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200 200 NORTHERN WAY MY NOTES 100 100 Neda Barreiros THE WAY TO MUXÍA Ribadeo 0 0 Lourenzá Mondoñedo A Coruña de Abres 400 400 Trabada de Compostela Santiago Fisterra Corcubión Olveiroa Vilalba Abadín 300 300 Muxía PRIMITIVE WAY Baamonde Dumbría Miraz 200 200 Bruma Hospital Sobrado Vilabade Cee A Igrexa Paradavella 100 100 Negreira Arca Castroverde O Cádavo Fisterra Ponte Maceira Arzúa Palas de Rei FISTERRA-MUXÍA WAY Lavacolla Melide 0 0 Rúa de Francos Ponte Ulla Padrón Portomarín Silleda Catoira O Cebreiro de Reis Samos ESTABLISHMENTS THAT OFFER ACCOMMODATION TO PILGRIMS Lalín Vilagarcía FISTERRA-MUXÍA WAY Aguiño Portas Castro AUTONOMOUS REGION OF GALICIA Cambados Barro PUBLIC HOSTELS Piñor de Cea A CORUÑA PROVINCE Cambeo Fisterra SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Arcade 29 km MONTE DO GOZO PUBLIC HOSTEL. 400 beds 14 km SAN LÁZARO PUBLIC HOSTEL. 80 beds Redondela San Cibrao Paderne de Allariz NEGREIRA SEA OF AROUSA AND RIVER ULLA ROUTE Taboadela Augas Santas Rúa Patrocinio, s/n. 22 plazas Nigrán Allariz Muxía O Porriño Baiona Vilar de Barrio Corcubión DUMBRÍA Sandiás Campobecerros OLVEIROA PUBLIC HOSTEL. Olveiroa, s/n. 34 beds Tui Oia O CONCO PUBLIC HOSTEL. O Conco, s/n. 26 beds Xinzo de Limia Laza A Gudiña Porto de A Canda O Rosal FISTERRA PORTUGUESE WAY Rúa Real, 2. 36 beds A Guarda Vendas da Barreira Verín MUXÍA PORTUGUESE COASTAL WAY SOUTH-EASTERN WAY 32.5 km Rúa Enfesta, 22. 32 beds O Conco public hostel. Dumbría (VÍA DE LA PLATA) cut onthedotted line 21 km Dumbría TOTAL DISTANCE TO FISTERRA: 89.4 km TOTAL DISTANCE TO MUXÍA: 86.9 km SANTIAGO-NEGREIRA TOWN COUNCIL OF SANTIAGO 21 km 89.4 km to Fisterra Alto do Mar de Ovellas Santiago de PHARMACY PUBLIC HOSTEL: hostel of Monte do Gozo, 272m Compostela 253m 263m ATM hostel of San Lázaro RESTAURANT TOWN HALL: 981 542 300 www.santiagodecompostela.org A Chancela Alto do Vento 182m A Ponte Maceira 176m Carballal HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION HEALTH CENTRE: 981 527 000/981 950 000 Hostel of Monte do Gozo, 400 beds Negreira 150m 159m Ponte Sarela CIVIL GUARD: 981 581 611 Olveiroa 164m Ventosa 203m STORE Hostel of San Lázaro, 80 beds 120m TAXI: Radiotaxi 981 569 292 Augapesada INTERURBAN TRANSPORTATION Hostel of Negreira, 22 beds 58m TOWN COUNCIL OF AMES 4 km 2.8 km 2.6 km 2.8 km 4.3 km 3 km 1.5 km TOWN HALL: 981 883 002 www.concellodeames.org HEALTH CENTRE: 981 525 283 (Milladoiro) NEGREIRA-OLVEIROA 981 890 404 (Bertamiráns) Vilar do Castro PHARMACY 33.4 km 68.4 km to Fisterra 420m CIVIL GUARD: 981 536 405 (Station Milladoiro-Ames) THE WAY OF FISTERRA-MUXÍA Cornado A Pena ATM Abeleiroas As Maroñas 341m 346m TAXI: 981 536 351 (Milladoiro) 981 883 012 (Bertamiráns) Ponte 322m 320m Vilaserío RESTAURANT Olveiroa 340m 280m Olveiroa Zas 267m 257m HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION TOWN COUNCIL OF NEGREIRA STORE TOWN HALL: 981 885 250 www.concellodenegreira.es Hostel of Negreira, 22 beds Negreira INTERURBAN TRANSPORTATION HEALTH CENTRE: 981 886 378 Hostel of Olveiroa, 34 beds 164m CIVIL GUARD: 981 885 001 33.4 km 1.8 km 3.7 km 3.5 km 4.6 km 4.9 km 2.2 km 9.5 km 3.2 km TAXI: 981 885 159

OLVEIROA-CORCUBIÓN TOWN COUNCIL OF SANTA COMBA Hospital PHARMACY 21 km 35 km to Fisterra Marco do Couto 343m TOWN HALL: 981 880 075 www.santacomba.es 296m Olveiroa ATM CIVIL GUARD: 981 880 023 Cruceiro da Armada 280m 245m RESTAURANT HEALTH CENTRE: 981 880 004 HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION TAXI: 981 880 252 STORE TOWN COUNCIL OF Corcubión Cee INTERURBAN TRANSPORTATION 10m 10m TOWN HALL: 981 867 104 www.mazaricos.net Hostel of Olveiroa, 34 beds 1.5 km 3.3 km 7.8 km 3.3 km 5.1 km CIVIL GUARD: 981 850 019 () HEALTH CENTRE: 981 852 433 Nightfall in Fisterra

