Extending the Fisherman’s Trail
Porto Covo to Lisbon
After completing the Fisherman’s Trail in Porto Covo in 2023, I took a bus to Lisbon to start the Camino Portuguese. In February 2025, I returned to Porto Covo to walk to Lisbon.
As there isn’t an official path, I walked as close as to the coast as possible to Setubal and on to Lisbon via the ferry from Barreiro.
It was a trip with quite some road walking, quite some sand walking, but also nice moments along the way.
Porto Covo to Lisbon blog
Day 0: Copenhagen to Porto Covo 
February 13, 2025 The plane left on time at 6.15am, destination Lisbon. I was up early and my wife drove me to the nearest metro station to enable me to get to the airport by 5.15 am. Safely buckled up on the plane, that is when my traumatic relationship to my ear buds started. I dropped one of… Read more >
Day 1: Porto Covo to Vila Nova de Santo Andres February 14, 2025 Two years and three days since I was in Porto Covo on the Fisherman’s Trail, I’m back. Last time I left Porto Covo on a bus, with broken shoes and travelled to Lisbon to buy a new pair. In Lisbon I had planned to take a train the 50 or so kilometer’s to Azambuja, where… Read more >
Day 2: Vila Nova de Santo Andres to Brejos de Carregueira February 15, 2025 The dreaded second day and on a Saturday, the day where many of my wettest, longest and least memorable walks have taken place. This Saturday was no exception. At breakfast I had a long chat with an American couple who wished they could move to Europe instead of flying home. I set off at 9.30… Read more >
Day 3: Brejos de Carregueira to Setubal February 16, 2025 A magnificent start and end to the walking today, so-so in between. After two heavy days I was wondering how my legs and body would react today, which was a somewhat shorter day at 23 or 27kms, depending on where I took the boat from to Setubal. I was down for breakfast at 8 sharp… Read more >
Day 4: Setubal to Lisbon (via Barreiro) February 17, 2025 As many walkers know, walking is far easier in beautiful surroundings than walking along a busy main road, where one is worried that a car driver is more interested in their phone than the road - which happened to me today. In many respects today was a pleasant walk, starting with an uphill climb leaving… Read more >