Hike SW Portugal's Rota Vincentina

Rota Vincentina Walking Holiday on Portugal's SW Coast Learn all about this exciting long distance trail on today's show. COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info about training for this adventure. Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!).  Get the monthly newsletter here. CONTACT KIT Resources  Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures.  Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You'll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount! Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks! Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don't purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you'll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:) SUBSCRIBE to the Adventure Travel Show (the "How to's of adventure travel) SUBSCRIBE to Active Travel Adventures (fantastic adventure destinations) Join the Active Travel Adventures Facebook Group Follow ATA on Twitter Follow ATA on Instagram Follow ATA on Pinterest (C) Active Travel Adventures, LLC - All Rights Reserved Time Stamped Show Notes 00:00   Intro 01:30   Julianna Barnaby gets into Adventure Travel 02:45   Overview of the Rota Vicentina series of trails 04:00   Accommodations 05:05   Do you need to bring your day's water 05:30   Best times to go 06:10   Portugal is relatively affordable 06:44   How to get to the trail heads 07:41   Do you see many people 10:00  Is the Way like the El Camino 11:00   Landscapes and cliffs described/ cork trees 13:10   How harvest the cork 14:25   Mediterranean plants you'll see 15:55   Wind sculpts the landscape 16:28   How well is the trail blazed (signed) 17:15   What if you can't speak Portuguese 18:05   Can you go solo 19:32   How difficult is it 20:06   Walking in deep dune sand 20:19   How exposed are you 21:15   Birding 22:46   Good 'rest day' villages 25:05   Luggage Transfer service   25:47   Advice for hikers 26:48   Take some Circular Routes 27:25   Must plan accommodations in advance 29:30   Julianna's most striking memory 30:37  Julianna meets a fisherman 32:09   How this trip compares to others 33:15   The Discoveries Of blog Julianna writes 35:13   Julianna explains "Discerning Travel" 36:13  Final thoughts: GO! Review the Active Travel Adventures podcast please!