The Finisterre and Muxía Way is the epilogue of the Camino de Santiago. From Santiago de Compostela, pilgrims continue 119 km in 4 stages to Cape Finisterre, the mythical "End of the World" where ancients believed the earth ended.
Medieval tradition held that pilgrims should complete their journey watching the sunset over the Atlantic from the Finisterre lighthouse and burning their walking clothes. Today this tradition lives on, and the Km 0 marker symbolically marks the absolute end of the Camino.
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Start of the Epilogue towards the end of the world. After saying farewell to the cathedral, leave Santiago through the Sar quarter and walk along rural trails through eucalyptus forests and Galician villages. Negreira is a town with a manor house and a medieval bridge over the Tambre river.
A long stage through the interior of the Costa da Morte. Solitary paths through oak groves, meadows and villages with stone granaries. Pass through Vilaserio and Santa Mariña. Olveiroa is a small hamlet where the path splits: one route goes to Finisterre and another directly to Muxía.
Stage from Olveiroa to the Virxe da Barca Sanctuary in Muxía. 32km.
Coastal stage from Muxía to Cape Fisterra and its lighthouse, via Lires. 29km.
Route
The route continues along the spectacular Costa da Morte (Coast of Death) to the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Barca in Muxía, a temple by the sea surrounded by enormous granite rocks with ancient legends.
6 free hostels on this route