Camino Finisterre Way

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Continue walking towards the ocean.

[Optional] - 3 walking days [89km]

If after completing the Portuguese or Primitivo Camino you still feel strong, in this case I recommend you can to continue walking from Santiago de Compostela to Finisterre/Muxía. Itis a beautiful 3-4-day walk to “the end of the world”.

If you feel tired, or you do not have time for walking, you can always do a guided day tour from Santiago to visit both capes Finisterre and Muxía, or visit them by yourself by bus.

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Day 1. Santiago de Compostela - Negreira [21km]

You start from the Cathedral. Then from Obradoiro square follow Rua das Hortas, the street on the right that goes down past Hotel Reyes Catolicos. You will start seeing yellow arrows painted on the asphalt (a bit faded), follow the arrows. Cross Rua do Pombal (busy road) and follow along Rua da Poza de Bar. After about 1km from the cathedral, at Caballeria de San Lorenzo Park, you’ll see the first distance pole. From there on the route is well marked with distance poles.

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Day 2. Negreira - Olveiroa [33km]

That will be a nice walk through the forest in the beginning that will change into the countryside scenery with many small villages, pasture fields, famous Galician rock granaries and hundreds of cows. The route continues going up and down all the way. From Negreira on there are several bars-albergues finding a place to stop for coffee, breakfast or lunch. Note! There will be no shops/supermarkets on the way


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Day 3 (option 1). Olveiroa - Muxía [32,5km]

You could choose to go to Muxía and then to Finisterre or other way around. That will bea long walking day through the fields, forest, small villages with many hills on the way. After 5km from Olveiroa, at Hospital, the route splits into two; the right one goes to Muxia, the left continues to Finisterre. The scenery both ways is quite similar except on the way to Finisterre you walk past Corcubión – a nice beach town. On the way to Muxía, you can see the longest granary in Galicia, granary of San Mariño de Ozon.

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Day 3 (option 2). Olveiroa - Finisterre [35km]

After 5km at Hospital you’ll see a split, turn left to Finisterre. Note! The next place after the bar at Hospital where you can get food or coffee is in Cee, 15km away. If you don’t feel like walking 35km all the way to Finisterre you can stop after 21km in Cee or Corcubión and next morning continue walking to Finisterre, 14km more. If you’re not planning to continue to Muxía you can catch a bus back to Santiago de Compostela, there are 4 to 6 daily buses.