Camino to Finisterre and Muxía
12.2 km, 68 m up and 183 m down, through 7 places, 1 of which has somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from A Grixa. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.
A hamlet on the trail between Senande and Quintans. No services. The walking through here is quiet Galician countryside -- eucalyptus groves, stone walls, the occasional farm dog.
Not to be confused with the other Quintans near Santiago. This one is a small hamlet on the Muxia branch with no services.
The way to Vilar de Sobremonte and beyond is a fairly steep climb, but not far beyond the top you are rewarded with the first view of the sea.
A hamlet near the top of the climb from San Martino de Ozon. If the weather is clear, the Atlantic is visible ahead. The descent from here toward Moraime begins shortly.
The signage here is a bit misleading, stick to the smaller road downhill and avoid the road which goes uphill. Both bring you to Moraime but the smaller road is the safer of the two.
Ahead is the last real ascent, up to the Capela de San Roque, and from there it is a much needed descent through Chorente and then the beaches at the edge of Muxía.
The last real ascent before Muxia. From the chapel the terrain tilts downhill through Chorente, and from there it's a descent to the beaches at the edge of town. You can see the Santuario da Virxe da Barca in the distanc…
A hamlet on the descent into Muxia. The ocean is close now, and you can smell the salt.
Muxia is the quieter ending. Where Finisterre attracts crowds and has something of a festival atmosphere, Muxia skips the show and gets straight to the essential business of sitting on rocks and staring at the Atlantic. …
Distances are the sum of the town-to-town measurements in my data, not a straight line on a map. Climb and descent come from the altitude of each place listed above, so they under-read where the path goes over a hill between two of them.
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.