CORCUBIÓN-FISTERRA TOWN COUNCIL OF DUMBRÍA Until the end of the , the Costa da to the Apostle” — and the sanctuary of the 14 km 14 km to Fisterra PHARMACY TOWN HALL: 981 744 001 www.dumbria.com Morte (“Death Coast”) was the furthest Virxe da Barca in Muxía. Corcubión ATM Negreira 10m CIVIL GUARD: 981 745 424 (Corcubión) stronghold of land known, the place where pre- Lighthouse Fisterra RESTAURANT Roman peoples believed that souls ascended Such is the attraction of this route that today 130m Amarela Vilar HEALTH CENTRE: 981 744 129 it is the itinerary that has left us more Langosteira viewpoint 91m 93m HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION to heaven. A mythical and symbolic space that Fisterra 65m TAXI: 981 744 052 / 981 744 077. 981 741 659 (Olveiroa) beach Sardiñeiro STORE left the Roman conquerors open-mouthed when references — of all the Ways to Santiago — in 10m 9m 8m travel literature. The oldest story goes back to INTERURBAN TRANSPORTATION they saw the sun disappearing into the immense TOWN COUNCIL OF CORCUBIÓN ocean. Since then, Cape Fisterra has magnetised the fourteenth century: by a knight of Hostel of Fisterra, 36 beds TOWN HALL: 981 745 400 www.corcubion.info PILGRIMS’ PASSPORT 3.2 km 1 km 3.2 km 1.8 km 2.6 km 2.1 km every visitor in the same way. Hungarian origin called George Grissaphan, CIVIL GUARD: 981 745 424 who became a hermit here. There are other HEALTH CENTRE: 981 745 552 The Jacobean Way of Fisterra-Muxía is most stories by the Pole Nicholas von Popplau — OLVEIROA-MUXÍA TAXI: 981 745 023 NAME: faithful depiction of the historical cry of the who made a pilgrimage to Muxía at the end 21 km PHARMACY pilgrim, who exclaimed “Ultreia!” (Still further!). 32.5 km 32.5 km to Muxía Hospital of the fifteenth century — the Venetian 343m ATM And it really is further than the goal in Bartolomeo Fontana (16th century), and the Olveiroa TOWN COUNCIL OF CEE CITY: 280m RESTAURANT TOWN HALL: 981 745 100 www.concellocee.es Compostela — after having venerated the erudite Bolognese clergyman Domenico Laffi remains of the apostle St. James — when th Dumbría HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION CIVIL GUARD: 981 745 424 (Corcubión) (17 century). Hostel of Olveiroa, 34 beds 187m many pilgrims decide to discover the end of A Grixa Senande COUNTRY: San Martiño 140m STORE HEALTH CENTRE: 981 747 097 / 098 / 099 The double place name of the Way — Fisterra Chorente Os 123m As Carizas the world, and do not hesitate to overcome Hostel of O Conco, 26 beds 80m de Ozón TAXI: 981 745 951 Muxía Muiños 56m 200m INTERURBAN TRANSPORTATION the sacrifices of the harsh days behind them and Muxía — indicates that there are two final Sanctuary 12m 40m Hostel of Muxía, 32 beds of A Barca LEAVING FROM: to walk at least another four or five more days. destinations of this, let us say ... goal after the 5m 2.1 km 1 km 2.6 km 4.1 km 6.7 km 5.5 km 5.4 km 5.1 km TOWN COUNCIL OF FISTERRA It is 89 kilometres to Fisterra and 87 to Muxía. goal. In Olveiroa, the route forks: we can go TOWN HALL: 981 740 001 www.concellofisterra.com first to Fisterra via Corcubión, or to Muxía. THE OF , SIGNATURE: The history of this route is a mixture of Facho de Lourido CIVIL GUARD: 981 745 424 (Corcubión) Whatever our decision is, it is compulsory to FISTERRA-MUXÍA 269m paganism and a later process of 29 km 29 km Fisterra-Muxía-Fisterra PHARMACY HEALTH CENTRE: 981 723 192 walk then between the two towns on a Santiago de Compostela Morquintián TAXI: 981 740 255 Christianisation. In the twelfth century, Codex stunning route of light and nature. 154m ATM Calixtinus already links this Way with Jacobean RESTAURANT PILGRIMAGE TO SANTIAGO: tradition. Furthermore, two of the most We have left a beautiful start from Santiago TOWN COUNCIL OF MUXÍA San Martiño HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION popular religious devotions in Galicia are behind us, amidst old oak groves and the Nª Señora Castrexe de Duio TOWN HALL: 981 742 001 www.concellomuxia.com ON FOOT BICYCLE HORSEBACK OTHER MEANS Muxía Lires 39m 47m based in Fisterra and Muxía: the Santo Cristo poetical river bed of the Sarela. We then pass da Barca 24m Fisterra STORE th Hostel of Fisterra, 36 beds 12m 18m 10m CIVIL GUARD: 981 742 002 of Fisterra — of whom Molina (16 century) through Negreira, a town of medieval origin, INTERURBAN TRANSPORTATION HEALTH CENTRE: 981 742 066 states that “more pilgrims come to him than and the cattle region of . Hostel of Muxía, 32 beds 1.4 km 5.5 km 2.4 km 6.4 km 3.6 km 8 km 1.7 km TAXI: 981 742 070 AVAILABLE SERVICES AVAILABLE SERVICES AVAILABLE SERVICES AVAILABLE SERVICES AVAILABLE SERVICES AVAILABLE SERVICES AVAILABLE SERVICES AVAILABLE 21km 33.4 km 21 km 14 km FISTERRA-MUXÍA WAY 32.5 km 29 km Santiago de Compostela Santiago Fisterra Negreira Corcubión Olveiroa Dumbría Muxía

