Hi,
I realized I messed up my itinerary. I am arriving in Porto on June 28th, picking up a rental at the airport and was planning to drive straight to Santiago deCompostella for 3 nights. I realized that I booked the hotel starting the 29th, instead of the 28th by mistake. I can't change the reservation, so I find we have a extra night to play with.
We get into Porto early, about 9:30am, and so I figured we might as well go someplace interesting along the way to our first destination, Santiago de Compostella (see itinerary below.) So, we'll have from say noon to noon, wherever we decide to spend that first day/night. Where would you want to spend a full day along the route from Porto to S de C. Could be Guimaraes, Braga, Pontevedra, Comburra, etc...
Since we'll probably be a little jet lagged (overnight flight,) I figure someplace enjoyable, but not to taxing, would be nice for that first day. Nothing to taxing/stressful, but something enjoyable in a laid back kind of way! A nice village or small city to walk around with charming street life (that's all I really ask for!)
Here's our itinerary:
To Be Determined (1 night) after arriving at Porto Airport at 9:30am
Santiago de Compostella (3 nights)
Porto (4 nights)
Fatima (2 nights)
Lisbon (4 nights)
Sao Martinho do Porto (4 nights)
If anyone has any favorite restaurants or day trips from any of the above, please feel free to share them with me. Thank you!!!