Ferrol

Ferrol is a port in Galicia in northwest Spain, with a population of 64,000 in 2024. It's Spain's Atlantic navy base and ship-building centre, so it's industrial but with a long heritage. Wikivoyage

Population 64,367 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Spain

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Spain
Daylight 8 h 58 in Dec, dark by 16:57 · 15 h 24 in Jun
  1. January: 9 h 18 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 31 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 53 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 24 of daylight
  5. May: 14 h 41 of daylight
  6. June: 15 h 24 of daylight
  7. July: 15 h 07 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 33 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 04 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 43 of daylight
  12. December: 8 h 58 of daylight
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Getting there

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Where you can go from Ferrol

  • Under 1 h
  • 1–2 h
  • 2–3 h
  • 3–5 h
  • 5 h +

From Ferrol's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.

2 to 3 hours· 1

From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Mercado Municipal de Recimil

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    430 m from the centre

  • Pescadería

    No hours mapped

    910 m from the centre

  • Mercado da Madalena

    No hours mapped

    930 m from the centre

  • Mercado Municipal de Caranza

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.1 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 14 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Santa Icía 2.8 km, O Alto do Castaño 3.3 km, Barallobre 4.4 km, Piñeiros 4.5 km, Perlío-Fene 4.9 km, O Ponto 5.2 km, Neda 5.7 km

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