Tour Introduction
Experience the perfect blend of culture, friendship, and adventure on this unforgettable women’s journey through Portugal and Northern Spain. Combining the vibrant cities of Porto and Lisbon with the incredible experience of walking 130km of the Portuguese Coastal Camino, this tour offers breathtaking scenery, rich history, delicious cuisine, and the camaraderie of travelling with like-minded women. Our journey begins in Porto, where we’ll discover the charm of this World Heritage city through sightseeing, local food experiences, wine tasting in the stunning Douro Valley, and a relaxing river cruise. From there, we travel into Spain to begin our Camino pilgrimage along the spectacular Galician coastline. Following ancient pilgrim paths through seaside villages, forests, vineyards, and historic towns, we’ll experience the beauty and spirit of the Camino while enjoying comfortable accommodation and memorable local experiences along the way. Our walk culminates in the magnificent city of Santiago de Compostela during the rare 2027 Jacobean Holy Year — a once-in-a-generation celebration when pilgrims can enter through Santiago’s famous Holy Door. We finish our adventure in beautiful Lisbon, enjoying its historic charm, colourful streets, traditional Fado music, and wonderful Portuguese hospitality. More than just a holiday, this is a journey of connection, achievement, and unforgettable memories.Itinerary Map
Highlights
Full-day Douro Valley Tour including lunch and Douro River Cruise
City tour of Porto with local wine tasting and boat cruise
Secret food tour of Porto
12-day Portuguese Coastal Camino Walk from Baiona to Santiago (average daily walk is 20km) including one rest day - approximately 125 km in total
Exploring the amazing coastal scenery and quaint villages along the trail
City tour of Lisbon
Full day excursion to Sintra and entry to the Pena Palace
Cooking class in Lisbon
Traditional Fado Show including Dinner in Lisbon
Friends for company!
Inclusions
- Fully escorted by an experienced Sisterhood Hostess who is on hand to assist with making your tour memorable
- Return economy airfares ex Melbourne to Portugal including taxes (other cities and classes of travel available upon request)
- Transportation as per detailed itinerary
- 3 night stay in Porto including breakfast daily
- 11 night Portugese Costal Camino Trail Walk - Starting in Baiona ending in Santiago (Private Ensuite Rooms)
- Pilgrims Passport
- Hotel luggage transfer from hotel to hotel whilst on Camino (1 x 20kg bag per person)
- 3 night stay in Lisbon including breakfast daily
- Meals as specified in itinerary - B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner
- Sightseeing as per detailed itinerary
- Willing to share option
- Pre-tour Camino guidance and planning
- Meet and greet via Zoom
Notice
Activity Level:
This tour is designed for travellers with a high level of fitness, excellent stamina and a love of walking. The highlight of this unforgettable journey is completing approximately 125–130 kilometres of the Portuguese Coastal Camino over 12 walking days, averaging around 20 kilometres each day. While luggage is transferred between hotels, travellers must be prepared for consecutive days of long-distance walking across varied terrain while maintaining the group's pace. The Camino follows a combination of coastal paths, country lanes, forest tracks, village streets and historic cobblestones, with gentle to moderate hills throughout the journey. Good endurance, balance and resilience are essential, as this is a multi-day walking adventure rather than a traditional sightseeing tour. Before and after the Camino, we'll also enjoy sightseeing in Porto, Santiago de Compostela and Lisbon.
Activity Factors:
✔ Walking approximately 125–130 kilometres over 12 days
✔ Average daily walking distance of around 20 kilometres
✔ Consecutive walking days with one scheduled rest day
✔ Coastal paths, forest trails, country roads and village streets
✔ Cobblestones, uneven pathways and natural terrain
✔ Gentle to moderate hills throughout the Camino
✔ Long periods of walking each day while maintaining the group's pace
✔ Guided sightseeing in Porto, Santiago de Compostela and Lisbon
✔ Independent boarding of coaches, trains and aircraft
✔ Independent luggage handling before and after the Camino (hotel-to-hotel luggage transfer provided during the walk)
✔ High levels of stamina and endurance required
✘ No technical climbing or mountaineering
✘ No specialist equipment required beyond suitable walking gear
Preparation Advice:
We recommend regular walking in advance of your trip, including practice on hills and stairs, to build strength and endurance. Preparing your legs for several consecutive days of walking will help ensure you stay comfortable and fully enjoy the experience. We also offer our monthly SWT walks (Melbourne-based). Our monthly walks encourage you to improve your fitness, get to know your fellow walkers, swap travel tips, and share in the excitement of your upcoming adventure. Please ask our friendly SWT staff for details.
