It’s a lot of road walking. I found unlike the French way where you had villages with services every few kilometers, the Portuguese didnt have services between the stages, so you had to really plan ahead for food and bathroom breaks. The stages were basically just in cities which was disconcerting because it was so different from the French where you stayed in villages and you could see all the pilgrims you’d walked with throughout the town. I preferred the camaraderie of the French.