Porto › Vila do Conde

🗺 Stage Map

📖 Stage Description

Porto, Portugal's second city and the starting point of the Camino da Costa, provides a majestic setting. The route departs from the Sé do Porto, winds through the Ribeira alleyways and follows the Atlantic coast northward via Matosinhos, known for its São Mateus church and lively seafront.

The route follows mainly the Atlantic coastline, between fine sandy beaches and pine forests. It passes through the seaside village of Mindelo and its protected dunes before reaching the delta of the Rio Ave.

Vila do Conde, the city of lacemaking and shipbuilding, concludes this first stage with its Santa Clara convent and many pilgrim accommodations.

Walking Conditions

Sun exposure and terrain type over 33,5 km

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📍 Villages and Waypoints

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  Porto (Sé) · Start

  Cathedral et Ribeira de Porto. All amenities, gare de São Bento.

  💧 Water🛒 Shops🏕 Accommodations🚉 Train station
• 10.8km

  Matosinhos

  Seafront, São Mateus church, grilled fish taverns.

  💧 Water🛒 Bakery🏕 Hostel
• 27.0km

  Mindelo

  Coastal village, protected dunes, small shops.

  💧 Water🛒 Grocery
• 33.5km

  Vila do Conde · End

  Santa Clara convent, shipyards, lacemaking. Historic centre.

  💧 Water🛒 Shops🏕 Accommodations🍽 Restaurants

⚠ Good to Know

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  Terrain

  Coastal path entre plages et pinèdes

  Very flat terrain

  Mix of asphalt and sandy paths
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  Water points

  Porto (Sé) (km 0) · Matosinhos (km 11) · Mindelo (km 27) · Vila do Conde (km 34)