Camino Inglés: Stage 2

Once you leave the hostel you will have to walk through the fluvial path that links Narón and Neda over the Belelle river. This is the best way of starting this new stage. After this fluvial path you will get to a path and here you will have to turn left to get to the national road where you will see the Iglesia de Santa María de Neda church, a Baroque church. Inside this church there are many wonderful sculptures. Tells the story that one of them reached the church by floating along the sea, and that once placed in the church tried to escape on many occasions again to the sea. Parishioners, tired of recovering it again and again, decided to chain it to the altar. Once you leave this church you will have to turn left to cross a park and also a bridge over the Belelle river to get to the Calle Paraíso street. After walking up some meters you will cross the Torre del Reloj tower where it used to be located the Hospital del Espíritu Santo hospital, a pilgrim’s hospital. Nowadays you could only see the tower and across, the old building was demolished to build the city hall. Then you will have to continue straight forward to get to the Calle Real street that is famous due to all the medieval arcades that are full of flowers. You can get to the main street, Avenida de Algeciras, where you will find some supermarkets, pharmacies and some cafeterias. You will continue through the Rúa Real street and once you get to a bar you will have to turn left to go and visit a gothic church devoted to San Nicolás. This church is not in the Way but is near and is a must. It houses 3 chapels inside from the 16 century and also a sepulcher devoted to Don Diego Esquío. Here you will also see one of the oldest stone crosses in Galicia. Years ago this stone cross used to be in the Calle Paraíso street and was used to indicate the way to all pilgrims that walked to Santiago. You will have to walk through a street called General Morgado to get to a crossing where you will have to turn right to get to the train station and cross a bridge under the highway to turn left. Before continuing you will have to stop in a bar called O Camiño Inglés, that offers breakfast and meals for starving pilgrims Now it starts the first complicated part of the stage, you will have to ascend through the monte Marraxón mount towards A Silva and O Puntal de Arriba. The views will be amazing here. Now it starts the first complicated part of the stage, you will have to ascend through the monte Marraxón mount towards A Silva and O Puntal de Arriba. The views will be amazing here.

A yellow arrow will indicate you to go through the left to Conces where you will find a spring. Now you are in Fene, you will get here through the Rúa do Campo street. Here you will find all kind of services in its main street. After crossing the Place of Culture you will have to go through the Rúa da Casa Vella street and then through A Casanova street that will lead to the N-651 to get to Fene. After crossing Fene’s city hall you will have to turn left and then to the right once you get to As Foxas. You will leave the city center to get to a rural area, then you will have to turn left to get to N-651. You will get to an industrial area called Vilar do Colo. Then you will have to turn left once you get to a roundabout. Then you will have to turn left and after crossing all the road turn left again to turn right a little bit after to get to the AP-9. Then you will have to get to Pena do Pico and get again to the national road, in Cabanas. Then you will have to turn right to get to the Molino Sucursal del Priorato mill and to the Iglesia de San Martiño do Porto church. This church was probably built by Bartolomé Rajoy y Losada in the 18 century. After continuing straight forward you will have to cross a staircase to go through a tunnel under the train rails. You will get to the Playa de A Magdalena beach, a place very populated in summer. Once you have crossed the seafront you will have to turn left towards the medieval bridge that links Cabanas and Pontedeume. It used to be a wooden bridge, but in the 14 century it was modified and it was built with stone. You are very close to the end of today’s stage, the hostel is near. In Andrade you will find all kind of services.

Bear in mind

This is an easy and short stage, there are lots of pilgrims that decide to continue their way after finishing this stage. As this is stage only lasts for sixteen kilometers, many pilgrims decide to walk on until Miño or do the Ferrol–Pontedeume stage. Anyway, none of these stages has any difficulties, both for cyclists or people with reduced mobility.