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Too Much Time!

Frankybaby66

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Time of past OR future Camino
Last Camino Sep 23 Camino Portuguese (Central)
I made the mistake of pre-booking a flight home before I went on the Camino Portuguese. Basically, I've allowed to much time even with doing the Variente Espiritual.
I walk into Santiago tomorrow (Weds) and fly home to the uk on Sunday afternoon. Not enough time to do the route to Finisterre/ Muxia.
Any ideas???
 
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Three days or so in Santiago? Perfect! Now you’ll have a chance to explore an amazing city beyond the Cathedral, Pilgrim Office and the Obradoiro. There’s enough “favourite” restaurants to feed an army and there’s always Johnnie Walker’s route of routes that takes you on a circular tour of all the “pilgrim” gates to Santiago. Actually, 3 days ain’t enough
 
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Johnny Walker as in whisky? Surprised that I hadn't thought of it before . . .
 
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Mormon said:
You could spend one night in Santiago, and then take the bus to Finisterre and Muxia. Spend one night in each and be back in plenty of time for your flight home.
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Another option is to walk from Muxía to Finisterre. Or start with the bus and walk the last 1 or 2 days to Finisterre.
On https://www.monbus.es you can look e. g. for the bus from Santiago (Estacíon Intermodal) to Muxía... but you have to seek for Muxía (and not Muxia as I did on my last camino some days ago... and did not find anything on the website).
 
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Simply enjoy the beautiful city of Santiago, first as a pilgrim and then the next days as a tourist!
 
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It is really nice to spend a day in Finisterre and one in Muxia. Wonderful places. I was super interested in watching the live fish market in Finisterre. So many different kinds of fish being auctioned. They have a viewing platform where you can see everything from above and quietly observe.

I also love to sit out at the church in Muxia and watch the waves rolling in. So beautiful and calming despite the turbulent waters.
 
Could you please tell me more about the fish market? I would love to see that next year.
 
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Touristic Market of Fisterra

Designed by the architects Creus y Carrasco and inaugurated in 2008, it is an example of coexistence between the activities of a working fish auction and tourism. It is the first fish market designed to accommodate tourism and visitors can watch the tradition fish auctions and other activities...
www.visitacostadamorte.com


There is a sign outside with the hours. It is right next to the harbor and across the street from shops and restaurants in Finisterre.
 
OMG i had no clue. I am so going to go.
 
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OMG i had no clue. I am so going to go.
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Guess what? I had a big pile of razor clams a few hours later for supper knowing they came from across the street.

Also watched fishermen with their catch at Muxia sorting the fish. They took the "best" over to the restaurant and we watched diners getting to pick out their fish to be cooked that night. How fresh can you get? The rest went to the auction bound for shops in Santiago and beyond.
 
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Vacajoe said:
Simply enjoy the beautiful city of Santiago, first as a pilgrim and then the next days as a tourist!
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I know it's beautiful- it's my 5th visit though.
It will be fun revisiting some places though
 
There is absolutely enough time to walk to the coast. Thur-- Sat walking will get you into either F or M, take a look around, then grab a bus back to SdC that same day. I've done that twice. I always prefer walking in the country to hanging around a city. Just my thing. HYOH.

Buen Camino,
Jo Jo
 
Relax, enjoy the scenery maybe take the daily bus tour… it is very enjoyable
 
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Just curious -- how many days did it take you, and did that include any rest days?
 
You could, or you could enjoy Santiago.
SO much to see!
The rooftop tour,
the Museu Pobo Gallego (a FANTASTIC folk museum),
shopping in the open air market,
several very cool churches to visit to see art.
You could take a bus to/from Finisterra.
Go clothes shopping up above the city walls - quality of clothing in Spain much surpasses anything I can find in the USA these days.
LOTS to do in Santiago. I'd have no trouble filling up 3 days.
 
Where do I find Johnnywalkers Route of Routes???
 
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What about a day trip to Cathedrals Beach? I’ve seen a documentary the other day and it’s so beautiful! I know there’re tours from Santiago
 
The same thing happened to my in 2017! I rented a car at the airport and drove to both Finisterre and Muxia then spent a night in Finisterre.
 
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Take the bus to Finisterre for a day or go to San Xenxo for a couple of days.
 
Thank you! That looks really interesting
 
The museum sounds very interesting I have a day to look around Santiago after I get there.
 
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Lots of good ideas above. For me, I’d likely pick a path out of town I'd never been on and go out and back each day.
 
I agree. I stayed 3 nights in Santiago in June when I finished Camino Frances. Loved every minute of it. Still more restaurants I want to go to when I return when I do the Camino Portuguese next year. I few pilgrims I walked with said they wished they would have allowed for more than one night in Santiago.
 
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