The English Way
The shortest of the main Camino routes and one of the most historically rich.
A week or less on the road
The Camino Inglés runs from the Galician ports of Ferrol or A Coruña south through the green hills of northwest Spain to Santiago de Compostela — roughly 119km from Ferrol, 75km from A Coruña. It is a week or less on the road, through quintessential Galician countryside: granite villages, eucalyptus and oak forests, ancient churches, and the quiet rural character of a landscape that has been receiving pilgrims for a thousand years.
What this route gives you
The Inglés gives you Galicia in its purest form — intimate, green, granite, and ancient. This is not the open meseta or the Andalusian dehesa. The landscape is close and wooded, the villages small and unchanged, the light particular to the northwest in a way that stays with you.
It is also the route with the deepest historical resonance of any Camino you can walk today. Medieval pilgrims from Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, and northern Europe did not walk across France and Spain to reach Santiago — they sailed. They landed at Ferrol or A Coruña, set foot on Galician soil, and walked the final stretch from the sea. Walking the Inglés is walking exactly that journey. The Torre de Hércules in A Coruña — the oldest working Roman lighthouse in the world — guided those ships to shore. Walking past it connects you to something a thousand years deep.
The route is shorter than the Francés and considerably less walked. You will have the trail largely to yourself. What it lacks in scale it more than compensates for in character — this is the Camino for someone who wants the experience without the crowds, and who wants to walk a road with real history beneath their feet.
Stages of the English Way
Ferrol or A Coruña to Santiago de Compostela
A week or less on the trail, and an ideal introduction to the Camino for those with limited time or those returning to walk a new route.
From Ferrol — 6 stages, ~119km:
Ferrol → Pontedeume (29km) → Betanzos (18km) → Hospital de Bruma (22km) → Sigüeiro (24km) → Santiago de Compostela (16km)
Note: The Ferrol to Pontedeume stage at 29km is the longest on the route. It can be split at Neda (8km from Ferrol) if preferred.
A note on the Compostela:
Starting from Ferrol qualifies you for the Compostela certificate — the route is 119km, comfortably over the 100km minimum. Starting from A Coruña alone does not qualify — the route is approximately 75km. We recommend starting from Ferrol for this reason, using A Coruña as an overnight stop along the way
From A Coruña — 4 stages, ~75km:
A Coruña → Sergude (21km) → Hospital de Bruma (12km) → Sigüeiro (24km) → Santiago de Compostela (16km)
Both routes merge at Hospital de Bruma for the final stages into Santiago.
A note on A Coruña:
We recommend spending at least one night in A Coruña regardless of which starting point you choose. The city is one of the most beautiful on any Camino route — a sweeping waterfront, the Plaza de María Pita, extraordinary seafood, and the Torre de Hércules, the oldest working Roman lighthouse in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Medieval pilgrims arriving by sea were guided to shore by that lighthouse. Walking past it at the start of your Camino connects you to a thousand years of pilgrimage history in a way that is specific to this route
The Inglés is a shorter route with fewer accommodation options on some intermediate stages. On this route we recommend a transfer-and-return approach where needed — bringing you back to comfortable accommodation in Ferrol or A Coruña and returning you to your stopping point the next morning. You walk every step. The logistics are handled.