Camino to Finisterre and Muxía
20.2 km, 258 m up and 505 m down, through 6 places, 3 of which have somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Olveiroa. 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 cuts a straight line through town but NOTE: at the edge of town the camino turns left BEFORE ever getting to the road. This is an easy turn to miss.
It is mostly uphill from here all the way to Hospital and beyond, leveling out only a bit when you get to The Great Divide.
Recently revived by a bar and albergue, Logoso is now a popular stop for those wanting to add or reduce a day of walking. The services are basic but welcome on this otherwise thin stretch.
The bar here is the last place to stock up on food and water before the paths diverge. If you're heading to Finisterre, there's a fountain between here and Cee but very little else. If you're heading to Muxia, Dumbria ha…
If you are continuing to Finisterre then the bar here is the last place to stock up on water or grab a sandwich. There is a fountain between here and Cee but very little else.
From the roundabout with the twin markers, take the paved road to the left and alongside the massive factory. The camino follows the road for 300m before leaving it to join a trail on your right. IF you are headed to Finisterra from this point, all the way to the first building in Cee, the camino remains well isolated from the road and any form of development beyond the two chapels mentioned below.
No fountain here -- just a chapel, a picnic area, and a quiet place to rest. The isolation from here to Cee is almost complete, and if the weather is clear the walking through this section is exceptional.
After the Capela de San Pedro the camino comes to a fork, with the yellow arrows taking you left and downhill. The option to the right follows a dead-end trail 50m to the Cruceiro de Armada, a point which marks the medieval pilgrim’s first glimpse of the sea.
The camino leaves this high plateau quite dramatically via a steep descent into Cee. Very steep. It starts off rocky but quickly turns into an asphalted road for the majority of the descent. The camino follows the road into Cee but has a very confusing set of arrows through town. They have been painted and painted over by competing albergues. No matter which way you choose you will get through town, but the shortest distance follows closest to the beach.
Cee, with its crescent beach, is where the camino first reaches the Atlantic. After the solitary highland walking, the salt air and sound of waves feel like an arrival -- even though Finisterre is still 15 km ahead. The…
Corcubion is a historic fishing port that wraps around a small bay, and it has more character than its size suggests. The Iglesia de San Marcos anchors the town, and the stone houses that climb from the waterfront retain…
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 1,161 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 20.7 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.