Fuencarral is technically still Madrid — a neighbourhood on the city's northern edge that you'll walk through in the first couple of hours. There's a metro station here (Line 10), which makes it a convenient alternative starting point if you'd rather skip the inner-city walk entirely.
You'll find bars for a coffee stop, but most pilgrims push through without lingering. The real transition from urban to rural happens just beyond here, once you pass under the motorway.
The path through Fuencarral is still partly urban — you'll walk past the cemetery and along the Camino de la Cañada, which marks the boundary between the city and the open country ahead. From here, the landscape changes quickly as you enter the fields.
Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.