HELPFUL TIPS FOR PILGRIMS SANTIAGO-NEGREIRA STAMP 21 km / 89.4 km to Fisterra bridge, the River Roxos . The church of Trasmonte while the high altar of its church is made of marble fromworks Carrara. of art The medieval centre of the cloister, a unique boxwood garden; the enclosure also contains Renaissance and Baroque Lourenzostately home of San Lourenzo , a small and welcoming wood of old oak trees that marks the way down to the River Sarela. The the statues on top depicting of Prudence,Virtues Justice, Strength and Restraint. The oak grove of San After the Obradoiro, the What to see passing the chapel of San Mauro, the stately home of Cotón and the river. who alludes to it in the novel The town of Negreira, of medieval origin, makes appearances in literature, among others in Ernest Hemingway, disciples of St. James. coat of arms the destroyed bridge over the river is depicted, cutting off the soldiers who persecuted the see before coming to the coast. On coming into the town we see the stately home of A Chancela, on whose go up to A Chancela, and come to Negreira, the largest town — with over 2,000 inhabitants — that pilgrims of Negreira. After A Ponte we Maceira take a wooded to footpath the river next and enter A Barca. We then — and the and meat production region — an area that stands out for of A Barcala its dairy starts cross the River over the most significant bridge on this Way, A Ponte On the other side Maceira. magnificent views over the valley of Amaía. We go through Carballo, Trasmonte, Reino and Burgueiros, and of Ames.the municipality We reach Augapesada and climb up to the difficult topde Ovellas, of Mar with We leave the parish of Figueiras then on the left, Villestro, Roxos and Alto do Vento, and then we come into grew in Santiago up toas a buoyant the last third leather industry of the nineteenth century. of the River Sar.tributary can be seen, On its banks the ruins of old splendour tanning factories The western limits of the stately home of San Lourenzo take us down to the river bed of the Sarela, a beautiful redondas copas” (these old oak trees / showing their roots / and their bare round canopies). book We go through bucolic areas, to which poetess Rosalía de Castro dedicated some of her best poems. her In come to the oak grove of San Lourenzo, with its robust and inspiring old oak trees. of Sargadelos. of the famous pottery We continue down the Rúa do Cruceiro and Poza do Gaio de Bar and nationalist scholar, painter and businessman Isaac Díaz Pardo (1920-2012) was born — he the renovator leaving the church of San Froitosothe Rúa das Hortas At number 37 on this street on our left. the Galician Trindade, downhill between the Pazo de Raxoi and the Hostal dos Reis Católicos, and we continue along We leave the Praza do Obradoiro and head along the route through the lost Pilgrims’ gateway or that of the (14 chapel of San Mauro chapel of San . with its touches of modernism, dating from the mid-twentieth century, among others, in addition to the of could highlight several stately homes, such as difficulties in the terrain. when walking, due to crossings, detours and with visual impairments, always be accompanied a hearing impairment and, in the case of pilgrims -Exercise caution when crossing roads if they have catering facilities, etc.). found along the services Way of St. James (hostels, may encounter and the accessibility of the different -Before leaving, learn about the difficulties they should: disabled pilgrims all pilgrims should observe, In addition to the general recommendations which People with disabilities corresponding documentation. before their pilgrimage and travel with the pilgrims are advised to obtain this information may be an agreement with , therefore in effect -If travelling from a non-EU member state, there card. the Europeanadvisable to carry health insurance -If travelling from another EU member state, it is insurance card. their health -Spanish pilgrims should always carry horseback or the last 200 km by bicycle). pilgrims have travelled the last 100 km on foot or for religious or spiritual reasons, and