Walking holidays in Portugal can be one of the most memorable vacations of your life. If you are the outdoor type and you like getting out for a stroll, a nice long swift walk, a walk over the hills, a day to walk sightseeing around a foreign city, or a full-blown hike over the hills and dales, then you should be interested in some of the stuff that I will be writing about.
The prevalence of the walking holiday as a reason for going away is becoming widespread amongst all classes and ages. It is a cheap and healthy way to spend your time. For some people it can be a breath of fresh air to have a walk planned for every day, you know, you are actually heading somewhere, trying to get to a spot before the end of the day, seeing what you can see on the way. You can go anywhere with a walking holiday, your only limiting factor is you must be allowed to walk there, but you are not restricted by any means of transport, you’re not restricted by where you are going to stay especially if you bring a tent. You’re only restriction is how far you want to go.
Some of the more interesting places to walk in Portugal would have to be the cities. Cities like Lisbon or Porto offer such a variety of architecture and culture that you can indeed get lost in yourself and in the spirit of the city and its people. Each city has some fantastic countryside surrounding it. Most of the cities are either up in, or mountains of one kind or another. When you can get out of the cities you will see parts of Portugal which are virtually untouched by tourism.
One of the excellent walking holidays in Portugal is the Camino Portugues. This is the path so intimately connected with the life and ministry of St. James, as well as his death and burial. There are many pilgrim paths to Santiago but none is more soulful or significant than the Portuguese way.
Whether you walk for enjoyment or as part of a healthy lifestyle, walking holidays will always take you to places where you would not have gone otherwise. If you stick to the cities, or venture out into the countryside and mountains you will find passionate people in a passionate country. Some walks, like the Camino Portugues, are embedded with a deep history, you are following a well worn path. Other walks of your own choosing may be virgin.
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