Additional Meal Allowance:
Breakfast is included daily, together with a selection of memorable lunches and dinners throughout your journey. Along the Camino, you'll have the opportunity to experience authentic Portuguese and Spanish cuisine, from traditional pilgrim menus and local cafés to fresh seafood restaurants and family-run taverns. As a general guide, allow approximately EUR15–20 for a casual lunch and EUR20–35 for dinner at a local restaurant. Many cafés along the Camino also offer excellent value pilgrim menus, making independent dining both enjoyable and affordable. Premium restaurants, wine and alcoholic beverages will naturally cost a little more. For comfortable budgeting, we recommend allowing approximately EUR650 per person for lunches and dinners not included, together with coffees, drinks, snacks and the occasional treat along the trail. Travellers wishing to enjoy premium dining experiences, regular alcoholic beverages or additional refreshments after each day's walk may wish to allow a little extra.
Tipping:
Tipping is appreciated throughout Portugal and Spain as a way of recognising the service provided by local guides, drivers, hotel staff, luggage transfer personnel and other tourism professionals. To make things simple and stress-free, Sisterhood Womens Travel operates a group tipping kitty. At the beginning of the tour, each traveller contributes to the kitty, which is managed by your Sisterhood Tour Hostess. Tips are then distributed throughout the journey to local guides, drivers, hotel staff, luggage transfer personnel and other service providers on your behalf. This means you won't need to worry about carrying cash or deciding when and how much to tip, allowing you to simply relax and enjoy your holiday. The estimated contribution to the Sisterhood tipping kitty for this tour is EUR 100 per person. The amount will be confirmed in your final travel documentation.
Visa Information and Travel Advice:
Please visit https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/Europe for all destination advice.
Itinerary
Day 1 - Monday 6 September 2027
Melbourne - Porto (meals inflight)
Welcome to Sisterhood Womens Travel. Meet your Hostess and fellow travellers at the Melbourne Airport for your onward flight to Porto. Sit back, relax and enjoy the inflight entertainment of your airlines as you head towards Portugal.
Day 2 - Tuesday 7 September 2027
Porto
Welcome to Portugal. Upon arrival in Porto we will be met and transfered to our hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure to explore this beautiful city. Porto is a vibrant city which boasts extensive history, from the narrow streets that make up the Riberia district to the Grand Plaza of the Trindade district. Porto is famous for its production of Port Wine and is the second largest city in Portugal.
Overnight - HF Ipanema Porto (or similar)
Day 3 - Wednesday 8 September 2027
Porto (B,D)
Enjoy breakfast at our hotel before joining a panoramic sightseeing tour of Porto, considered as a World Heritage city. We will admire the Cathedral, Stock Exchange building, and Santa Clara church. In the afternoon, enjoy some free time to discover more of this amazing city at your own pace.
This evening, enjoy a Porto Food and local drinks tour. The tour offers an authentic approach to the city where we visit traditional eateries, each one offering specialty food and drinks in a unique gastronomic experience. We will enjoy the best petiscos and wine in Porto
Overnight - HF Ipanema Porto (or similar)
Day 4 - Thursday 9 September 2027
Porto (B,L)
This morning after breakfast we will go wine tasting amid the vineyard-clad hills of the Douro Valley, a World Heritage listed region famous for its port wine production. We will feast on regional specialties with a traditional lunch and visit some wine estates for an introduction to award-winning local varieties.
Later in the afternoon we will enjoy a relaxing sightseeing boat cruise along the Douro River.
Overnight - HF Ipanema Porto (or similar)
Day 5 - Friday 10 September 2027
Porto - Vigo - Baiona (B, D)
After an early breakfast we will transfer to the Porto railway station for our 2.30 hour journey to Vigo, we will then transfer to our Parador in Baiona. The afternoon is free to explore
Baiona is a lovely seaside town with a medieval centre situated on the Vigo Bay on the west of Spain near the Portuguese border, explore the old town that sits just behind the main seafront area, one of the many small beaches along the coastline or just sit and watch the world go by in one of the many cafes.
This evening we will re-group for dinner at a local restaurant
Overnight - Baiona
Day 6 - Saturday 11 September 2027
Baiona (B)
A free day to further explore Baiona, relax, and prepare for our Portugese Costal Camino walk.
