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Combined Guide to the Camino Primitivo and the Camino Finisterre/Muxia Oviedo to Santiago and on to Finisterre & Muxia compiled by Liz Brandt Camino Finisterre & Muxia 2 I compliled this Guide from many different sources for my June 2015 Camino. The sources listed below were the most valuable and contain much additional information. Anyone planning to walk the Camino Primitivo should consult them. This document is definitely not a substitute for these guides. I selected, combined and abbreviated the information my husband and I were most interested in, and also combined info for the Primitivo with Muxia and Finisterre to make it possible to carry a single lightweight guide while walking and to make it unnecessary to access the internet. Dave Whitson & Laura Perazzoli, The Northern Caminos: The Caminos Norte, Primitivo and Ingles (Cicerone Press 2015) Chris Lennie & Eric Walker, The Caminos de Norte F: Camino Primitivo (CSJ, London 2013) available at http://www.csj.org.uk/product/los-caminos-del-norte-f-camino-primitivo/ John Brierley, A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago (Camino Guides 2014) John Brierley, A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino Finisterre (Camino Guides 2014) Allison Raju, Finisterre (CSJ, London, 2009)(with online updates) available at: http://www.csj.org.uk/product/finisterre/ Gronz.com -- http://www.gronze.com/ Eroski Consumer -- http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/ Mundicamino -- http://www.mundicamino.com/en/index.cfm Forewalk: The Way of St. James -- http://santiago.forwalk.org/en/?ref=logo And much wonderful advice from the members of the caminodesantiago.me forum! Printing Instructions: I made this guide in Word 2010 using the Word booklet formatting/printing features. The Word document is too big to upload to the caminodesantiagoforum.me so it appears there as a .pdf. I am not sure how to print the .pdf as a booklet! If you would like to receive the word document so you can edit and print it, please email me at [email protected] and I will be happy to send it to you. To print the Word document as a booklet, you will need to select U.S. legal size paper (11 in. x 14 in.) and you will need to use a printer that prints on both sides of the page automatically. Open the document in Word, select print and choose the following options: Landscape, print on both sides (flip on short edge). Your printer should automatically print the pages in the correct order so they can be folded or cut in the middle to make an 5.5” x 7” booklet. 3 Combined Guide to the Camino Primitivo and the Camino Finisterre/Muxia Oviedo to Santiago and on to Finisterre & Muxia Note on distances: Guides vary. Distances for Stages 1-11 are based on the Eroski site which seemed to be the most conservative. Stages 12 & 13 and Stages 14-18 are based on Brierley Guides for the Camino Frances and for the Camino Finisterre. Getting to Oviedo: Closest airport is Asturias Airport. It is a +/- 40 minute bus ride from Oviedo. ALSA Bus serves the airport and the cost of a ride into Oviedo in fall 2014 was 8€. Bus terminal at the airport is outside the arrivals area slightly to the right and busses depart on the hour. The bus terminal in Oviedo is a 10 minute walk from the city center. It is also possible to travel by ALSA bus from Santiago, A Coruna, Bilbao or Madrid. Madrid, Bilbao and Santiago have international airports. Madrid, Santiago, Bilbao and A Coruna are served by Renfe (the Spanish National train). There is direct train service on Renfe from Madrid to Oviedo (about 5 hours). FEVE train service runs between Bilbao and Oviedo. ALSA: http://www.alsa.es/en/ Renfe: http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/ FEVE: http://www.feve.es/es/ Brief Summary of how the stages in this guide: We walked moderate days of approximately 25km whenever possible. The stages can be divided in many different ways, However there are fewer albergues on the Camino Primitivo than on the Camino Frances and most experienced walkers recommend some additional planning ahead to avoid very long days! Camino Primitivo Camino Muxia/Finisterre Oviedo to to Santiago = 314.2km Santiago to Finnistarre via Muxia = 116.2 km. Stage 1: Oviedo to Venta de Escamplero 12.8 (via Naranco @ 16.7) Stage 14 Santiago to Negreira 22.4 km Stage 2: Venta de Escamplero to Cornellana 25.7 Stage 15: Negreira to Santa Marina. 