beginning
Sat 3 May 2024 Shrewsbury to St Jean Pied De Port I’ve flown on more than 150 flights since I took off from Heathrow Airport on a Lufthansa flight to Köln in February 1976 and I count myself lucky to have never had the misfortune to arrive at my destination separated from my luggage. The …
Back on the trail in May
When I completed the Camino Portuguese last September, I was planning on taking a year off from walking the Camino in 2025 but, having had second thoughts, I’ve decided to revisit some of my favourite sections of the Camino Frances this year. I’m going to start with the first major stage, from St Jean Pied …
Playing Saint James in Milan
In early December, 2024, I spent a long weekend in Milan. It was my first trip to Italy’s second city and, while the main reason for my visit was another kind pilgrimage, to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza or, as it’s known by most people, the San Siro. As the future of this cathedral of football …
Camino Portuguese [Coastal] Credencial
This is one of many Camino Credentials I have completed over the past five and a half years. I try to get as many as possible – at least two a day – as, apart from providing a unique souvenir of your walk, it forms the basis for the Compostela that will be issued on …
Steve Taylor's Camino De Santiago 