Camino Fisterra-Muxía

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1. Santiago de Compostela

   0km from start · 260m

   After receiving the Compostela certificate, some pilgrims find the journey is not yet complete — the medieval cry of 'Ultreia!' ('Let us go further!') pulls them westward toward the Atlantic. Long before Christianity, pagan pilgrims walked to Cape Fisterra to watch the sun die in the sea; when the Camino de Santiago rose to prominence, Christian pilgrims absorbed this ancient tradition, walking 88 more kilometres to stand at land's end. The Pilgrim Office at Rúa das Carretas 33 issues a separate Fisterra stamp for your credencial marking the start of this extension. The Cathedral's great Botafumeiro swings at the Pilgrim Mass at noon — if you haven't witnessed it, stay for the service before departing. Begin the Fisterra route at first light from the Cathedral steps.

2. Ponte Maceira

   14.5km from start · 95m

   Ponte Maceira is one of the most beautiful hamlets on the entire route, built around a graceful medieval bridge over the Tambre River. The five-arched granite bridge dates to the 14th century and is considered one of Galicia's finest medieval bridges. Legend holds that followers of Saint James crossed here carrying his body to Santiago after his martyrdom in Judea, pursued by the Roman Queen Lupa's soldiers, who destroyed the bridge behind them — only for it to miraculously reconstruct itself. The small chapel of San Brais stands guard at the bridge's end. Stamp at the local albergue or café.

3. Vilaserio

   27.5km from start · 280m

   Vilaserio marks the midpoint of the long Stage 2 crossing the municipality of Santa Comba, a stretch of highland plateau at nearly 280 metres that preserves some of the oldest pre-Roman field boundaries in western Galicia. The parish church of Santa Comba de Vilaserio sits at the edge of a Castro-era hillfort site — the characteristic circular earthwork is still visible in the fields to the north. The eucalyptus that now covers much of this landscape arrived only in the 1950s as a paper-pulp crop; the medieval pilgrim would have crossed open heath and oak woodland here.

4. Santa Mariña

   37.5km from start · 380m

   Santa Mariña sits at the western edge of the Serra do Bocelo highlands at 380 metres, the highest point of Stage 2. The hamlet is named for Saint Marina of Galicia, the 3rd-century local martyr whose cult predates the Camino de Santiago itself — her feast day, July 18th, is still celebrated with a village fire in this and dozens of parishes across the Costa da Morte. The granite church of Santa Mariña here preserves a carved Romanesque tympanum rarely mentioned in pilgrimage guides. From this height, on clear days, the Ría de Corcubión and the distant Atlantic are visible for the first time.

5. Olveiroa

   54.5km from start · 200m

   Olveiroa is a village of a few dozen souls that holds one of the most emotionally charged decisions of the entire Camino: whether to walk to Fisterra, to Muxía, or to attempt both. This fork has existed for pilgrims since the medieval era, with both Atlantic endpoints carrying their own distinct spiritual weight — Fisterra as the pagan 'end of the world' Christianised by Saint James, and Muxía as the place where the Virgin Mary herself appeared. The hórreo granaries that give the main albergue its name are quintessentially Galician. Stamp at the Albergue Hórreo de Olveiroa.

6. Cee

   68.2km from start · 15m

   Cee is a working port town at the inner head of the Ría de Corcubión, one of the deepest natural harbours on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula — its anchorage was used by the English fleet of Sir Francis Drake when he raided the nearby town of Corcubión in 1589 during his failed 'Counter-Armada'. The town's Church of San Pedro dates to the 12th century and was a documented halt on the medieval pilgrimage to Fisterra. Pilgrims arriving here walk down to the waterfront and see the open Atlantic for the first time, with the silhouette of Cape Fisterra visible on the southwestern horizon.

7. Estorde

   72.5km from start · 30m

   A small coastal hamlet with a sheltered sandy beach, Estorde offers a tempting rest point shortly after Corcubión. The clear waters of the Ría de Corcubión are visible from the path. A local bar serves pilgrims heading toward Fisterra.

8. Fisterra (Town Centre)

   79.8km from start · 10m

   The fishing town of Fisterra sits at the base of the Cape, where pilgrims collect the Fisterrana certificate at the Pilgrim Office (Oficina de Peregrinos). The town has served seafarers and pilgrims for centuries — its harbour once sheltered fishermen going as far as Newfoundland. The Church of Santa María das Areas, just south of the town, holds a revered figure of Christ and has been a place of pilgrimage in its own right since medieval times. Stamp at the Pilgrim Office or multiple bars and albergues in town.

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