Dos Camino

I walked from Santiago de Compostela to Muxia/Finisterra, then Porto to Santiago on the Camino Portuguese Coastal. Read more

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September 12, 2022
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Day 1
Monday, September 12, 2022 at 12:48 PM
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: 679 m
Canada Caernarvon 53.614262, -113.52344753°36’51” N 113°31’24” W
On my way
September 12, 2022 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The adventure begins.
TravelerBe careful and have an inspiring voyage
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TravelerThank you! I am sorry to miss the wedding but excited for my trip.
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Looking forward to following your trek! [Judy]
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Day 1
Monday, September 12, 2022 at 2:08 PM
☀️ 20 °C
Altitude: 720 m
Canada Edmonton International Airport 53.305492, -113.58189553°18’20” N 113°34’55” W
YEG
September 12, 2022 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Waiting for the first flight of the journey.
TravelerEnjoy!
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TravelerHave a great flight!
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Day 1
Monday, September 12, 2022 at 5:53 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 1,079 m
Canada Calgary International Airport 51.129467, -114.00425851°7’46” N 114°0’15” W
YYC
September 12, 2022 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Now waiting for flight to Paris.
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Day 2
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 2:00 PM
🌧 20 °C
Altitude: 293 m
Spain Parque de Bonaval 42.885719, -8.5410442°53’9” N 8°32’28” W
CDG
September 13, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Paris airport connection actually went surprisingly well. I had a prime seat to get off the plane quickly. Customs went smoothly. Then I just had to make the long journey to Terminal 3. But I made it in time for my preferred flight. So I didn’t have to take my backup flight to Madrid😎. I even had time for a latte!Read more
TravelerAwesome! But are you sure you have been travelling for the past day+? Because you sure don’t look like it. You look great!
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Day 2
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:48 PM
☁️ 23 °C
Altitude: 104 m
France Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport 49.013097, 2.55386749°0’47” N 2°33’14” E
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Santiago de Compostela
September 13, 2022 in France ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
I walked into Santiago de Compostela from the airport. It was lovely. I expected rain but when I started to walk, the sun broke through. Poncho on and off about 4 times. Still raining but now I am enjoying a cerveza. I have a cute tiny private room so I can start with a good night’s sleep.Read more
Traveler And there lies my destination. Buen Camino!
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Traveler You will be there soon!
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Day 3
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 9:29 AM
🌧 17 °C
Altitude: 241 m
Spain Pazo de Raxoi 42.880505, -8.54607842°52’50” N 8°32’46” W
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Around Santiago de Compostela
September 14, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Wandering around. Cathedral, bagpiper, I even made a couple of friends.
Ah, Las gaitas! It brings back memories Arlene to hear those bagpipes. Buen Camino from Chuck! [Chuck]
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Traveler Thanks Chuck
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Day 3
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 11:18 AM
🌧 17 °C
Altitude: 271 m
Spain Praza da Inmaculada 42.881169, -8.54431842°52’52” N 8°32’40” W
Cathedral
September 14, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Inside the cathedral. Now waiting for mass to begin.
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Day 3
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 1:01 PM
🌧 18 °C
Altitude: 258 m
Spain Palacio de Fonseca 42.879509, -8.54480442°52’46” N 8°32’41” W
Mass at the Cathedral
September 14, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
TravelerLucky you! I haven’t been able to catch a mass yet.
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Day 3
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 2:27 PM
🌧 20 °C
Altitude: 276 m
Spain Convent of San Paio de Antealtares 42.880695, -8.54373842°52’51” N 8°32’37” W
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Accidental Museum Tour
September 14, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
I thought I was leaving the cathedral and accidentally entered the museum.
Traveler Medieval acupuncture?
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TravelerAnd this is the Holy Door, the one that only opens in Holy Years.