proves that that the pilgrimage has been undertaken certifies document granted by the Cathedral chapter which entitles pilgrims to obtain the "Compostela" (a the seals of places visited along the Way. It The pilgrim credential is the document which bears Cotón th century) and surrounded by a beautiful natural and monumental landscape. century) On the other side of Follas Novas (1880) she writes of “… aqués vellos carballos, / amostrando as súas raíces / cálva-las — a medieval fort restored — a medieval fort — and the stately in the seventeenth home of century chapel of Carmen Brais or San STAMP Baroque Froitoso church of San For the Bell Tolls Whom . Going through the town we come to the hostel, after de Trasouto — a medieval Franciscan — which holds, in the monastery sunglasses. Avoid the midday heat and use sunscreen. • Bring a hat or other protection for the head, as well as • Take a lightweight raincoat to cover backpacks. time of the year. light in colour (reflective), and appropriate for the • Wear lightweight, clothing that is loose-fitting water and change their footwear. day, pilgrims should wash their feet with soap and properly to prevent scratches. At the end of and wornlinen or cotton, and should be dry rubber outer soles. should be breathable, Socks pairs areshoes (two light advisable), with thick, and broken-inpilgrims should wear comfortable • Foot care is essential for preventing blisters; least over the first few days. to walk too quickly and keeptry a regular pace, at their journey,• Once pilgrims start they should not individual needs. and plan more frequent or longer breaks to suit on individual physical ability, involved, the difficulty mind that stages should be planned depending • Prepare physically for the journey, and bear in the pilgrimage: Before starting accessible accommodation. -Plan and adapt the route and the stages to include cards are up-to-date. health and that their obligatory been de-wormed -Make sure that animals are vaccinated and have If travelling with animals: (18 A Chancela or “O Capitán”, open for visits, the stately home th . The village of A Ponte Maceira , built over the River Tambre century). In the historical civil construction of Negreira the historical civil construction In we century). , faced to look over the large square. has four It STAMP The emergency telephone The number is 112 emergency antihistamines for allergy sufferers and aspirin. scissors, Vaseline, mosquito repellent, and a needle thread to treat blisters, nail adhesive tape, betadyne, band-aids, sunscreen, • The basic first-aid kit (antiseptic cream, gauze, phone, and a small first-aid kit. a sleeping bag, a Swiss army knife, a torch, a mobile of their luggage, pilgrims should bring: • As part chocolate, etc.) should eat food (dried high-energy fruit, figs, • To keep up their strength along the Way, pilgrims place of fluids. and drink plenty • When tiredness or cramps set in, rest in a cool • Always walk on the left-hand side of road. jackethigh-visibility is obligatory. cycling, remember that the use of a helmet and when it is dark and obey the rules. If pilgrims are • Never leave the marked paths, avoid walking RESPECT been fully extinguished. THE ENVIRONMENT. of the day's stage, makethe start sure that it has should be cautious when lighting bonfires and, at • Pilgrims must camp in official campsites. They content will enable pilgrims to remain hydrated. beverages are ideal, as their sodium and potassium recommended to prevent dehydration. Isotonic minimum daily intake of 2 litres of water is rivers, springs or fountains that are A not certified. for drinking; it is not advisable to drink from streams, • Drink water frequently but make sure it is suitable bridge over the A Ponte Maceira Balandrón ,

