Neda to Pontedeume
Rhythm
- Distance
- 15.3 km
- Climb
- 230 m up, 250 m down
- Ground
- 2 to 180 m
- Time
- 4 to 5 hours
- Difficulty
- easy
- Underfoot
- dirt, paved, forest, coastal, cobblestone
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
Today the route starts to feel like a pilgrimage rather than a city walk. You leave the Neda waterfront, climb gently through eucalyptus and pine, cross small streams on Roman-style stone bridges. The Atlantic stays on your right and the path winds inland and back to the coast in turn. By afternoon you cross the long medieval bridge over the Río Eume into Pontedeume — a town named for that bridge, with the Torreón dos Andrade (the 14th-century keep of the Andrade family) rising above the rooftops. Pontedeume's old town is one of the better-preserved medieval centres in Galicia.
What pilgrims often meet here
- Finding a walking pace that the body can sustain
- First Galician forest — eucalyptus, pine, and oak in mixed stands
- The medieval bridge into Pontedeume — built originally in the 14th century
- Discovering Pontedeume's old town with its arcaded streets
What pace does the route ask of you, and what pace did you arrive with?
The ground
The light
Sunrise and sunset in Neda 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.