Day trip to Finisterre and Muxia

Because we just cant get enough, let's get up early and take a bus trip to Finisterre (the edge of the world) and Muxia (where legend has that the virgin Mary traveled by stone boat to help James spread the word about Christianity).

First stop was an old port muros a traditional fishing town.

Then to Horreo de Carnota - I'll do another post dedicated to the history of the horreo (pronounced oreo, btw... lol) the one we stopped at is the largest in Spain and the world! It's built in baroque style and dated to 1768, it is 35 Meyers or 115 feet long (this one belonged to the church so had to store the grains and cereals that the church produced and the expected 10% tithe/tax from the citizens).

Then Fervenza de Ezaro at Mt. Pindo, a 40-meter regulated waterfall on the Xallas River.

We had lunch at the fish market in Port of Fisterra... beach glass from Galicia - talk about motherlode!

We then went to the Cape of Fisterra where the lighthouse sits and where legend has it that there are magic stones that, when you crawl through 9 times, will cure whatever ails you - kidney, back and head. And although we already received our Compestellas, we did get our 0km stamps here. This is also where many pilgrims come to burn their camino socks! (I like my socks, so didn't participate, lol).

On to Muxio, to wander among the stones and a surprise stop at a small village (population 74) that held the remains of some windmills and Roman walls and bridges.

12,097 steps today... but it's a rest day, so who's counting? 💙もっと詳しく