Camino Inglés
32 km, 773 m up and 620 m down, through 5 places, 2 of which have somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Pontedeume. 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.
Before arriving in Miño, the Camino makes several twists and turns to navigate around the AP9 highway. The walking is hilly in places and the route can feel a bit industrial near the motorway, but you're rewarded when you reach the coast again. About 12 km to Miño.
From Miño the path heads inland toward Betanzos. You'll cross A Ponte do Porco about 1.5 km ahead, then continue through increasingly rural terrain into Betanzos. Around 10 km to Betanzos.
A few bars along the road before crossing the bridge. There's a small beach here too, though less impressive than Miño's. The name translates as 'Pig Bridge' — local legend involves a wild boar and an unhappy love story,…
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.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 690 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 32 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.