20.5 km Stage 3: Cornellana to Bodenaya 20 Stage 16: [Finisterre First] Santa Marina to Cee 30.9 Stage 4: Bodenaya to Campiello 26.3 Alt. Stage 16: [Muxia first] Santa Marina to Dumbria 22.3 Stage 5: Campiello to Berducedo via Hospitales 27 Stage 17: [Finisterre first] Cee to Finisterre 12.9 km Alt. Stage 5: Campiello to Berducedo via Pola de Alt. Stage 17: [Muxía first] Dumbría to Muxía 19.6 Allende 31.7 Stage 18: Finisterre to Muxia 28.5 Stage 6: Berducedo to Grandas de Salime 21.4 Alt. Stage 18: Muxia to Finisterre 28.5 Stage 7: Grandas de Salime to Padrón 28.1 Stage 8: Padrón to O Cádavo Baleria 23.4 Stage 9: O Cádavo to Lugo 30.5 Stage 10: Lugo to Ferreira 26.9 Stage 11: Ferreira to Boente 26.2 Stage 12: Boente to Santa Irene 19.2 Stage 13: Santa Irene to Santiago 22.8 km 4 53 Oviedo Alternate Stage 18: Muxía to Finisterre. 28.5 km (plus 7 km round trip to Cape Finisterre) General Info: The Main Tourist Info Center is at the Plaza del Fontan at Plaza de Constitucion 4. There 8.1 Morquintian Fountain also is a tourist information center at the corner of the Campo San Francisco. Pilgrim Passports are available at the Cathedral, the main tourist office (not sure about the center at Campo San Francisco) or the 3.9 Frixe Municipal Albergue for €2.50. A street plan is be available from the tourist office and will be helpful! 2.4 Lires Other Lodging: **Casa Rural As Eiras (10-25 €, breakfast, wifi, 981 74 81 80, Lodging & Services: Albergue de El Salvador de Oviedo (6/30, muni. 5€, microwave only, no http://www.ruralaseiras.com/). washer/dryer, no internet; 985 22 85 25, was being remodeled in June); Residencia-Albergue Villa Cecilia (2/12, private, 10€ bunks, 15-20€ ind./dob., kitchen, wifi, 618 725 561, older bad reviews, new owners as Bar As Eiras, **Bar Playa (at beach) of May ‘14); Albergue La Peregrina (7/32, private, 8€, microwave, wifi). Other lodging: **Hotel Vetusta Must get Passport stamped at Bar to get Muxiana and/or Fisterrianna certificates. (C. Covendonga 2-33002, www.hotelvetusta.com, 985-22-22-29); **Hostel Arcos (@25-30€, www.hostal- Alternative way along the Lires estuary adds about 2.5k; **Bar Playa along the route) arcos.com, C. Magdalena 3, 985-21-47-73, cont. break. 3 €,); **Hostel Romero (C. de Uria 36-38, 22-32€, 7.1 Castrexe http://www.hostalromero.net , 985-22-75-91); Hostal Alvarez (€25, 985 252 673 [email protected], http://www.hostalalvarez.com/); 4.5 San Salvador Rosto Beach only 400km ATM; Restorante El Fartuquin; **Hotel Vetusta Coffee Shop. Also many restaurants on Calle Gatona (follow 3.1 Arenal directions for the Norte in front of the Cathedral), Market near main tourist office. 1.1 Finisterre Albergue (36, Muni., 6€, kitchen, washer/dryer, 981-74-07-81, [email protected]); **Albergue Por Fin (11, Priv. 10€, kitchen, Sites of interest: washer/dryer, 636-76-47-26, [email protected]); Albergue O Encontro (5, Plaza de Alfonso II. 18th C Campsagrado Palace (now a courthouse), 16th C Heredia Palace (also known Priv., 15€, kitchen, washer, 696-50-33-63 / 981-74-03-69); Albergue do Sol (18 Priv. as Valdecarzana Palace, seat of the regional government), 17th C Palacio de Toreno (now the public 10€, kitchen, washer/dryer, meals, 981-74-06-55 / 617-56-86-48, library), Garden of the Reyes Caudillos, 13th C Balesquida Chapel, 15th C Casa de la Rua (at #15, oldest [email protected]); Albergue Finistellae (20 Priv. 10€, kitchen, washer/dryer, house in Oviedo). breakfast, 637-82-12-96, [email protected]); Albergue de Paz (26 Priv., 10€, Plaza Mayor. Town Hall w/ clock tower & 16th C Church of San Isadoro microwave, washer/dryer, 628-90-36-93 / 981-74-03-32); **Albergue do Mar (28, Cathedral de Santiago. Construction of the Cathedral begun in 9th Century, 3€, (the original part is the private, 12€, kitchen, washer/dryer, breakfast, 981-74-02-04, Camara Santa and Capilla de San Miguel within it). The Camera Santa houses holy relics brought to [email protected]); Albergue Arasolis (16 private, 12€, kitchen, washer/dryer, Oviedo from the Holy Land including the Sudarium of Ovideo (reputedly the bloodstained head shroud 638-32-68-69 (W-App) / 981-71-21-43 / 679-35-24-68 (W-App), of Christ), a silver reliquary believed to contain the virgin’s milk and one of the 30 pieces of gold used [email protected]); Albergue Mar de Rostro (23, private 10€, kitchen, by Judas, and the Cruz de la Victoria carried at Covadonga (the pivitol battle he lead against the washer, breakfast 2.5€, 637-10-77-65 (W-App) / 981-74-03-62, Moors). Hours at the Camera Santa are M-F 10 to 1 & 4-7, S 10-1 & 4-6, closed Su & Holidays. [email protected]); Albergue Cabo da Vila (28, private, 12€, kitchen, San Julián de los Prados (pre-Romanesque church, UNESCO World Heritage site) includes stucco washer/dryer, breakfast, 607-73-54-74 / 981-74-04-54, paintings with roman themes.