The Coastal Way, boardwalks and all, with your bags carried ahead.
Approx. 258 km up the Atlantic edge in 14 nights and 13 walking days, measured from Matosinhos on day one. Rooms booked, luggage moved every morning, €1,575 per person.
What €1,575 covers, and what it doesn't.
€1,575 per person sharing a double room. Walking solo? The single supplement is €770 for the 14 nights (€55 a night), in your own room every night.
What's included
- 14 nights in rooms with a private bathroom
- Breakfast every morning
- Daily luggage transfer, up to 20 kg per bag
- Roadbook & GPX tracks for every stage
- Pilgrim credential for your stamps
- Email support, read every day you're on the trail
What's excluded
- Travel to Porto and home from Santiago
- Lunches and dinners
- Travel insurance (required, carry it with you)
Optional extras
- Porto airport pickup: €35 per car, up to 3 walkers with their bags
- Santiago → Porto return bus: €25
- Extra nights: €100 per person, €155 solo
Payment and cancellation
- 25% deposit of the package price confirms the booking Of that, €150 per person is a booking fee that is not refunded if you cancel.
- Balance 42 days before your start date. Book inside 42 days and the full price is due at confirmation If the balance has not arrived 7 days after the due date, the booking is cancelled. You may also pay the full price at booking.
Cancel and we refund what you've paid, less the €150 per person booking fee:
- 42 days or more before the start date
- 100%, less the booking fee
- 41 to 21 days
- 50%, less the booking fee
- 20 to 7 days
- 25%, less the booking fee
- Under 7 days, or no-show
- 0%
Travel insurance is required and isn't included; we don't sell insurance, so you buy it in your own name. Full booking conditions.
Everything arranged. Every day yours.
Organised means you walk (alone, together, at your own pace) and the logistics travel one step ahead of you. Every night is booked, your bag is moved while you're on the trail, and the route lives in your pocket. All you owe the day is the walking.
- 14 nights · private bathroom · breakfast
- Luggage moved daily, up to 20 kg
- Roadbook, GPX tracks & pilgrim credential
- Email support on the walk
Your walk, stage by stage, in one place.
Porto to Santiago, night by night.
Fourteen nights, twelve full walking stages and one short boat-crossing day. All distances are approximate: official detours, beach alternatives and town wandering nudge the numbers, and on this route the wind decides how long a kilometre feels.
- Night 1Arrive in PortoSettle in, collect your credential, eat well; the boardwalks start tomorrow.no walking
- Night 2Stage 1 · Porto → Vila do CondeA long first day on the Senda Litoral. Many walkers ride the metro past the city's edge and join the boardwalks at Matosinhos. The 25 km is measured from Matosinhos; walking out of Porto instead adds about 10 km.approx. 25 km
- Night 3Stage 2 · Vila do Conde → Esposendeapprox. 24 km
- Night 4Stage 3 · Esposende → Viana do Casteloapprox. 25 km
- Night 5Stage 4 · Viana do Castelo → Vila Praia de Âncoraapprox. 19 km
- Night 6Boat day · Vila Praia de Âncora → A GuardaWalk to Caminha, then cross the Minho estuary by water taxi: Portugal behind you, Galicia ahead. Short on purpose: the water taxi runs to a timetable, so you walk 8 km to the pier and cross when it goes.approx. 8 km + ferry
- Night 7Stage 5 · A Guarda → Oia / Mougásapprox. 18 km
- Night 8Stage 6 · Oia / Mougás → Baionaapprox. 15 km
- Night 9Stage 7 · Baiona → Vigoapprox. 25 km
- Night 10Stage 8 · Vigo → RedondelaThe Coastal folds into the Central route here, and both ways walk the final days to Santiago together.approx. 15 km
- Night 11Stage 9 · Redondela → Pontevedraapprox. 21 km
- Night 12Stage 10 · Pontevedra → Caldas de Reisapprox. 21 km
- Night 13Stage 11 · Caldas de Reis → Padrónapprox. 18 km
- Night 14Stage 12 · Padrón → Santiago de CompostelaInto the old city and up to the cathedral square, then a night beside it, so the arrival is not something you do with a train to catch.approx. 24 km
Rather linger? Extra nights at any stop on the ladder, including further nights in Santiago: €100 per person sharing, €155 solo.
The Coastal Way is the Atlantic version of the Camino Português: long runs of wooden boardwalk over the dunes, working fishing towns (Vila do Conde, Viana do Castelo, Baiona) and the little water taxi across the Minho estuary at Caminha that carries you out of Portugal and into Galicia. At Redondela the route folds into the Central way, and the two walk into Santiago together.
Worth knowing: the Coastal is flatter than the Central, with fewer climbs and kinder gradients, but it's the longer walk, and flat kilometres still count. And the same openness that makes it glorious leaves you exposed: wind and sun are real out here, shade is scarce on a boardwalk, and a hat, sun cream and early starts matter more than on any inland route.
Torn between the two ways? Read Coastal or Central: how to choose your route, then check the weather month by month. If the sea wins, as it often does, this is the package we're building around it.
"Flatter than the Central, longer than you'd guess, and the Atlantic beside you almost every day."
The Coastal package, answered.
Straight answers to the questions we hear most, including the ones we'd ask ourselves before joining any list.
Coastal or Central: which should I walk?
It depends what you walk for. The Coastal gives you the Atlantic, boardwalks, seafood towns and flatter days; the Central gives you Roman roads, historic towns and the strongest pilgrim tradition. The two meet at Redondela for the final days either way. We've written a full comparison. Read Coastal vs Central: how to choose your route before you commit to either.
How hard is the Coastal Way really?
Flatter than the Central: the climbs are fewer and gentler. But it's the longer route, and several days run 24–25 km. The real tax is exposure: wind and sun on open boardwalks with little shade. Pick your month with our month-by-month weather guide, start early, and pack for sun as much as rain; our packing list covers it.
I'm walking solo: what does it cost?
The package is €1,575 per person sharing a double room. Solo walkers pay €770 for the 14 nights (€55 a night) for their own room every night. And the Coastal is a sociable route in season: walking alone rarely means being alone.
What does "organised" actually mean?
No group, no guide, no schedule but your own. You walk at your pace; the logistics are done ahead of you: rooms with private bathrooms booked, your bag (up to 20 kg) moved to the next stop each morning, a roadbook and GPX tracks in your pocket, a pilgrim credential for the stamps, and a real person at the other end of an email if anything wobbles. We go through the whole plan with you by email before you pay a cent.
Read before you decide.
A package is a convenience, not a substitute for knowing your walk. These three guides cover the decisions that matter most on the Coastal Way. Free, no list-joining required.
Coastal or Central? How to choose your route
The most common regret is picking the wrong way. The real difference in scenery, difficulty and crowds, and who each route suits.
Read the guide →Camino Português weather, month by month
Sun, wind and rain on the Portuguese coast through the year, so you pick the window that fits the walk you want.
Read the guide →What to pack (and what to leave at home)
What you actually need on an exposed coastal route, and the heavy "just in case" kit to leave behind.
Read the guide →What every booking gets.
- The hotel list before you pay the balance, so you see exactly where you sleep
- One free date change up to 45 days before you start, subject to availability
- Never more than 10 minutes' walk from dinner
- Pilgrim credential and scallop shell in your pack
- GPX tracks for every stage, free, no app to install; sent with your booking confirmation
- One price in euros: the same whoever you are and wherever you book from
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