Camino Ingles, Spain

Ferrol · Spain

Easy6 daysEurope~£400 est.

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Overview

The Camino Inglés is the short, honest Camino: 113 kilometres from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela along the route medieval pilgrims took after landing by ship from England and Flanders. Six days of walking through Galicia's eucalyptus forests, granite villages and the ria towns of Pontedeume and Betanzos — and because it starts beyond the 100-kilometre threshold, you still earn the Compostela certificate at the cathedral. It is far quieter than the Camino Francés: dozens of pilgrims a day rather than hundreds, municipal albergues for a few euros a night, and stretches where you walk alone with the smell of rain on eucalyptus. The catch is Galician weather — it rains in every month, and the stage out of Betanzos climbs 400 metres over Hospital de Bruma with little shelter. April to June and September to October are the kind months. Arriving on the Praza do Obradoiro with the cathedral towers above you delivers the same jolt it has for seven centuries; stay for the pilgrim mass and, with luck, the Botafumeiro swinging. Budget £400–500 including albergues, menú del día dinners and the obligatory Galician pulpo.