ARRIVING BY AIR
The best "local" airport is Porto. Intercontinental flights use Lisbon.
Flight information can change rapidly. Please do check for yourself directly with the airlines' websites before finalising any booking with us and do not book your flights until we have confirmed that we have provisionally reserved accommodation for you.
Land by: 12:00 for public transport connections to Soajo. Later arrivals possible but connections/journey time may mean missing supper.
Return flight earliest: 11:00 for connections from Santa Mario do Bouro
Land by/earliest return flight times not applicable if using a pre-booked taxi
Flights from UK airports:
Gatwick TAP Portugal (2 x daily); Easyjet (daily)
Heathrow TAP Portugal (daily);
Liverpool Ryanair (Thu & Su)
Stansted Ryanair (daily);
Other indirect flights.
See "Getting to the start of the walk" below for transfer information.
ARRIVING BY TRAIN
Nearest railway station:
Start: Braga
Finish: Braga
Sample rail journey from UK via Paris:
London: Eurostar to Paris (N), metro to Paris (Mp) for TGV to Irun. Night train to Coimbra-B, for Intercity to Porto, local train to Braga. ~25½ hrs.
Braga: Train to Porto & Intercity to Coimbra-B for night train to Hendaye. Take TGV to Paris (Mp) and transfer to Paris (N) by metro for Eurostar to LondonSt Pancras International. ~26½ hrs. |