Camino Inglés
24 km, 638 m up and 277 m down, through 4 places, 1 of which has somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Betanzos. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.
From Betanzos the Camino heads inland and uphill into increasingly rural and isolated terrain. The next 26 km to Hospital de Bruma are demanding, with significant elevation gain and few services. Presedo, about 12 km ahead, is the only real stopping option with an albergue. Carry food and water from Betanzos — you'll need it.
No services. A tiny hamlet with one small church — the name says it all. You're deep into rural Galicia now, and the villages get smaller from here.
Another tiny hamlet, another small church. No services. The quiet is the point — after Betanzos, this stretch is as rural as the Camino Inglés gets.
From Presedo the terrain continues through isolated countryside to Hospital de Bruma, about 14 km ahead. The path is quiet, wooded in places, and the villages between here and Bruma are tiny — don't count on finding a bar. Carry water.
A scattering of houses along the road. No services. Keep walking.
The next stretch to Sigüeiro is about 24 km through forest and rural paths. The terrain is predominantly flat with gentle inclines — a welcome change after the hills south of Betanzos. You'll pass through several tiny villages, but services are scarce until Sigüeiro. The walking is pleasant — eucalyptus groves, traditional hórreos, quiet lanes — but carry what you need.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 395 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 24.4 km.
Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.