Overnight - Baiona
Day 7 - Sunday 12 September 2027
Camino Trail Walk - Baiona - Vigo (B) 25km
Today is the day we have all been waiting for, the beginning of our Porgugese Coastal Camino!
This section of the Camino takes us along the most beautiful tracks of northern Spain, exploring places where time has stood still. Walking this route will allow us to receive the Compostela – the official certificate of completion for this epic journey.
Our itinerary follows the Galician coastline using the Portuguese Camino da Costa (Coastal Way) to Redondela, and from here the Coastal route converges with the Portuguese Camino Central (Central Way) and continues through to Santiago de Compostela. It takes in the beautiful towns and villages of Baiona, Pontevedra, Redondela (famous for the best oysters in Galicia) and Caldas de Rei (a spa town with thermal hot springs).
Overnight - Vigo
Day 8 - Monday 13 Septembr 2027
Camino Trail Walk Vigo - Arcade (B) 21km
As we set off along Vigo’s lively main shopping street and gradually leave the city behind, the shift is immediate, as we begin to feel the contrast between vibrant urban Spanish life and the quiet beauty of the surrounding countryside.
Beyond the city limits, the Camino threads together a series of peaceful hillside villages, each offering sweeping views back over Vigo, its estuary, and the port below. Around halfway through today’s walk, the landscape softens as houses give way to forest, before the path leads into a steep descent toward Redondela.
From there, the route eases into a gentle stroll through shaded woodland, eventually bringing you to Arcade—a place that feels as though it has been quietly untouched by time. This charming riverside town remains tranquil and authentic, largely unaffected by tourism, offering a peaceful end to the day’s journey. The village of Arcade is famous for the best oysters in Galicia.
Overnight - Acade
Day 9 - Tuesday 14 September 2027
Camino Trail Walk - Arcade - Pontevedra (B) 13km
Todays walk to Pontevdra is characterised by beautiful woodlands and natural scenery, showcasing the idyllic landscapes of Galacia. Cross the long medieval bridge of Ponte Sampaio over the River Verdugo where Napoleon’s army was defeated by the Spanish in 1809 during the War of Independence. Then we'll walk up through the forest and enjoy one of the most beautiful stretches of the Camino following the ancient narrow stone paths as they climb up the slope. The path meanders through charming hamlets before reaching the historic centre of Pontevedra, with its pretty historic centre, 13th-century church of Santa Maria, and the famous Pilgrim Virgin’s Church (Santuario da Peregrina), which although appears round, is actually in the shape of a scallop shell.
Pontevedra has a wonderful atmosphere to soak up and enjoy with its pedestrianised streets and plazas.
Overnight - Pontevedra
Day 10 - Wednesday 15 September 2027
Camino Trail Walk - Ponteverda - Calas De Reis (B,D) 22km
Today the Camino Portuguese will take us over the Rio Lerez via the pretty stone Ponte do Burgo bridge decorated with scallop shells and through chestnut groves, pine and eucalyptus trees to the village of San Amaro. Emerging from the woods near Valbon, at the Cruceiro de Amonisa, a statue of Saint James with his walking stick points the way to Santiago. We will pass the pretty village of Tivo with its lovely fountain and public washing area. Continue on through rural fields and vineyards to the Roman-influenced town of Caldas de Reis, known otherwise as ‘the hot waters of the Kings’, where we will find the thermal springs after crossing the river Umia. We will enjoy soaking our feet in the hot thermal water upon arrival into the town.
Overnight - Calas De Reis
Day 11 - Thursday 16 September 2027
Camino Trail Walk- Rest Day Calas de Reis (B)
Today is a rest day to further explore the town of Calas de Reis and its thermal springs, also a great opportunity to catch up on our laundry and rest our weary legs.
Overnight - Calas De Reis
Day 12 - Friday 17 September 2027
Camino Trail Walk - Calas De Reis - Padron (B) 19km
Today’s walk is one of the most beautiful of the whole route. The path once again takes us through pine forests and rural areas through the Bermana and Verga valleys to today’s destination across the Ulla River, the town of Padrón.
Padrón, the starting point for Saint James ministry in the Iberian peninsular, was also said to be where his body first reached land when it returned by boat after being martyred in Jerusalem.
The parish church has the legendary Pedron, the stone where St James’ boat was moored.
