![]() Two excellent resources for finding out more are this Camino de Santo forum and the blog Trepidatious Traveller by Maggie Woodward. There are dozens of other established routes from all over Spain, from Portugal, France and even beyond. The caminos mentioned here are just the most popular ones. An alternative starting point is A Coruña, just two or three days’ walk from Santiago. It combines stretches along picturesque rías (coastal inlets) with sections across green countryside and through the medieval towns Pontedeume and Betanzos. Practicable year-round, this is an obvious choice if you have limited time, and the Inglés’ popularity has mushroomed in the last decade with around 15,000 walkers a year. It owes its name to medieval pilgrims from Britain, Ireland and other northern locations, who would sail to ports like Ferrol then complete their journey to Santiago overland. The “English Way” runs about 115km/71 miles (five days) to Santiago from Ferrol in northern Galicia. Short, relatively easy route within Galicia It’s about 86km (53 miles) from Santiago de Compostela to either Fisterra or Muxía across mostly gentle countryside, and a 28km (17 mile) stretch links the two places. At Muxía an 18th-century church on the rocky seashore marks a spot where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared in a stone boat. The name Fisterra/Finisterre means Land’s End: cliff-girt, lighthouse-capped Cabo Fisterra (Cape Finisterre) certainly has an end-of-the-earth feel. Three or four additional days to Fisterra or Muxía (four to six days for both places) can be the perfect coda to your odyssey. Believe it or not, plenty of camino walkers don’t want to stop when they reach Santiago. This route runs not to Santiago but from it, to the small fishing ports of Fisterra (Finisterre) and Muxía on Galicia’s dramatic coast. On from Santiago to the “end of the earth” ![]() Some pilgrims continue beyond Santiago de Compostela on the Camino de Muxía-Finisterre to Cape Finisterre © Iryna Kalamurza / Shutterstock Camino de Muxía-Finisterre The Camino De Santiago French Way has a challenging length of 800km/ 497 miles and passes through some very well-known cities and areas such as Pamplona, the templars castle in Ponferrada, the beautiful Cathedral Leon and many picturesque villages.
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