El English Way it is fashionable More and more pilgrims opt for this route, hitherto less known, as evidenced by the statistics of the pilgrim's office of Santiago, according to which last year (2018) The Ferrol It was the fifth point of origin most used by those who obtained the Compostela (above even classic places on the Camino such as León or O Cebreiro). And how could it be less, At Caminofácil we have recently started to provide a luggage transport service on the Camino Inglés throughout its entire history.
Precisely for this reason, today we want to offer a brief guide to the pilgrim who starts his way from El Ferrol and wishes to spend a couple of days before beginning to explore this city.
Ferrol Vello
In this neighborhood is where the original nucleus of the city was located. The pilgrims who disembarked in the Middle Ages in El Ferrol on their way to Santiago did so here, more specifically at the Curuxeiras wharf. Walking through the neighborhood today, you can still perceive the character of that original town, a typical Galician fishing village.
From here you can also take a boat for a tour of the estuary.
A Magdalena neighborhood
This neighborhood, which is currently the urban center of the city, was declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1983. Its beautiful modernist buildings, built at the beginning of the XNUMXth century for the city's bourgeoisie, give it a very special character.
San Felipe Castle
Built in the XNUMXth century, this castle formed, together with the one in Palma and the one in San Martiño (now disappeared), the bases for the military defense of the city. Stretching a chain from it to the castle of La Palma, the estuary was closed, so that no enemy ship could enter.
Beach
Ferrol is surrounded by long, almost virgin beaches of incomparable beauty that are ideal for practicing surfing or any water sport. Several of them have the distinction of the blue flag, which rewards their cleanliness and safety. Some of the best known are Doniños beach, Esmelle beach or Santa Comba beach.
Cape Prior
The Cabo Prior Lighthouse, 14 km away. from the city, it is the perfect vantage point to watch the sunset over the Atlantic Ocean. The Galician coast, full of cliffs at this point, offers us places of incomparable beauty.
