Stage 4. Viana do Castelo – Vila Praia de Ancora (19 km)

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On a natural level this stage is spectacular. In the 19 kilometres that separate Viana do Castelo from the almost border town of Vila Praia de Ancora, nature gives you beautiful views of the endless straight Portuguese coastline. In the next stage, you will leave the Portuguese country to finally enter Galician lands. But not before getting to know Vila Praia and Caminha!

This stage is part of the Portuguese Way along the coast. Would you like to walk it with your accommodation already booked? These organised trips include it: Portuguese Way along the coast from Oporto to Santiago and Portuguese Way along the coast from Porto to A Guarda.

Today you meet the sea again. You can choose the official route, further inland, or the coastal variant — unmarked but easy to follow — that hugs the shore from Viana do Castelo. You arrive in Vila Praia de Âncora, a village with a fishing tradition, with its huge wild beach, the Forte da Lagarteira and the Barrosa dolmen. Watch the swell if a dip tempts you.