NEGREIRA-OLVEIROA 33.4 km / 68.4 km to Fisterra typical hats hold the building up. The traditional and basketry front of Romanesque origin and thick stone walls that Ézaro , producing a unique natural phenomenon. the The route to of A Fervenza, the reservoir runs next granaries and the A Ponte Olveira century., built in the sixteenth The and with incorporations up to the neoclassical period. Cristovoof San de Corzón The What to see Olveiroa, the end of stage. We reach A Ponte Olveira and then the centre of divides the of Mazaricos and Dumbría. we come to the bridge over the River Xallas that and the viewpoint of Corzón. After passing Mallón After Aro come Campo Valado, Porteliñas, Abeleiroas hats made of straw. and also for craft its original women’sfor its basketry Terra de Xallas can be seen. is well-known This territory landscape interest. From of the region here of part AroMount (556 m) is one of the points greatest Santa Mariña. like As Maroñas, and Romanesque churches such as a genuine popular architecture evident in granaries cornfields, pine trees and eucalyptus … together with preside over gorse and these first kilometres: The native vegetation of the landscape and the beauty of Xallas. Negreira, which gives way to Mazaricos, in the region Cornado is the last town of in the municipality Cornovo and Rego de Forxán are the following points. lies in the place names; Camiño Real and Portocamiño. with the old King’s Road to Fisterra. The proof of this original town of Negreira. Several stretches coincide climb up to Negreiroa, a little village that was the We leave Negreira by crossing Barcala. the River We of As Maroñas . The River Xallas , which flows of into the waterfalls promenade of the River Barcala

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA MAP OF THE HISTORIC QUARTER of the region of Xallas. The church de Olveiroa of Santiago church Mariña of Santa STAMP , of Romanesque origin . The granaries parish church Olveiroa , with a .

OLVEIROA-CORCUBIÓN 21 km / 35 km to Fisterra seafaring celebrates the On the first Saturday of August,century). Corcubión a Gothic apse (16 Blanco Foundation, the church of A Xunqueira , with the Cruceiro da Armada another “miraculous” fountain for various ailments. O on 8 September. PedroThe chapel of San Mártir with its century), fountain”“holy and crowded pilgrimage The What to see name, devoted to the town’s patron saint. Marcos we come to the beautiful church of the same site.declared a historical-artistic On the Rúa San has been Corcubión close; its old quarter is very Sacramento and down Rúa Magdalena. We reach the centre of the town across Campo and a crowdedcommercial activity Sunday market. on Death Coast;municipality it enjoys notable region where pilgrims arrive. Cee is the largest of Corcubión, guides us to Cee, the first town in the A pronounced descent, with a view over the estuary the distance. Armada (247 m), we see Fisterra for the first time in Mártir, in the parish of A Pereiriña. At O Cruceiro da das Neves, Ousado and the chapel of San Pedro Mount of A Nosa Señora The route takes us past the sanctuary Muxía separate. to the roundabout where the ways to Fisterra and hospital for pilgrims, today after, lost. Soon we come village of Hospital, where there used to be a modest the River Hospital, come to Logoso and then the Xallas that flows among leafy vegetation. We cross We leave Olveiroa contemplating the impressive River Marcos stands out in its interior, origin (15 of Italian the polychrome image of San in the nineteenth century; nineteenth-century building of the Fernandonineteenth-century sanctuary of A Nosa Señora das Neves (18 sanctuary church Marcos of San ; the front was rebuilt Clam Festival . th century). In Corcubión, In the Gothic- century). . In Cee . In STAMP , the stately home of Cotón Corcubión , with th th ,

CORCUBIÓN-FISTERRA 14 km / 14 km to Fisterra cross (15 and Gothic. the atrium there In is a beautiful Gothic stone María das Areas , Romanesque on the front (12 the Baroque chapel of A Nosa Señora , the church of Santa a stone cross dating from century. the sixteenth Fisterra, In The beach and dunes of A Langosteira . The Cruz de Baixar , The What to see come together on this cape at the end of world. like a wide angle lens, while all possible sensations the Way to Santiago. The ocean opens up before us We then come to the mythical 0 on lighthouse, km de Fisterra. das Areas,of Santa María home to the Santo Cristo the road up to the lighthouse we come to the church and go down the Rúas Santa Catarina and Real. On of San Roque, pass the stone cross or Cruz de Baixar, We come into Fisterra through the neighbourhood complete this stretch along the