Stage 12. Mealhada – Águeda (23.5 km)

We start the journey from Mealhada heading to Águeda, with a distance of 23.5 kilometres.

This stage is part of the Portuguese Way. Would you like to walk the Camino with your accommodation already booked? We organise it from Oporto: Portuguese Way from Oporto to Santiago.

A transition stage, very built-up: you string together villages, semi-urban areas and the odd industrial estate, so take extra care on the tarmac sections. You leave Sernadelo on a well waymarked woodland track and then walk parallel to the river Cértima through Avelãs de Caminho, Aguada de Baixo and Sardão. The reward comes at the end: Águeda and its streets covered with colourful umbrellas.