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title: "Pontedeume → Betanzos"
description: "Second Camino Inglés stage: 19.7 km with the route's hardest climb out of town and Betanzos, the capital of Galician Gothic, as the destination."
url: https://santiago.es/en/camino-de-santiago/english-way/pontedeume-betanzos
locale: en
---

# Pontedeume → Betanzos

Stage 2 of 5

19.7 kilometres, the shortest of the first half, but not the gentlest: the climb out of Pontedeume tests your legs before you have warmed up.

[By Cesar Rodriguez · local guide](https://santiago.es/en/author)

**Pontedeume–Betanzos stage card**

| Distance | Approx. time | Elevation | Difficulty |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 19.7 km | ~5 h | +523 m / −509 m | 2 of 5 |

It is the shortest stage of the route's first half, but not the gentlest: it piles up more climbing per kilometre than the Ferrol day itself, with a hill out of town that tests your legs the moment you start. After that it calms down, and the final stretch into Betanzos makes up for it with one of the prettiest historic towns on the Camino Inglés.

## The route, village by village

Leaving Pontedeume is the hardest part of the day: a hill with ramps of over 20% best taken calmly, with no hurry to set a pace and, if you can, with [as light a pack as possible](https://santiago.es/en/camino-de-santiago/luggage-transfer). After that opening effort you reach Viadeiro (6.3 km, with a café) and soon A Ponte Baxoi (7.5 km), where there is a medieval bridge and the only café between Pontedeume and Miño — it opens at 8:00, so it is no use for a very early breakfast.

Miño (9.6 km) has every service and a beach that invites a stop if [the weather plays along](https://santiago.es/en/weather), though it pays to stay alert: just after crossing the footbridge over the railway you have to turn 180 degrees, a reversal easily missed if your mind is elsewhere. The path carries on to A Ponte do Porco (11.3 km), with another N-651 crossing, and the medieval Lambre bridge (13.1-13.9 km, with a bar), before reaching San Martiño de Tiobre (17.7 km), with its 12th-century Romanesque church, already at the gates of Betanzos.

Betanzos, capital of Galician Gothic

Betanzos packs three 14th-century Gothic churches into a small old town. San Francisco holds the tomb of **Fernán Pérez de Andrade "O Boo"**, the same noble who built the bridge and the tower in Pontedeume, carved on top of a bear and a boar, his heraldic emblems. And for dessert, the local tradition: the Betanzos omelette, barely set, almost liquid inside, with an annual competition since 2007 and a good-natured rivalry with Logroño over the title of Spain's best omelette, which the two cities shared in a 2022 tie.

## Where to sleep

The Xunta hostel, known as **Casa da Pescadería**, is right in the old town and charges the standard **10 €/night**; depending on the source it has between 35 and 49 beds. Among the private ones: the **Convento de las Agustinas Recoletas** (about 15 €), **Albergue Río Mandeo** (about 18 €, open March to October) and **Santa María del Azogue** (about 20 €). Guide prices for 2026.

Sigue leyendo

**[All the Ferrol–Santiago stages](https://santiago.es/en/camino-de-santiago/english-way)** — Back to the hub — The full summary of the five days, with the logistics of reaching Ferrol included. — Leer la guía

**[Betanzos → Hospital de Bruma](https://santiago.es/en/camino-de-santiago/english-way/betanzos-hospital-de-bruma)** — Stage 3 — 24 km over the route's biggest cumulative climb, with almost 11 km without a single bar at the start. — Leer la guía

**[Stage planner](https://santiago.es/en/camino-de-santiago/planner)** — Tool — Split your Camino days by your own pace and the hostel beds you need. — Leer la guía