The Rota Vicentina - and especially the fishing path - has already been recommended to us by many other hikers and is now at the top of our personal hiking holiday wish list!

The long-distance hiking trail "Rota Vicentia" in the southwest of Portugal actually consists of two different, parallel hiking trails:

1. The fishing path ("Trilho dos Pescadores") starts at "Porto Covo" and runs directly on the Atlantic coast.
2. The historical path ("Caminho Histórico"), on the other hand, begins in "Santiago do Cacém" and runs mostly in the hinterland.

In the last third, the two long-distance hiking trails intersect several times and then end together at "Cabo de São Vicente", the cape at "Sagres", the southwestern city of Portugal.

However, whoever speaks of the "Rota Vicentina" usually means the much more popular fishing path: The largely undeveloped Atlantic coast in the southwestern tip of Portugal has a very special charm for hikers. There are many small guest houses and hotels along the route, and large hotel complexes are rarely found (in contrast to the nearby Algarve, the most popular coastal region in Portugal).

We have put together some information about the "Rota Vicentina" below - this relates only to the fishing path.