beach. sand dunes, although many pilgrims decide to island in the background. The Way passes among the Langosteira. The town of Fisterra emerges like an Calcoba and the long beautiful beach of A We go round the cove of Talón, and then come to shipwrecks and rescues. hundreds of storiesthat has left and legends of frontbeaches that muffle the rocky and a rough sea Peninsula,coasts in the whole Iberian with large calm We cross a region that has one of the most beautiful the King’s Road. SardiñeiroIn we go along stretches that were once We pass the villages of A Amarela and then Estorde. us to Campo de San Roque and the village of Vilar. Rollo, in Corcubión, a steep hill that leads we tackle stage, only 14 kilometres. FromA short O Campo do sun sets behind the waters. 1853. From here we cannot afford to miss seeing how the from century. the sixteenth The and the main chapel with a stone image of the Virgin dating this church, the Renaissance image of the a unique sculpture from century. the fourteenth Also in cove of Talón beach. , a quiet, beautiful and solitary th century). century). The Cristo de Fisterra Santo STAMP lighthouse was built in The lighthouse of Fisterra Virxe do Carme lies within, th century)

HOSTEL NETWORK OLVEIROA-MUXÍA RULES OF USE 32.5 km / 32.5 km to Muxía Benedictine monastery of San Martiño. of San Martiño. monastery Benedictine The with a Romanesque apse and traces of the ancient — 27 metres long with 22 pairs of feet — and a church de Ozón , one of the largest granariesMartiño in Galicia centuries). The The What to see opposite the sea, marks end of route. of A Virxe da Barca, located in a stunning place beach of Espiñeirido and then Muxía. The sanctuary Casas Novas San Roque, come Mount Chorente, the by the sea, transmits us its peace and beauty. After Romanesque church of San Xulián de Moraime, right approach Os Muíños and cross Negro. the River The Grande,River on the other side of estuary. We Merexo. We catch a glimpse of Camariñas behind the We go up to Vilar de Sobremonte, then down to de Ozón. of San Martiño religious architecture embellish the way, like the site and Pedregás. Significant examples of popular and Road we reach and then Senande Vilastose, Quintáns Trasufre, of Muxía. On the old King’s in the municipality welcomes us. We go through the village and come to square with its granary, stone cross and church Carizas, Rego de Cheo and back up to Dumbría. The paved and unpaved pathways, then go down to As We cross at the Rego de Vao Salgueiro, alternating separate. roundabout where the ways to Fisterra and Muxía for pilgrims, today after, lost. Soon we come to the Hospital, where there used to be a modest hospital Hospital, come to Logoso and then the village of flows among the vegetation. We cross the River We now leave Olveiroa. The impressive River Xallas known as the Pedraknown de Abalar or Pedra dos Cadrís. Opposite, almost over the sea, famous rock formations of A Nosa Señora da Barca and the sanctuary church María — Romanesque and Gothic of Santa three naves and several Gothic paintings. Muxía, the In today lost. The remaining church is Romanesque, and has of a large Xulián monastery,San de Moraime, also part the hostel on payment. € 6 per person day, and a receipt will be given by the manager of A night’s and facilities costs stay in a hostel and the use of its services RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR HOSTEL RESIDENTS reservations are not permitted. Vacancies will be filled upon pilgrims’ arrival at hostels, as prior 5. People cars. travelling in support 4. Pilgrims on bicycles. 3. Pilgrim on horseback. 2. Pilgrims on foot. 1. Pilgrims with physical limitations. The order for accommodation of priority in hostels is as follows: ACCOMMODATION church Baia de Dumbría (17 of Santa . In San do Espiño . In chapel of Santiña STAMP The granary of Ozón The granary th (Baroque). church of and 18 th * Shower (hot water) * Use of the kitchen (no tableware) with disposable bedding * Bed SERVICES belonging to the network. may include prohibition from using the facilities of other hostels their managers to invite the offenders to leave, with no liability. This deemed to of hostels, disturb the everyday functioning will enable to comply with the abovementioned regulations, as well as behaviour 7. areaThe is to drying be used exclusively clothes. Failure for drying 6. Water should not be wasted. and electricity putting rubbish in the containers supplied. 