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Hi Sue,Hi I walked from St Jean to Santiago last year, and want to complete my journey by walking from Santiago to Muxia. How difficult is it to pick the route up when arriving into Santiago..... I can't seem to find a decent map anywhere ! Buen Camino
Thanks very much MikeHi Sue,
The route out of Santiago to Muxia and to Finisterre follow the same path for a couple of days. As you arrive at the Cathedral in Santiago down the steps into the Praza do Obradoiro, the big square in front of the west face of the Cathedral, instead of turning left to go into the Cathedral, go straight on from the bottom of the steps and follow the street ahead of you. There are signs on the route, but maybe getting a street plan at the Information Centre in Santiago would be useful.
Once out of Santiago you head for Negreira and Olveiroa, then a kilometre or two after the small village of Hospital the routes to Finisterre and Muxia split up at a big roundabout. There is a sign at the roundabout showing the split, left for Finisterre and straight on for Muxia on a road to Dumbria, then on to Muxia.
In the village of Hospital there is an information centre with a map on the outside wall showing the details of the routes to Finisterre and Muxia from there.
Buen Camino,
Mike
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Thank you very much .... I'll contact the tourist officeThe Galicia tourist office (different from the City of Santiago tourist office) has a great little pamphlet that has all the information you need to walk the Camino to Muxia and/or Finisterre. It lists services and distances, and you really don't need anything else. The route is very well marked. You'll love it!
Hi Angie, different people do different routes, you decide at Hospital where the route diverges. We walked to Finisterre and then on to Muxia, others we met on the Camino walked to Muxia and then to Finisterre. I preferred Muxia and was glad I had finished there instead of Finisterre but its all down to personal choice. BTW it took us 36 days to get to Santiago including two rest days so you should be fine with 42 days IMO.Mike, do you typically go to Finisterre first then Muxia, or vice versa? I am contemplating the idea of trying to make it to "the end of the world" but...it may take all of my 42 days just to get to Santiago!
Mike, do you typically go to Finisterre first then Muxia, or vice versa? I am contemplating the idea of trying to make it to "the end of the world" but...it may take all of my 42 days just to get to Santiago!
that's encouraging! Thanks for your replyBTW it took us 36 days to get to Santiago including two rest days so you should be fine with 42 days IMO.
I am thinking along these lines as well... thank you for the links - I will look at themit just seems more "right" to me to end up in Finisterre at the lighthouse when I stop walking.
I have read many posts relating the same thing.....very worthwhile. I do believe I will try to make it!If at all possible go to both places. The walk from Muxia to Finisterre was one of the highlights of the trip, a very quiet, calming, contemplative walk, compared to the last few days of walking into Santiago. Very worthwhile.
On my last two Caminos I went to Finisterre first then to Muxia. In 2014 I got the bus back from Muxia to Santiago, and last year I walked back.Mike, do you typically go to Finisterre first then Muxia, or vice versa? I am contemplating the idea of trying to make it to "the end of the world" but...it may take all of my 42 days just to get to Santiago!
The route out of Santiago to Muxia and to Finisterre follow the same path for a couple of days. As you arrive at the Cathedral in Santiago down the steps into the Praza do Obradoiro, the big square in front of the west face of the Cathedral, instead of turning left to go into the Cathedral, go straight on from the bottom of the steps and follow the street ahead of you. There are signs on the route, but maybe getting a street plan at the Information Centre in Santiago would be useful.
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