Another way to Finisterre

[mspath]

The Lighthouse Way by Susan Gough Henly published in BBC Travel, 7 August 2023, describes another more remote caminio to Finisterre.

 

[Lindsay53]

Thanks for this mspath! I had not heard of the Camino dos Faros before. It's early days yet, but I may have found my next Camino!

 

[Bradypus]

There is an article about the Camino dos Faros on the BBC website. Looks like an interesting possible extension of a walk to or from Finisterre. The headline label as "Spain's other Camino" made me smile - quite a few contenders for that title!

A 200km hike to 'the end of the Earth'

Few know about the vastly more-meditative, nearby Camino dos Faros, or Lighthouse Way, along the wild and deserted Finisterre coast that's known as "the end of the earth".

www.bbc.com

 

[jerbear]

It's a beautitful trek. Only problem was the 4-6 foot, weed bush, toxo make you bleed. Most of the little green feet hide in the bush. Lol

 

[mspath]

There is an article about the Camino dos Faros on the BBC website. Looks like an interesting possible extension of a walk to or from Finisterre. The headline label as "Spain's other Camino" made me smile - quite a few contenders for that title!

A 200km hike to 'the end of the Earth'

Few know about the vastly more-meditative, nearby Camino dos Faros, or Lighthouse Way, along the wild and deserted Finisterre coast that's known as "the end of the earth".

www.bbc.com

Bradypus,

Bingo! We both like the same path https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/another-way-to-finisterre.82287/

 

[Peterexpatkiwi]

mspath, any idea where the full trail starts?

 

[Bradypus]

mspath, any idea where the full trail starts?

There is a dedicated website for the route with an interactive map.

O Camiño dos Faros (The Lighthouse Way) - O Camiño dos Faros

O Camiño dos Faros (The Lighthouse Way) is a 200-km hiking route in Galicia (Spain) that links Malpica with Finisterre along the coastline. A route that runs by all the Lighthouses and the most important landmarks in A Costa da Morte, where definitely, it is the sea the one that plays the main...

www.caminodosfaros.com

 

[Peterexpatkiwi]

Many thanks!!

 

[Dilbin]

Thanks for this mspath! I had not heard of the Camino dos Faros before. It's early days yet, but I may have found my next Camino!

 

[Dilbin]

mspath, any idea where the full trail starts?

Not sure if this helps but I have practically all the routes from France/ Netherlands/ Belgium etc etc downloaded on maps.me. As the article suggests the coastline on Northern Spain is battered by the Atlantic and very similar to the west coast of Ireland, if you've ever been.

 

[peregrina2000]

The forum actually has a fair number of posts and information about this Camino. As of right now, the posts are all located in the subforum “Other Routes in Spain,” but if it grows in popularity, we could consider giving it its own dedicated sub-forum.

To see what we’ve got here already, type Camino dos faros in the search box, and you will get a few irrelevant threads, but a lot of good information too. This is not @mspath’s first Camino dos Faros alert!

 

[pelerine]

I have not walked this camino, but I have a paper guide of it by Cicerone.
You google cicerone: camino dos faros

 

[WGroleau]

Not sure if this helps but I have practically all the routes from France/ Netherlands/ Belgium etc etc downloaded on maps.me. As the article suggests the coastline on Northern Spain is battered by the Atlantic and very similar to the west coast of Ireland, if you've ever been.

The screenshot shows a black route on the coast and an orange one further inland. I took a route that was not the black one, but which showed me a lot more ocean views than the orange one would give. I’ve also taken the gray route, and for variety, once took the mostly highway route shown here:

 

[WGroleau]

I took a route that was not the black one, but which showed me a lot more ocean views than the orange one would give.

Perhaps I was mistaken. Here is my route from Fisterra to Muxia, and a GPX file for anyone who wants that route. If you upload the GPX to https://gpsvisualizer.com you can get a map you can zoom in on and change to different map types. (Which is how I got the map posted.)