Camino de Santiago de Compostela

[Sisyphus]

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions on the best way to travel to Ferrol from Liverpool/Manchester or Plymouth. Some people seem to fly into Santiago then get the bus to Ferrol. Is this the optimal route? Or are there better alternatives?

I'm hoping to go early next year but want to get my planning done as early as I can.

Thanks

[JohnnieWalker]

Hello - I think the two best ways are either to fly to Santiago with Ryanair from Stansted then get the bus to Ferrol or to fly with Iberia into A Coruna and similarly get the bus over to Ferrol.

Have a look at this Guide: http://www.csj.org.uk/guides-online.htm

Best wishes

John

[crackmrmac]

If you fly to Coruna:
There aren’t any buses from Coruña airport to Ferrol, you must take a bus
from the airport to Coruña city http://www.autoscalpita.es/HorariosASC.htm#
A Coruña - Airport line Service run by ASICASA which joins A Coruña
(Puerta Real) with the airport, with stops at Casino, Plaza de Orense,
Avenida A. Molina, Alcampo, Portazgo, Corveira and Vilaboa. Journey
duration: 25 minutes.

Timetable: On working days, both from A Coruña and from the airport,
buses run from 7.15 am to 9.45 pm every half hour. On Saturdays they
leave from A Coruña every hour from 7.30 am to 10.30 pm, and from the
airport from 8.00 am to 10.00 pm also every hour. On Sundays and
bank-holidays they leave every hour, from A Coruña from 8.30 am to 10.30
pm, and from the airport from 9.00 am to 10.00 pm.

Price: €1.25. Information telephone: 981 231 234

Then you must take a bus from Coruña to Ferrol. (http://www.arriva.es)

If you fly to Santiago check http://www.monbus.es/index2.htm
Click on "Horarios" to find timetable.

[daesdaemar]

Fly into Santiago and there is a bus at the airport that will take you to the bus station for 3 euros. The bus from Santiago to Ferrol is 9 euros and will take you right to the center of town. Very convenient.

[travelingbones]

Looks like renfre has a train from A Coruna to Ferrol, running 4 times daily for 6 euro (even Sundays) as of 1/18/2013

[tyrrek]

Thanks for the info!

For pilgrims getting the Vueling flight from Heathrow the last train will already have left, but there seems to be one at 6.45am, that gets you into Ferrol at 8.01am, so you could just stay near the station in A Coruna and get the train in the morning before starting to walk.

Check the buses too, though.

Buen Camino!

[Stedds]

I did this last year! Flew into Santiago and then got the bus into town, walked upstairs in the bus station and got a ticket to Ferrol. It is worth hanging around Ferrol for the day to rest up before the hike to Pontedueme, a lovely little fishing town. There is an awesome beach to check out before you cross the bridge into Pontedueme as well

Buen camino!

[tyrrek]

I did this last year! Flew into Santiago and then got the bus into town, walked upstairs in the bus station and got a ticket to Ferrol. It is worth hanging around Ferrol for the day to rest up before the hike to Pontedueme, a lovely little fishing town. There is an awesome beach to check out before you cross the bridge into Pontedueme as well

Buen camino!

Gosh! Don't mention that bridge into Pontedeume. I have a bridge phobia and that one was awful with the low barriers either side. When I got there there was a fiesta of some sort going on and accommodation was full, so I had to cross back across the bridge to the hotel and then cross it yet again the next morning. I was a nervous wreck and had to go for a beer. The barman explained that they'd raised the pavements on the bridge when they put streetlights in, but hadn't raised the retaining walls. But it was OK because 'Nobody falls'. Hmm. There's always a first, but it wasn't me! Buen Camino!

[JohnnieWalker]

[ I was a nervous wreck and had to go for a beer.

Well imagine that

[tyrrek]

[ I was a nervous wreck and had to go for a beer.

Well imagine that

Ha ha! Yes, even if there had been a good sized wall either side I would have had to go for a beer because there were all manner of bizarre things going on in that town during the fiesta. They also have very badly designed benches outside one of the bars there. I was sitting on one end when the guy sitting on the other end stood up and the whole bench tipped over from my weight almost hitting him on the head and leaving me on my backside on the ground. At least everyone else got a good laugh from it. Pontedeume is a strange town. They laugh at danger there. Buen Camino!