Portuguese Camino Coastal Route from Vigo 17km/10.5mi

• 🗺️ Route: Coastal Route — Vigo to Santiago de Compostela
• 📏 Distance: ~102 km / 63 mi
• ⛺ Avg Stage Length: 17 km / 10.5 mi
• 🥾 Longest Walking Day – 21 km/13 mi
• 👣 Walking Days – 6 days
• 🏨 Accommodation: Albergues, guesthouses, hotels & apartments available
• 📱 Navigation: Google Maps or GPX files (follow yellow arrows & waymarks)

The Coastal Route is one of the trails of the Portuguese Camino from Porto. The total distance of the route is 260 km/161 mi. It starts in Porto and goes along the coast till Vigo. It merges with the Central Route in Redondela. In 2024 about 44% of pilgrims who completed the Portuguese Camino walked the Coastal Route

Even though it is called the coastal route only 30% of this route is actually along the coast (compared to 80% of the Litoral Way hugging the coastline).

This route is a good combination of the coastal scenery, countryside, and forest.

To complete the final 100km of the Portuguese Coastal Camino, most pilgrims walk from Vigo to Santiago de Compostela.

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GPS Navigation on the Coastal Route with your Phone

See here for a detailed post on the Coastal Route of the Portuguese Camino with GPX map files that can be downloaded for navigating on this route by phone. We created these maps by following the yellow arrows on the Coastal Route.

See our video walking the Portuguese Camino Coastal Route from Porto to Santiago de Compostela.

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