5. Pilgrims will respect the facilities, leaving them tidy and clean, be turned off at 10.30pm, with the exception of the common areas. 4. In order to allow pilgrims to have a good night’s rest, the lights will 3. Hostels must be vacated before 8am. 2. The hostel door closes at 10pm. or other unforeseen circumstances. 1. Each hostel stay will be for one night only, except in cases of illness following requirements: In order to use a hostel’s facilities, pilgrims must comply with the STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR FISTERRA-MUXÍA 29 km / 29 km to Fisterra-Muxía-Fisterra . in Galicia Cadrís and Pedra do Timón this place. On 8 September celebrates one of the most popular pilgrimages church, almost over the sea, are the famous rock formations as the known The What to see century.middle of the sixteenth in order to inspire him in his preaching. dates from the The first document that mentions the Sanctuary related to the legend that places the appearance of the Virgin to the apostle St. James on these coasts, of the ocean with whimsical rock formations on which traditions and rites have grown. is This sanctuary decide to do it towards Fisterra. The surroundings of the church are impressive, raised against the force of A Barca, or it marks the beginning if — as weThis said above stage culminates at the sanctuary — we between Romanesque and Baroque. built in a transitional style María, of A before coming toVirxe the sanctuary da Barca. of the hill is church On the lower of Santa part lost fountain where pilgrims would wash at the end of route, a symbol of purification and respect We go round Corpiño Mount on the Camiño da Pel (“The Way of the Skin”); the place name alludes to a which can be stamped in the municipal hostel). office, where we can get the “Muxiana” (credentials of the end Way; in Fisterra there is the “Fisterrana”, Virxe da Barca. We first go down Lastres Rúa Manuel and the Rúa Real. We go past the tourist information We enter the town on the Rúas Campo das Pinas, and Enfesto. Os Malatos of the Our goal is the sanctuary in the area of the seafaring town of Muxía. After this we come to the village of Xurarantes and have to go round the beach of Lourido. We are now The ascent to As Aferroas Facho (289 m) and Mount de Lourido before is the last effort coming to Muxía. and Morquintián, along paved stretches and others that are unpaved. of Cee, and then cross Castro the River of Muxía. and enter the municipality We reach Vaosilveiro, Frixe of O Rostro, among pine groves. We of Lires, go down to in the parish of municipality the small estuary The Way advances with the omnipresent sea through villages, forests and corn fields. We pass by the beach named Dugium. city de Duio,beach, and at Cruz de Baixar head for a church the parish of San Martiño that recalls a lost Roman rural, in Fisterra, beautiful and stunning Death Coast. we decide to If start then we should reach Langosteira stage,either in Muxía or Fisterra.A double direction along the since is in total pilgrims 29 km can start It María de Morquintián and religious architecture, such as the churches of Romanesque origin Locaia of Santa de Frixe and Santa wild beach. of Lires ornithological wealth, with remarkable The and notable examples of popular estuary the Apostle in Compostela.who requested his authorisation to bury The vestry. its surroundings of Dugium would In the lost Roman city be concealed, under water, quoted in twelfth century.twelfth The current church is Baroque (early 18 and Gothic. The environment. Muxía, the In Baroque church of San Martiño de Duio Baroque church Martiño of San STAMP as the place where the legate of Rome resided; he was visited by the disciples of St. James, sanctuary of A Nosa Señora da Barca sanctuary . The church María of Santa beach of Lourido , the antechamber of Muxía, set in a beautiful coastal (13 , built in a style that is a transition between Romanesque , built in a style th

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