Walking route from Ponferrada to A Coruña?

[PaintedLady]

Anyone found a route from Ponferada to Lugo and on to A Coruña?
Hoping to leave Camino Frances route at Ponferada and head NNW up to Camino Ingles and on to Santiago de Compostela.

 

[Bradypus]

ALSA bus. Several departures per day - some direct, some with a change in Lugo. Search for "Coruña" rather than "A Coruña" in the drop-down destination list.

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[PaintedLady]

Thanks. I would like to walk this route. No bus.

 

[Tincatinker]

Thanks. I would like to walk this route. No bus.

You'll need to research the Via Kunig https://viakunig.eu/mapa/ which will get you to Lugo. Onward to A Coruna will require a good mapping app and some careful planning. There is no designated route so you'll be improvising. You might like to look at the Camino Verde to Friol and perhaps even Sobrado dos Monxes. From either you'll be heading north-west and on your own. Google Maps suggests a couple of lines to follow https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lug...e!2m2!1d-8.4115401!2d43.3623436!3e2?entry=ttu but, as usual has you walking on roads. Mapy.cz or Maps.me will give off-road options. There may even be some wikitracks out there. Worth an afternoons surfing anyways.

Good luck & happy planning

 

[PaintedLady]

You'll need to research the Via Kunig https://viakunig.eu/mapa/ which will get you to Lugo. Onward to A Coruna will require a good mapping app and some careful planning. There is no designated route so you'll be improvising. You might like to look at the Camino Verde to Friol and perhaps even Sobrado dos Monxes. From either you'll be heading north-west and on your own. Google Maps suggests a couple of lines to follow https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lugo,+Spain/A+Coruña,+Spain/@43.1786209,-8.3139898,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0xd31ce80b130876d:0x1f305fbf2867050c!2m2!1d-7.5567582!2d43.0097384!1m5!1m1!1s0xd2e7cfcf174574d:0x6a47350d095cdfee!2m2!1d-8.4115401!2d43.3623436!3e2?entry=ttu but, as usual has you walking on roads. Mapy.cz or Maps.me will give off-road options. There may even be some wikitracks out there. Worth an afternoons surfing anyways.

Good luck & happy planning

Wonderful. Thanks for the leads.

 

[trecile]

The app mapy.cz is great for mapping out walking routes.
Here's a suggested route between Ponferrada and Lugo.

 

[Tincatinker]

Just realized you'd be able to reverse the Ingles from Betanzos which would at least get you back on a resourced Camino. Or you could, of course, just turn left and head for Santiago.

 

[Bradypus]

Thanks. I would like to walk this route. No bus.

Sorry - I misinterpreted your original post

 

[JabbaPapa]

The Historic route for doing so would look something like this :



Me ? I think I would DIY a route up there northwards from Melide, though Sarria > Lugo etc is possible.

Heading directly north from Ponferrada would involve some more serious backpacking-style mountain hiking in wilderness.

 

[PaintedLady]

The app mapy.cz is great for mapping out walking routes.
Here's a suggested route between Ponferrada and Lugo.

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Oohhh! Thanks.

 

[David Tallan]

The app mapy.cz is great for mapping out walking routes.
Here's a suggested route between Ponferrada and Lugo.

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I've been using Organic Maps for that purpose (I think it is the open source descendant of Maps.me). Here is what I get as a suggested route between Ponferrada and Lugo.

 

[Tincatinker]

The Via Kunig is an established route. Other potential routes between Ponferrada and Lugo are available to anyone who has a map and an inclination. The OP’s challenge is getting from Lugo to A Coruna by any possible route that doesn’t involve slogging the available road route. A decent mapping app, previously cited, will help but but I’m minded of the likely local response to any request for help and suggestions “por Que?”
If you’re on pilgrimage to the bones of Santiago why would you not simply walk to Santiago. And why would you not walk by the most direct route to those bones. Of course, if you’re just out for a stroll around Galicia then where you go and how you get there is entirely up to you.
A Coruna has been a major port for at least 1500 years. The distribution web from the harbour to the interior is well established but is likely represented by N roads not pilgrim friendly tracks

 

[PaintedLady]

The Via Kunig is an established route. Other potential routes between Ponferrada and Lugo are available to anyone who has a map and an inclination. The OP’s challenge is getting from Lugo to A Coruna by any possible route that doesn’t involve slogging the available road route. A decent mapping app, previously cited, will help but but I’m minded of the likely local response to any request for help and suggestions “por Que?”
If you’re on pilgrimage to the bones of Santiago why would you not simply walk to Santiago. And why would you not walk by the most direct route to those bones. Of course, if you’re just out for a stroll around Galicia then where you go and how you get there is entirely up to you.
A Coruna has been a major port for at least 1500 years. The distribution web from the harbour to the interior is well established but is likely represented by N roads not pilgrim friendly tracks

It is a good question. I will be carrying the memories n wishes of 2 special people, hence visiting Ponteferrada (Knights Templar) and bringing the Scottish clan from Coruña to Santiago.

 

[Tincatinker]

I wish you well. The Templars weren’t in Ponferrada for long but they were there. The retreat to Coruna is a later part of history. The Black Watch played their part in that part of the great game as did other highland regiments. May you find that which you seek

 

[MikeC]

A Coruna is les than 100k from SDC so you might need to think about how to get the stamps to show a contiguous journey if you are taking a unique route.