At Finisterre

This morning we were prepared to be Tourigrinos all day, and met our bus at 9:00. (Tourigrino is a popular slang on the Camino for those that take buses or taxis to the popular sights, rather than walk to them as a perigrino or pilgrim does.)

Our first stop was Puente Maceira. This city is actually on the Camino- if you should choose to walk to Finisterre. Here we crossed an old Roman bridge to see the old mills on the water.

Our next stop was Paxareiras, for a great mountain top view. This overlooks fishing villages along a dangerous coastline. There were also lots of windmills lining this mountain, which unfortunately interfered with the amazing panoramic view.

The fishing village of Muros was our next stop. We walked up to the church which has an interesting holy water font; it has a snake carved in the stone, signifying the power of the holy water to conquer sin. We also walked along the piers admiring the views.

The Rio Ezaro is the only river in Spain that flows into the ocean. We stopped to view the waterfall. Due to the very dry summer, the water apparently is not falling as abundantly as usual, but we still thought it was beautiful.

Next we headed to the ‘end of the earth’ – Finisterre. It is one of the the ‘ends’ of the Camino, (Santiago is the traditional end, the other is our next stop of Muxia).

Our last stop was Muxia. It has a very rocky coastline with waves constantly breaking and splashing over them. It also is a very picturesque setting. This location was one of the closing scenes in the movie ‘The Way’.

We had an easy day! Only 32 flights of stairs and 4.75 miles.