The Fisterra and Muxía Way

Stage: Fisterra - Muxía

  • Length 28.7 Km
  • Difficulty High
  • Estimated Duration 7h 15min
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The Camino leaves Fisterra in the direction of San Martiño de Duio advancing among small hamlets with their particular Romanic rural and religious architecture.

We culminate the stage to Muxía in the constant company of the sea, impressive beaches and the Sanctuary of the Virxe da Barca an objective.

Fisterra- Castrexe

  • Length 8.6 Km
  • Difficulty Medium
  • Estimated Duration 2h 10min

Exiting the town of Fisterra can be confusing for walkers owing to the amount of yellow arrows which point in opposite directions for those going to Muxía and those who arrive from there, so, it is often necessary to resort to other kinds of directions.

We must reach the beach of Lagosteira and, at the Cruz de Baixar, take the way to the Parish of San Martiño de Duio, a Church which possibly refers to the now disappeared Roman city of Dugium, mentioned in Book III of the Codex Calixtinus.

The Camino continues near to the ever present sea, among hamlets, woods and wheat fields. We pass near the sea in the vicinity of the beach of O Rostro, which appears among pine trees.

Castrexe- Lires

  • Length 4.8 Km
  • Difficulty Medium
  • Estimated Duration 1h 15min

The route continues along narrow, quiet roads until it reaches the sands of the beach of O Rostro, then it runs beside the beach and goes up to the rural town of Padrís to finally enter the woods in the direction of Lires, the end of the stage.

The Ría (Sea Inlet) of Lires has important ornithological riches and significant examples of popular and religious architecture, such as the Romanic Churches of Santa Locacia de Frixe and Santa María de Morquintián.

Castrexe (Praia do Rostro) - Lires

Lires- Facho de Lourido

  • Length 11.7 Km
  • Difficulty Medium
  • Estimated Duration 2h 55min

We cross the River Castro on leaving Lires and enter the municipal area of Muxia. We reach Vaosilveiro, Frixe and Morquintián, with stretches of asphalted roadways among other rural roads.

One more effort is required before arriving in Muxía. This is the climb to the heights of As Aferroas (289 m) and Mount Facho de Lourido.

Lires - Facho de Lourido

Facho de Lourido- Muxía

  • Length 2.9 Km
  • Difficulty Medium
  • Estimated Duration 45min

After these, we reach the hamlet of Xurarantes and must skirt the beach of Lourido. We are now in the vicinity of the fishing town of Muxía.

We enter it along the Rúa Campo das Pinas, the Rúa Os Malatos and the Rúa Enfesto. Our objective will be to visit the Sanctuary of the Virxe da Barca.

Facho de Lourido - Muxía

Muxía- Santuario da Virxe da Barca

  • Length 0.7 Km
  • Difficulty Low
  • Estimated Duration 10min

We advance towards it first downhill by the Rúa de Manuel Lastres and the Rúa Real. We pass the Tourist Office where we can obtain the “Muxiana” (an end of Camino credential which Fisterra also provides called there the “Fisterrana”, which can be stamped in the municipal hostel).

We skirt Mount Corpiño on the Camiño da Pel (“Way of the Skin”), a place name which refers to a fountain now disappeared where the pilgrims washed at the end of the route, a symbol of purification and respect before reaching the Sanctuary of A Virxe da Barca, an XVIII century Baroque Church. At the bottom of Mount Corpiño stands the Church of Santa María de Muxía, built in the Maritime Gothic style in the second half of the XIV century.

This stage culminates in the Sanctuary of A Barca.

Muxía - Santuario da Virxe da Barca