The last 100 km: Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela

Ferrol is the full Camino Inglés, not a shortcut onto somebody else's route. You start at a working port on the Galician coast, walk six stages south through Pontedeume and Betanzos, and finish in Santiago with a complete Camino behind you and more than 100 km in your credencial.

111 km (69 miles) 6 walking days, one stage a day +1694 m total climb −1465 m total descent Over the 100 km Compostela minimum

The stretch at a glance

Elevation sampled from terrain data (Terrarium DEM, built on SRTM) along the track, from Ferrol to Santiago only.

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Your plan, day by day

This is the planner preset for the Ferrol start: the guide's own stages, one per day, with the night towns in order. Tap any day for its stage page, with the profile slice and the services along it. Want shorter or longer days, or a rest day? Open the same route in Plan mode in the map app and regroup the days around your pace.

Day	Walk	Km	Climb	Descent	Walking	Night in
Day 1	Ferrol → Neda Stage 1 of the Camino Inglés	15.0	+58 m	−80 m	3 h 50 min	Neda
Day 2	Neda → Pontedeume Stage 2 of the Camino Inglés	12.0	+313 m	−216 m	3 h 40 min	Pontedeume
Day 3	Pontedeume → Betanzos Stage 3 of the Camino Inglés	20.0	+456 m	−438 m	5 h 55 min	Betanzos
Day 4	Betanzos → Hospital de Bruma Stage 4 of the Camino Inglés	24.0	+507 m	−242 m	7 h 00 min	Hospital de Bruma
Day 5	Bruma → Sigüeiro Stage 5 of the Camino Inglés	24.0	+153 m	−330 m	6 h 20 min	Sigüeiro
Day 6	Sigüeiro → Santiago de Compostela Stage 6 of the Camino Inglés	16.0	+207 m	−159 m	4 h 25 min	Santiago de Compostela

Walking time uses 4 km/h plus one hour per 500 m of climb, the same pace as the stage pages.

Why start in Ferrol

It is a whole route, start to finish, in under a week: the only one of the three starts where you walk every stage of the guide.
It is far quieter than Sarria. You will meet the same walkers day after day, which the Francés last 100 rarely allows.
The honest downside: services are thinner than on the Francés, and two stages run 24 km, so the days are set by the towns, not by choice.

Starting in A Coruña instead cuts the walk to about 75 km, short of the 100 km minimum on its own, so walkers who want the Compostela start in Ferrol. Pontedeume's long bridge and Betanzos old town are the two stops walkers remember most.

Getting to Ferrol

Ferrol sits at the end of the rail and bus lines from A Coruña, which is the usual airport and long distance rail gateway for this start. Cross the ría, sleep in Ferrol, and start at the port in the morning.

The Compostela, honestly

The Cathedral's Pilgrim Office asks walkers for at least 100 km on foot, finishing in Santiago, with a credencial stamped along the way: at least two stamps a day over this final stretch is the standing guidance. Ferrol gives you 111 km, so every one of these starts qualifies with room to spare. Get the credencial before you start, stamp it in churches, albergues, and bars along the way, and carry it into the office in Santiago.

The other last 100 km starts

From Sarria: 115 km on the Camino Francés
From Tui: 117 km on the Camino Portugués
Compare all three starts side by side