Curuxeiras pier, Ferrol to Neda
Embarkation
- Distance
- 12.4 km
- Climb
- 90 m up, 110 m down
- Ground
- 2 to 60 m
- Time
- 4 to 5 hours
- Difficulty
- easy
- Underfoot
- urban, paved, coastal
Where this day sits on the Camino Inglés
Above, the highest and lowest ground of each of its 6 stages. Below, the word each day is given.
From open-pilgrimages: each stage's highest and lowest ground and its interior theme.
The day
You begin where pilgrims have always begun on this route: at the water. The Curuxeiras pier in Ferrol is where medieval English, Irish, Scandinavian, and Flemish pilgrims stepped off boats and started walking south. There is no inland border to cross, no mountain pass to climb out of. The Camino Inglés begins with the smell of salt and the sound of seagulls. You leave Ferrol through the naval shipyards where the Spanish navy still builds frigates, and the path traces the south shore of the Ría de Ferrol. By midday you arrive in Neda, a quiet fishing town whose pilgrim hospital has been welcoming walkers since medieval times.
What pilgrims often meet here
- Touching the water at the Curuxeiras pier before starting
- Walking past the active Navantia naval shipyards
- Looking across the Ría de Ferrol toward Mugardos on the far shore
- Shorter than expected — many pilgrims arrive in Neda by early afternoon
What does it mean to begin a journey at the edge of the sea instead of at the edge of a continent?
The ground
Mostly flat coastal walk along the south shore of the Ría de Ferrol. Leaves Ferrol's old town through the naval shipyards, follows the bay east, crosses several inlets on small bridges. Some pilgrims continue past Neda to Pontedeume (combining stages 0 and 1) — this is the 5-stage variant.
The light
Sunrise and sunset in Curuxeiras pier, Ferrol depend on the day you walk.
Walk it with Pilgrim
Pilgrim doesn't carry the Camino Inglés as a route yet. You can still walk it with the app in Wander mode, speaking what arises and keeping it on your phone.