Lighthouses Route/ Camiño dos Faros: the last 4 stages

Information about the trip: Lighthouses Route/ Camiño dos Faros: the last 4 stages

This walking tour includes the final stages of this path and offers the pilgrim a singular vision and exceptional pathways where you will discover the cliffs, beaches and the most important landmarks in A Costa da Morte. It is the most occidental coast in Spain and it is located in the northern region of Galicia, in the A Coruña province.
Traditionally, it is a magic place where the pilgrims can find themselves because the parallel universe is meeting here. Besides that, the brave sea of this coastal region has records like a big black mark. Its for that in the late 19th century started to built lighthouses for guiding the ships between so beautiful and dangerous cliffs.

O Camiño dos Faros (Lighthouses Route) is a 200-km hiking route in Galicia (Spain) that links Malpica with Finisterre along the coastline. A route that runs by all the Lighthouses and the most important landmarks in A Costa da Morte, where definitely, it is the sea the one that plays the main role.

El Camiño dos Faros is not a walking path for beginners or persons who has not a physical training or just they are finding a low difficult route. It has some complicated sections with a medium or high difficulty stages.
Even we provide all the necessary information in order to assure us you have the most enjoyable Camino.

Travel itinerary (Summary)

DAY 1: Arrival to Arou
DAY 2: Stage 1, Arou, Camariñas 23,8 km 2/5
DAY 3: Stage 2, Camariñas, Muxía 32,6 km 5/5
DAY 4: Stage 3, Muxía, Nemiña 25,3 km 4/5
DAY 5: Stage 4, Nemiña, Finisterre 26,9 km 4/5
DAY 6: Return

Travel itinerary (Detailed)

ProgramDAY
1

Transfer from Santiago de Compostela to Arou

109 km/ 68 mi separate the start of this itinerary from Finisterre, the final destination.
Arrival to the Santiago de Compostela on behalf of the client. After that transfer with direction to the picturesque village of Arou.
ProgramDAY
2

Stage 1, from Arou to Camariñas

Distance : 23,8 km Difficulty : 2/5

Breakfast and the start of the stage. The stage that includes one of the best hiking-trails that you have ever done, on a coast that is extremely rugged and full of history.
The part of the coast that goes from Arou to Cape Vilán is the beginning of everything. We left Arou early in the morning and we went to the viewpoint in Lobeiras. From there, by walking along a path full of gorse bushes we walk along the “coídos” (small coves full of ball-shaped stones) in the middle of a unique landscape, until we get to the port Santa Mariña that we will go across to ascend the dune in Mount Blanco.
Once again, when we get to the summit, we will enjoy some amazing views of O Camiño dos Faros. When descending, we go across small and isolated coves from the beach Trece until Point Boi.
At this point the sea hits the coast with strength and we can see the Cemetery of the English. From Vilán we get closer to Camariñas by taking another route that runs down the coast, walking by the chapel of the Virgin of the Mount and the Castle to finish the stage in the center of Camariñas, next to the fishing port.
ProgramDAY
3

Stage 2, from Camariñas to Muxía

Distance : 32,6 km Difficulty : 5/5

Breakfast and the start of the stage. This stage is the longest of all the route, the one whose parts run along roads and it will take us around 10 hours. In spite of all this, we love it.
We can see shellfish farmers working in this calm sea, which is rich in shellfish, especially cockles, when the tide is low among flocks of egrets and some other birds that look for shelter and food in this area. When we reach the beach Ariño, we cannot access the upper river Grande along its banks. We have to get the road to go across Tasaraño, Dor, Allo, and get to the bridge Porto, where we will go across all the river walk heading to Cereixo. There, in just a small surface, we can enjoy an amazing walk seeing a tide mill, the church Santiago, and an impressive oak and the Towers of Cereixo.
We have to walk along the road until we turn off along a forest heading the beach Area Grande.We will walk across the beach and ascend along the pine grove to reach the beach Leís, that we will also walk across but in this case being very careful as there are a lot of rocks to get at the lighthouse of the beach Lago.
At the end of this route we see the beach Os Muíños, one of the most visited of the area, that we have to walk till the end by taking a steep hill leading to Chorente. From Chorente, the route takes us along the forest of Chorente and the point with the same name from where we can see Muxía, known as the wind´s girlfriend, which we will reach after walking along the beaches Espiñeirido and A Cruz. But the stage doesn´t finish here, there is 1 kilometre left along which we will walk along the Eastern side of Muxía from the monument devoted to the volunteers to the beach O Coido, the ground zero of the tragedy of the Prestige and the last part of this stage of O Camiño dos Faros.
ProgramDAY
4

Stage 3, from Muxía to Nemiña

Distance : 25,3 km Difficulty : 4/5

Breakfast and the start of the stage. This penultimate stage is the most demanding one of this Camiño dos Faros, mainly at the beginning, along the 10 kilometres from Lourido to Moreira with loads of ascents and descents. We leave Muxía across O Coído and we walk across the beach of Lourido till we reach the Coído da Agra. From this point we start ascending to the Mount Cachelmo. Up there, in the mount Cachelmo we enjoy amazing views of Muxía with Vilán in the foreground, and of Point Buitra with Touriñán. From Cuño, we start the ascent to the 264-meter Mount Pedrouzo (2 kilometres ascending with an average gradient of 13%). When we get to the top and after a rest that we actually deserve, we start the descent to the beach Moreira that is also very technique, with a rugged land and an average gradient in some stretches of 25%. When we get to the beach Moreira, the stage starts being less difficult in this second part. From Moreira a dirty track takes us to Touriñán. The westernmost point of this Camiño dos Faros, In the last part of this stage, we will walk along Insua and the Coído de Touriñán to get to the Mirador. There is a road at this point that will take us close to the beach Nemiña, walking across the village Talón. It is the beach Nemiña, the penultimate stage.
ProgramDAY
5

Stage 4, from Nemiña to Finisterre

Distance : 26,9 km Difficulty : 4/5

Breakfast and the start of the stage. The last stage of this Camiño dos Faros is quite long, that´s why we suggest starting it kind of early.
The stage starts on the beach Nemiña and on the other side the beach of Lires, the one we will reach following our Camiño dos Faros. We have to options to get to it: walk across or border it. The next point in this route is the beach of Rostro (“face”). We will walk across the beach 2 kilometres. As soon as we leave behind the beach of Rostro and after turning over ourselves, we see another unique landscape of this Camiño dos Faros. The cliffs formed by the Point of Rostro and the Point of the Castelo. There, in Point Castelo, we visit the remains of the Castro de Castromiñán although we can only see its exterior walls and from this point we can see the end of this stage: The cape of the Nave. This stretch of Cape of the Nave is one of the most amazing ones. From the cape of the Nave and walking down a very steep descent we reach the beach of Mar de Fora. Ascending without stopping, we reach to the Western part of the Cape, and from that point we start the last slope which is actually very steep and very stony before admiring the first views of the lighthouse Fisterra, the one we reach by taking a route that is completely different from the others: O Camiño dos Faros.
ProgramDAY
6

Transfer to Santiago de Compostela - Return

After breakfast, transfer to Santiago de Compostela for your return.

Included

5 nights nights in handpicked hotels and inns, all with en-suite accommodation, on a bed and breakfast basis.
Transfer from Santiago de Compostela to Camariñas accommodation.
Transfer from Finistere to Santiago de Compostela.
Transfer from accommodation to begin /end of the stage.
Luggage transfer from hotel to hotel: 1 bag max. 20 kg/ 44 lbs per person.
GPS tracks and travel documents.
Travel insurance.
Telephone assistance (English-speaking)