Vacation on the Coast (Finisterre)

To celebrate our Camino, we took a bus to the Spanish coastal towns of Muxia and Finisterre.

Both Finisterre & Muxia are on the rocky Costa da Morte (Galician: "Coast of Death"), named because of the large number of shipwrecks along these shores.

Finisterre, or Fisterra in Gallego, the local Galician dialect, means "Land's End" in Latin. Indeed, for many pilgrims completing any Camino de Santiago, this Cape, or Cabo Fisterra, is their journey's end. The walk to this area is another 3-4 day journey past Santiago, many pilgrims take a bus to Finisterre and/or Muxia at the end of their Camino due to time restraints.

Finisterre was considered to be the end of the known world in the Middle Ages, it held special spiritual and physical significance.

We loved our short visits to both Finisterre & Muxía, each costal village had its own unique charm and character.Read more