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We start the journey from Oporto heading to Vilarinho, with a distance of just over 26 kilometres. The stage is well signposted and runs between some asphalted stretches in rural areas. It is possible to divide the stage in two, staying overnight in Maia.
This stage is part of the Portuguese Way. Would you like to walk it with your accommodation already booked? These organised trips include it: Portuguese Way from Oporto to Santiago.
The real Camino begins here. You leave Porto from the Praça Carlos Alberto along the pedestrian rua de Cedofeita, a great spot for breakfast, and follow the yellow arrows north. The city soon gives way to quiet villages — Moreira da Maia, Gião, Vairão — and the day closes among lovely dirt and forest trails all the way to Vilarinho. Watch out for a stretch or two of road with little verge.
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Hostels
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Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Vilar Hostel
Address C. Arcediago Van Zeller, 50 24-128 Porto
Phone +351 226 05 60 00
Email Not available
Website https://www.seminariodevilar.pt
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Mosteiro de Vairão Pilgrims' Hostel
Address Rua do Convento, 21 4485 Vairão
Phone +351 256 837 240
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Pilgrims' Hostel do Porto
Address Rua Barão de Forrester, 954 921-839 Porto
Phone +351 220 140 515
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Pousada de Juventude de Porto
Address C. Paulo da Gama, 551 4150-589 Porto
Phone +351 226 17 72 57
Email porto@movijovem.pt
