Camino to Finisterre and Muxía
27.5 km, 577 m up and 396 m down, through 13 places, 5 of which have somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Negreira. 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.
The camino leaves Negreira near the municipal albergue on the West side of town. If you stayed in that albergue, go back towards town a short distance and follow the signs to the church. If you are an early morning (in the dark) walker, do yourself a favor and scout the route the night before. It passes into the dark forest fairly quickly and does not emerge until just before Zas.
You enter Zas along the road, but leave it at the bar mentioned above. The town is small, and you will very quickly find that the camino follows a nice country trail all the way to O Rapote.
Small farming village with a picnic table and fountain at the entrance. Fill your water bottle here.
An albergue and town bar sit up a flight of steps on your left as you arrive. The village is small but the services are welcome on this stretch.
A hamlet on the road. Much of the camino between here and Vilaserio follows the road, turning left into the forest only at the very end.
The camino leaves town along the road. If you stopped at the bar, take the steps down and behind it and turn right then left on the road. You will follow that road all the way to Cornado.
The camino leaves the road in Cornado and stays off of it nearly the whole way to Maroñas.
A quiet hamlet on the trail between Cornado and Santa Marina. No services.
You will walk along the road here for a short but potentially dangerous stretch. Pay close attention to traffic when crossing.
The camino leaves the road quickly and follows along smaller country lanes all the way to Ponte Olveiroa. It is a particularly scenic stretch which passes first through the villages of Bo Xesus and A Gueima.
Note: There will come a junction near Porteliñas which is confusing and poorly marked. Some arrows keep you on the road, another set indicates a left turn along a gravel road. Both will get you where you want to go, but the road is half the distance.
A tiny hamlet on the scenic stretch between Lamelas and Ponte Olveiroa. Stone houses, quiet lanes, Galicia at its most unhurried.
Another small hamlet on the country lane approach to Ponte Olveiroa. The walking through here is among the most pleasant on the route.
A hamlet on the trail. If you're interested in the alternate route via A Picota, turn left at the kilometer marker.
If you are interested in the alternate route via A Picota, turn left at the KM 45,146 marker in Vilar do Castro.
The local pool is free for pilgrims -- a rare luxury. This optional detour has proper signage now and rejoins the official camino at Ponte Olveira.
The camino passes quickly through the twin hamlets of As Porteliñas and As Abeleiroas on the way to the church and hamlet of Corzón.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 1,307 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 28.7 km.
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.