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To Camino Ingles Or not Too.

MauriceC

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hello

I'm planning to do the Camino Ingles within next year.

Is this a good route?
Is it hard?
Must dos?
Driest time to do it, not too hot tho?
Best places to stay with private rooms?
General tips and advice?

Much thanks to all reply's, greatly appreciated.

Maurice
 
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It is not as easy as some portray it, but it is not hard. The last couple of days are fairly urban walking. There are private rooms in many places, but not all. You can always get a taxi from the route to private accommodations, then return the next day. I have enjoyed it, and would describe it as a good route...
 
Is there a special passport for this route? or is the main camino passport used? thanks.
 
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I've done the Ingles twice and loved it.

The scenery is a wonderful combination of city, small town, village and nature. It is hilly and parts of it are somewhat difficult especially if you do some hill training.

I stayed in paid establishments the entire route and not in alburgues, but that was a personal preference as I prefer my privacy at night.

Do it - you will love it!
 
It is worth spending 2 nights in Betanzos to see the old churches and the Pasatiempo park. Everything else I agree with @daesdaemar, although with some hill training the only 'hard' hill we feel is out of Pontedeume. Just take your time
 
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Do it Maurice! Like previous posters have said , it's a bit up and down topography-wise but then that's Galicia all over really (imhe).
We really enjoyed it, lots of nice town and plenty of facilities as well as good stretches through woodland and countryside. Found the CJS guide very helpful in planning stages (Johnnie Walker) but for us we booked all accommodation through booking.com
Some gentle hill-walking training will put you in good stead for it. We stayed in hotels because we walked it in September 2015 with our collie and most albergues have a no dog policy, but that's for another thread!
 
The Inglés is as hard or as easy as you want it to be.

If you want it easy, then stay the first night in Neda, or take the bridge from Ferrol to Fene. You can also break the walk from Betanzos to Hospital de Bruma, by overnighting in Presedo. The walk from Bruma to Sigüero is longish, but fairly easy, if a bit dry.
 
I walked the Camino Ingles from Ferrol. I found it an excellent and varied route. The paths were very good. I remember two steep hills: a short sharp climb out of Pontedeume and the long slog up to Bruma. This link should give you annual weather statistics for Betanzos which is on the route and should give an idea of the trends in temperature and rainfall. Bear in mind that Galician weather is pretty unpredictable and you can have significant rain any time of year.
https://www.yr.no/place/Spain/Galicia/Betanzos/statistics.html
 
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Welcome Maurice,

I found it to be a beautiful peaceful route and very much enjoyed it in October 2015. I plan on walking it again this year.
 
Hi, Maurice,

Take a look here: https://www.gronze.com/camino-ingles
Click on desired stage and scroll down. You'll get pretty much all of available accommodation options for all towns/villages.

Buen Camino!
 
Hi Maurice, did it the first week of June and loved it. We used the Johnny Walker guide, available here. For the passport, we got ours at https://www.caminosocietyireland.com/passport for a €10 donation - nice version. Got our first stamp there too!
Last day out of Sigueiro, about 7km, note that there is a 'false' waymarker that takes you left instead of right and along the main road. You must stick to the instructions in the Walker guide for the better quieter experience.
 
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