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Day 3
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 10:15 PM
☁️ 17 °C
Altitude: 282 m
Spain Parque de Bonaval 42.884263, -8.54011642°53’3” N 8°32’24” W
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More Santiago
September 14, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Just a few more pictures of Santiago. I will start walking tomorrow so you should see movement on my map. Here you see some shots from Alameda Park, barely missing a downpour in the Praza do Obradoiro, and I think I found the Faculty of Nursing at Santiago’s University, USC. Plus I found some free walking sticks.Read more
Wow! [Cindy]
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Day 4
Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 8:26 AM
⛅ 15 °C
Altitude: 292 m
Spain Parque de Bonaval 42.884738, -8.54034542°53’5” N 8°32’25” W
Camino Fisterre Day 1
September 15, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Leaving Santiago de Compostela this morning. I am heading toward the ocean. This should take about 5 days. I left the Loop Inn and found my desayuno (breakfast). Tarte de Queso sounds like cheese but tastes like cheesecake.Read more
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Day 4
Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 11:18 AM
⛅ 21 °C
Altitude: 184 m
Spain Logrosa 42.909295, -8.72858442°54’33” N 8°43’43” W
Santiago to Castelo
September 15, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Beautiful walk out of Santiago. There were horses and goats grazing, fields of corn, canopies of grapes, picturesque horreos (miniature granaries), and groves of fragrant eucalyptus trees, some forming tunnels of shade. I stopped at a cafe for another snack, empanada de manzanilla. So I actually had cheesecake for breakfast and apple pie for lunch. 😜☕️🥧 There was also a beautiful view of the cathedral in the distance when I looked back at Santiago. Plus I found a nice place to buy. Just a bit of a fixer-upper.Read more
Looks beautiful & you're still smiling! [Janet]
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TravelerThanks 😊
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Day 4
Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 2:36 PM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 285 m
Spain Amés 42.890605, -8.66895542°53’26” N 8°40’8” W
Castelo to Negreira
September 15, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
The guidebook said a hill after the coffee break. It didn’t say that it went on forever! The only good parts: shade and mostly soft path. There was even some logging. After the hill, the walk was more in the sun, and the temperature was rising. Thankfully not like summer, but hot enough that I drained my water bladder. I had only put in one litre, but had a backup bottle so I was okay. There was a nice bridge on the route: Ponte Maceira, bridge of the apples. I found my albergue easily and relaxed with a cerveza and a soak in the pool before showering. I guess I should eat more than pie eventually.Read more
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Day 5
Friday, September 16, 2022 at 7:22 AM
⛅ 16 °C
Altitude: 172 m
Spain Negreira 42.909625, -8.7347342°54’35” N 8°44’5” W
Camino Fisterre Day 2
September 16, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
I am getting ready for day 2. I forgot to add the maps, so will add those here for day one and two. Plus a couple of photos from Negreira.
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Day 5
Friday, September 16, 2022 at 8:35 AM
⛅ 16 °C
Altitude: 162 m
Spain Pazo do Cotón 42.907955, -8.7383742°54’29” N 8°44’18” W
Negreira to A Peña
September 16, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Just leaving Negreira there is a lovely detour on a dirt trail along the river. Very quiet and peaceful. The only problem was that I got lost 🧭. The trail was not well marked. At first it was okay, a Spanish pilgrim kept catching up with me and guiding me in the right direction. But then I came to a fork and he was nowhere to be found. I did figure it out, and was so happy to see the yellow arrows again. After a bit I came to a café but wasn’t sure the climb up the steps would be worth it. Definitely it was. Café con leche and Tortilla Español. Yum! I ate better today.Read more
TravelerExcellent photos. How many miles per day? Roughly - can manage an answer in KM.
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TravelerSo far 20-23 km, my goal is mostly under 25, but I think there might be a couple of longer days.
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Traveler👍🥾🙃
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Day 5
Friday, September 16, 2022 at 11:41 AM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 380 m
Spain Pena 42.932312, -8.81851242°55’56” N 8°49’7” W
A Peña to Santa Mariña
September 16, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Fortified with caffeine and carbs, I continued past fragrant eucalyptus groves and pungent manure in barns and on fields. More manure. This is quite an agricultural area, lots of corn, cows, some horses and sheep. I saw many more horreos, and walked along a ridge with nearby Spanish windmills. After arriving at my albergue I showered and did some laundry. Soon I will go in search of beer.Read more
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Day 6
Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 8:19 AM
☁️ 14 °C
Altitude: 328 m
Spain Santa Marina 42.957425, -8.92618342°57’27” N 8°55’34” W
Camino Fisterre Day 3
September 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Just the two of us in the albergue, Nancy from Belgium and myself. 24 empty beds in the room. We had an excellent pilgrim meal for 12€. We were on the road before 8:00, just before sunrise.
TravelerHow lucky, just 2 of you!