Overnight - Padron
Day 13 - Saturday 18 September 2027
Camino Trail Walk - Padron- Teo (B) 19km
Today’s walk offers a beautiful blend of history, architecture, and rural Galician charm. We’ll visit two very different churches: the Romanesque church at Iria Flavia, deeply connected to both local heritage and Camino history, and the striking Marian sanctuary at A Esclavitude. Passing through a series of small villages and peaceful countryside, we’ll eventually arrive in the charming hamlet of Padrón de Francos, known for its ornate stone cross and magnificent oak trees, where we’ll spend the night.
Overnight - Teo
Day 14 - Sunday 19 September 2027
Camino Trail Walk - Teo - Santiago De Compostela (B,D) 14km
The final leg of our Camino journey begins in peaceful countryside, following beautiful woodland paths as we gradually make our way toward Milladoiro, where we’ll catch our first unforgettable glimpse of the soaring spires of Santiago Cathedral in the distance. From here, the anticipation builds as we descend toward the River Sar before beginning the final gentle climb into the heart of Santiago de Compostela.
Entering the city’s medieval quarter along the lively Rua do Franco, surrounded by fellow pilgrims completing their own journeys, we will finally emerge into the magnificent Praza do Obradoiro. Here, the grand façade of Santiago Cathedral stands before us, a powerful and emotional moment that marks the culmination of our Camino pilgrimage. As 2027 is a rare Jacobean Holy Year — celebrated only 14 times each century — we will also have the extraordinary opportunity to enter through Santiago’s famous Holy Door, opened throughout the entire holy year.
Tonight, we’ll celebrate our achievement together with a special dinner in Santiago.
Overnight - Santiago De Compostela
Day 15 - Monday 20 September 2027
Santiago De Compostela (B)
Today we have the whole day to relax, enjoy and explore historic Santiago with its many enticing tapas bars and restaurants. You can attend one of the pilgrims mass and look around the famous Cathedral of St James which forms the city’s heart and watch the steady stream of pilgrims arriving into the square as they finish their epic journey.
Overnight - Santiago de Compostela
Day 16 - Tuesday 21 September 2027
Santiago De Compostela - Lisbon (B)
Today we depart Santiago De Composela for our flight to Portugal's capitol Lisbon. Arriving in the afternoon we will be transferred to our hotel and the rest of the day is at leisure.
Lisbon is one of the most charismatic and vibrant cities of Europe. It is a city that effortlessly blends traditional heritage, with striking modernism and progressive thinking.
Overnight - Hotel Fenix Urban (or similar)
Day 17 - Wednesday 22 September 2027
Lisbon (B,D)
This morning after breakfast we will enjoy a half day panoramic sightseeing tour of Lisbon. We will vsit the city’s main attractions such as St. George’s Castle, the Lisbon Cathedral, Restauradores Square and the panoramic views of Lisbon from many viewpoints.
The remainder of the day is at leisure to further explore this beautiful city.
This evening we will attend a Fado Show with dinner. We will experience the beauty of a live Portuguese Fado Performance and listen to haunting voices sing about love, loss and betrayal, as we enjoy the dexterous strumming of the accompanying guitars.
Overnight - Hotel Fenix Urban (or similar)
Day 18- Thursday 23 September 2027
Lisbon (B,D)
Today we will take a full day tour to Sintra, Cascais and Estoril. We will head to the royal village of Sintra. See why this historic and scenic place earned UNESCO World Heritage status, as we stroll its' opulent buildings and charming streets. We go deeper when we tour Pena Palace before enjoying a leisurely lunch (own expense). Afterwards we continue to the westernmost point of Europe (Cabo da Roca), and the rustic fisherman's village of Cascais. On our way back we'll drive past the coastal town of Estoril.
Tonight we Learn the secrets and spices of the Portuguese kitchen at a Lisbon cooking class, pairing hands-on cooking experience with Portuguese wines and delicious food. We will nibble on olives, chorizo, and fresh bread as we prepare a three course menu that uses seasonal ingredients. We will then sit down to enjoy the meal we've prepared.
Overnight - Hotel Fenix Urban (or similar)
Day 19 - Friday 24 September 2027
Lisbon - Home (B, Meals in flight)
Today we'll transfer to the Lisbon airport to begin our journey home.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the inflight entertainment of your airline as you head towards home.
Day 20 - Saturday 25 September 2027
In Transit (Meals in flight)
In transit
Day 21 - Sunday 26 September 2027
Welcome Home
Welcome Home! Thank you for joining us for such a special experience walking 130 km of the Portuguese Costal Camino, and earning your Compestela!
We look forward to welcoming you back for your next adventure.