We had a rest day today in Ferrol, which allowed us to sleep in, do laundry, and most importantly just have a fun tourist day in a nice city.
This town is all about the port, specifically ship building. It’s also an important naval base and much of the waterfront is naval docks, shipwright facilities, and a naval training academy. There’s a great, free, museum documenting the evolution of the Spanish navy, and a great naval engineering museum. So I got to geek out on both history and engineering today.
Ferrol also has some cool architecture. We spent a part of the morning on a walking tour of modernist buildings, mostly from architect Rodolfo Ucha Piñeiro.
And like most larger cities, there was also a great collection of graffiti art around the city. In particular, Gus the Pug seems to be pervasive.
Our apartment is next door to a bagpipe club, so each evening we’re serenaded to the sounds of piping and drumming. That might sound horrible but it’s incredibly cool and has me wanting to learn to pipe.
Back on the trail tomorrow. Ferrol is the end of the Camino do Mar, tomorrow we’ll be on the Camino Inglés so we expect to see a bunch more people. After that we go freestyle on a coastal linkup to the Camino dos Faros.Read more
May 15, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C