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Day 6
Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 9:34 AM
☁️ 16 °C
Altitude: 351 m
Spain Gueima 42.962408, -8.9744942°57’45” N 8°58’28” W
Santa Mariña to Lago
September 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We got a lesson in Spanish agriculture this morning. Not like combining back home. They have a single machine that cuts the corn, grinds it up, throws the works into the following truck and leaves just short stalks. Then I stopped for first the café con leche of the day, along with a pastry. Not much else to do in Lago.Read more
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Day 6
Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 11:36 AM
☁️ 20 °C
Altitude: 186 m
Spain Dumbría 43.004879, -9.11253143°0’18” N 9°6’45” W
Lago to O Logoso
September 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
More farming lessons: they put the corn harvest in pits, drive over it to flatten it, then put plastic over. Good cattle feed. Corn seems to be the primary crop in this area. Corn ➡️ cows ➡️ manure ➡️ corn. The circle of life. I did see sheep as well. And one heron, can you find it? The cemeteries here are beautiful.Read more
Travelerfound the heron
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TravelerMe too 😀
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Day 6
Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 12:18 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 305 m
Spain Hospital 42.973347, -9.06743642°58’24” N 9°4’3” W
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O Logoso to Dumbria
September 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
I stopped for lunch, the bocadillo con bacon y queso was great! I saw Patrick and Roseanne from Idaho once more, but they will be heading to Fisterre at the junction. A bit further on was the junction to go left to Fisterre or right to Muxia. I am going to Muxia first, so I headed right. The rest of the trail was lovely. Mostly downhill, through some more eucalyptus, birds keeping me company. I am staying at the Xunta Albergue in Dumbria. It is quite nice, and there are more than just Nancy and me. Some who came from Muxia today; some, like me, heading there tomorrow.Read more
Travelerloved the birdsong and fragrance in those forests, especially after the rain
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TravelerYes, it was wonderful.
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Traveler big shoes to fill...
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TravelerHaha 😆
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Day 7
Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 7:52 AM
☁️ 17 °C
Altitude: 190 m
Spain Dumbría 43.004989, -9.1122543°0’18” N 9°6’44” W
Camino Fisterre Day 4
September 18, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
I met two Canadians yesterday- Dennis and Carl, travelling with Pirash from Hungary. We had beer 🍺 together. Nancy and I made a pasta dinner in the albergue kitchen. Nice little town but not much for restaurants. The Xunta albergue is quite nice, very modern. More pilgrims than yesterday but not quite full. Today I will see the ocean!Read more
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Day 7
Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 9:55 AM
☁️ 18 °C
Altitude: 129 m
Spain Senande 43.041296, -9.14924343°2’29” N 9°8’57” W
Dumbria to Senande
September 18, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
This morning there was some booming noises and hounds baying. At coffee break I asked for a tortilla español. I might be getting a lot.

Yes, I did.
Ooo, I’m pretty green with envy right now Arlene - well, but let’s call it longing, LOL. I should have slipped into your backpack when you weren’t looking! The skies look beautiful and no rain since you departed Santiago it seems. So glad for you … enjoy. [Chuck]
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TravelerYes I have had fabulous weather. And the tortilla came in handy. I am eating the rest now before I start out on my 28 km day.
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Day 7
Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 12:55 PM
☁️ 22 °C
Altitude: 49 m
Spain Moraime 43.084228, -9.18670543°5’3” N 9°11’12” W
Senande to os Muiños
September 18, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Armed with muchos leftovers, I continued my walk. I saw some cute garden gnomes, a farmer called me over to give me apples, a cat called me over to use me as a rubbing post. I got my first glimpse of the ocean! Then I found a bar and ordered a Coca Cola.Read more
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Day 7
Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 1:27 PM
☁️ 22 °C
Altitude: 29 m
Spain Moraime 43.083345, -9.1935343°5’0” N 9°11’37” W
Os Muiños to Muxia
September 18, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
I got a first glimpse of Muxia, but not there yet. Once I checked in and cleaned up, I headed over to the special holy area. I climbed a hill for a good view of the town - almost easy without the backpack. There’s a zero Camino marker here as well. It appears there are two ends of the earth. Or at least of the Camino.Read more
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Day 7
Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 6:18 PM
☁️ 22 °C
Altitude: 18 m
Spain Punta da Barca 43.112228, -9.22033343°6’44” N 9°13’13” W
Muxia
September 18, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
What makes the area special and holy, you ask? Well, when St James was working to promote Christianity in the Iberian peninsula, he wasn’t doing very well, and was getting discouraged. The Virgin Mary appeared to him in Muxia, arriving on a stone boat, the stones you can see formed that boat. Which encouraged him to continue. The church is in the same place, a tribute to Mary. Any experts reading this may correct me, but that is how I understand the legend.Read more
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