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The Camino to
Finisterre & Muxia

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The Camino to Finisterre and Muxia



Most people end their Camino in Santiago. It is well worth considering going on the Finisterre - this extension takes 3 days, and is much less crowded than the Camino Francés, and this can be a welcome relief. there are 3 good refugios on the route, though they are perhaps not ideally placed. The first one, at Negreira, is only 21 km. from Santiago, so that you can reach it by mid-afternoon. the next two stages are over 30 km., and thus make very long days. The refugio at Finisterre is much more crowded, with pilgrims who have come by bus, but it is well worth seeing the sun go down into the sea at the end of the world. And you can then continue along the coast to Muxia - you will hardly meet anyone if you do this walk. Or you can go direct to Muxia, and then walk from there to Finisterre (since this section is waymarked in both directions)

Day 1 - Santiago de Compostela to Negreira

Medieval bridge
Roadside cross

The bridge at Ponte Maceira, a very restful place
The town walls of Negreira
Day 2 - Negreira to Olveiroa

A major junction of forest paths
The new fuente in Cornado

Countryside with the hamlet of Gueima
Rio Xallas


Day 3 - Olveiroa to Finisterre

The double waymark where the Camino divides, Finisterre to the left and Muxia to the right.
Pointed marker stone and first view of the sea

Ceé - esplanade and fishing boats
Cape Finisterre


Day 4 - Finisterre to Muxia

Plenty of shaded woodland path is in this section
Lovely views of the coast

Inviting beaches
The "sacred stone" at the end of the Muxia promontory
Day 3a - Olveiroa to Muxia

More welcome eucalyptus woods
The strangest horrio, built on the roof of a house

and the longest - wtih 24 pairs of legs
Excellent view of Muxia on its promontary

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