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  1. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Hi Thea, Thanks for your nice comments. It is marked in one direction only. However with the route downloads from the official website and an app like Wikilok it would be feasible to do it in reverse.
  2. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Thanks for your nice comments Yoginee. I didn't know about accommodation at Casa de Vasca but remember the site. Yes it would be at about 11 or 12km, almost halfway. If you stopped there then the next day you would probably want to stop at Comte, the port at the half way point of stage 2. The...
  3. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Hi John, it is not an official adopted Camino so there are no hostels in the Camino sense until you reach Muxia. I did book ahead through booking.com though it was quiet in June and there was no real need. The only place we didn't book was Arou- it had no bookable in advance accommodation in the...
  4. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Hi Mary, thanks for your nice message. Funnily enough my memory of the CDN is lots and lots of asphalt and minor roads. I've done 4 caminos and the Camino dos Faros is very different. There are only very minor sections on roads, I would say maybe 10% maximum. The paths really hug the coast and...
  5. markgrubb

    One amazing day on Camino dos Faros/Costa da Morte!

    Thanks, the interior route from Viseu sounds ideal.
  6. markgrubb

    One amazing day on Camino dos Faros/Costa da Morte!

    I would very much echo what Stuart Howard said. The stage you did is one of many spectacular stages and it is a hard, hard walk. Of all the many routes I have done it is my favourite of all. Stunning scenery, wild coast and few people. I suspect it will get much more popular now Rother have...
  7. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Hi Galuh, Sorry, I'm not quite sure what you are trying to do or the walk you wish to do. Can you explain what you wish to do in more detail?
  8. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Very, very little, must have been no more then about 7-8km. Coastal paths and tracks nearly all the way
  9. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Magwood, I used your Mozárabe report when walking that route this spring past and have enjoyed your reports of other routes and have been inspired by them. I don’t have the slightest doubt you could complete it, you clearly have excellent endurance. It is just different from the usual camino...
  10. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Thu 4 July Lires to Finisterre-21km The route certainly goes out with a bang with a magnificent trail over cliffs, through woods and along beaches. Again a lot of ascending and descending. Isolated Praia de Rostro beach is just wonderful, over 2km long but unfortunately you can’t swim there...
  11. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Muxia to Lires-29km The seventh stage officially ends at Nemiña, a tiny settlement around a beach. There is only one place to stay that costs 75 euros a night so we went on the extra 4.5km to Lires. The guide says this is the hardest stage. It wasn’t easy with about 1000m of ascending but the...
  12. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Tues 2 July Camarinas to Muxia-32km. A total contrast to the previous stages. Almost completely flat on good quality tracks following the estuary of the Ria de Camarinas and crossing the river at A Ponte do Porto. Lovely views, lots of wildlife and wooded areas. After taking up to 10 hours to...
  13. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Mon 1 July 22km walk from Arou to Camariñas. A lovely walk the highlight being a high set of sand dunes (duna de Monte Branco) that you have to climb to give wonderful views of beaches extending into the distance. Following this you come to the heart of the Costa del Morte, the English...
  14. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Sunday 30 June Laxe to Arou-17km. The morning started with a row with the hostel owner over price. A Spanish friend had booked it for me with an agreed price of 37 euros for a twin room. The owner insisted it was 50 and I couldn’t retrieve my email. I speak good Spanish and stood my ground. He...
  15. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Sat 29 June Ponteseceo to Laxe-26km An easy start to the day crossing the river in Ponteceso and then a flat section all along the river. After this a wooded section before a climb up to an old fortified settlement that was well preserved. There is a fountain and bar/restaurant at 13...
  16. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Fri 28 June Playa de Niñons to Ponteseco-28km The website says the seventh stage is the hardest but I found this stage far tougher. The first 12km to the lighthouse ar Roncudo are a brute. Beautiful beaches and coves to start with but you are soon wading through gorse, heather, ferns and long...
  17. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    Wednesday 26th June I arrived in A Coruña after a flight from Edinburgh to Majorca and then flight from Mallorca to a Coruña The airport bus (every half hour) does not stop at the bus station but there is a stop nearby. I caught the 6.15 bus and arrived in Malpica at about 7:30. I stayed in...
  18. markgrubb

    O Camiño dos Faros-trip report

    I’m writing an account of my trip this summer to O Camiño dos Faros, the Gallego name for the Route of the Lighthouses. In the Camino Pilgrim Discussion Group on Facebook it was mentioned recently that the route will be adopted next year with guidebooks etc so it is likely to become much more...

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