Quick question

[Deleted member 36084]

Do you have to walk the full camino to receive a compostela at muxia and finisterre my auntie wants to meet me at Santiago to walk to the coast

 

[mspath]

No you need not walk the full camino. All you need to do is walk from SdC to Finisterre and or Muxia to receive their special certificates.

 

[alaskadiver]

No you need not walk the full camino. All you need to do is walk from SdC to Finisterre and or Muxia to receive their special certificates.

But it's not the Compostela. It's their own certificate. To get the Compostela you have to walk the last 100km and have 2 stamps per day.

 

[domigee]

If you walk to Muxia from Finisterre you need to have a stamp from the cafe in Lires too.

 

[mspath]

But it's not the Compostela. It's their own certificate. To get the Compostela you have to walk the last 100km and have 2 stamps per day.

Neither the walk to Finisterre nor Muxia is accepted for a Compostela in SdC. However if from SdC you walk to either Finisterre and/or Muxia each place will issue their own special certificate as I mentioned above.

In SdC the Galician Tourist Office,
Rúa do Vilar, 30-32, can provide a special Credential for walking to Finistere/Muxia as well as handy lists of all services along the way.

 

[Deleted member 36084]

Great thanks for replies

 

[t2andreo]

To clarify just a tad... The Pilgrim Office, a part of the Cathedral bureaucracy only issues Compostelas to pilgrims who can document that they walked at least the FINAL 100 km or 200 km if on a bicycle, INTO SANTIAGO.

Consider that, since about the year 850 AD (mas o menas), the object of the Camino de Santiago is to arrive at Santiago, originally to venerate (NOT worship) the remains of the Apostle of Jesus Christ, St. James the Greater, entombed beneath the great altar in the Cathedral. So, Santiago de Compostela is the final destination, as regards obtaining a Compostela, not a point along the way.

Given the circumstances offered in the OP, the journey needs to be in the other direction, and at least 100 Km on a pilgrim route, to qualify for a Compostela. In addition , during those final 100 km, the pilgrim must obtain TWO SELLOS (stamps) daily in their pilgrim credential. Farther out, beyond the 100 km limit set by the Church, one sello daily is adequate.

I hope this helps.

 

[SYates]

@t2andreo I think the OP actually means the Muxia/Finisterre certificates ;-) and just calls them, incorrectly, also Compostelas. BC SY

 

[t2andreo]

Oki doki...no problem. My clarification still holds as regards the Cathedral documenting successful completion of a pilgrimage TO Santiago.

But, what one can obtain on completing a trek FROM Santiago to Finisterre or to Muxia is a "Finisterrana," or a "Muxiana." (Please excuse my spelling if I got it wrong). Neither is a Compostela, per se, in terms of religious connotation or use. However, they do help document the accomplishment.

I hope this helps.

 

[Viking-on-the-trail]

Didn't know you could get anything in Finisterre or Muxia. So thank you so much for the info. Love this site. I always learn so much. I am just trying to decide which of them to go to now