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Oporto → Matosinhos
km 0 – 10.8 · 10.8 km
The Ribeira, the Douro riverbank to the sea and the Foz promenade.
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Portuguese Coastal Camino · Stage 1 of 12
You leave Porto by the mouth of the Douro and walk beside the sea through Matosinhos, Leça da Palmeira and long wooden boardwalks between dunes to Vila do Conde, with its aqueduct and shipbuilding tradition.
Profile
No hills: seafronts and boardwalks almost at sea level. What weighs is the distance.
Town by town
Every town with services along the way. Out of season some bars and albergues close; the app shows you which ones are open near you as you walk.
Mouth of the Douro
Albergue by the beach
Santa Clara aqueduct and a replica carrack
The route
The Ribeira, the Douro riverbank to the sea and the Foz promenade.
Leça da Palmeira and the first boardwalks between dunes.
Almost empty beaches and fishing villages to Vila do Conde.
Tips
Many pilgrims skip the first urban stretch by metro. It shortens the stage without missing anything important.
If 34 km is too much, the Labruge albergue is about 23 km from Porto.
There is no shade by the sea. Sunscreen and a hat even when it is cloudy.
Choose how many kilometres you want to walk each day and Suseia splits the route from Oporto to Santiago into stages based on the albergues in each town. Free and without signing up.
Common questions
About 34.1 km. Walking takes between 8 and 9 hours, with short breaks.
Moderate difficulty. No hills: seafronts and boardwalks almost at sea level. What weighs is the distance.