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7 towns on the Camiño a Muxía
View on the mapDumbría is the first stop after the fork at Hospital, where you chose Muxía over Fisterra: 65.9 kilometers from Santiago, 20.8 before Muxía. The main village of the municipality has bars, a shop, a cash machine and a modern pilgrim hostel from 2010 that pilgrims regularly praise. One evening is enough.
Camiño a MuxíaMoraime is the last stop before Muxía, 3.6 kilometers from the village: a Romanesque monastery church from the 12th century, remains of a Benedictine monastery that Normans destroyed in 1105 and a fourteen-year-old prince helped rebuild in 1119. On the north wall the seven deadly sins and death are painted. A short rest is enough.
Camiño a FisterraCamiño a MuxíaMuxía is the quieter end of the Way, a fishing town on a headland on the Costa da Morte. At its tip stand the sanctuary of the Virxe da Barca, the rocks from the legend of the stone boat and A Ferida, the monument to the volunteers after the 2002 oil spill. Fisterra is 27.8 kilometres away.
Camiño a Fisterra-MuxíaCamiño a Muxía+1Negreira is the first night after Santiago, 21 kilometers west of the cathedral, on the way to the sea at Fisterra and Muxía. Shortly before it, in Ponte Maceira, you cross one of the most beautiful bridges in Galicia. In town, a monument remembers the emigrants who said goodbye from here. One evening is enough.
Camiño a FisterraCamiño a MuxíaOlveiroa is the village before the decision: five kilometers on, in Hospital, the path splits towards Fisterra and Muxía, both a good 32 kilometers away. You arrive after the longest stage of the route, 34 kilometers from Negreira, in a village with old hórreos and a parish of Saint James. One evening is enough.
Camiño a FisterraCamiño a MuxíaPonte Maceira is the most beautiful stop between Santiago and Negreira: a hamlet on the Río Tambre, 17.1 kilometres from the cathedral, with a 13th-century bridge on Roman piers. This is where the disciples of Saint James are said to have escaped their pursuers. Nowhere to sleep, but perfect for a long break.
Camiño a FisterraCamiño a MuxíaSantiago de Compostela is where 14 Caminos end, and in 2025 more pilgrims than ever collected their Compostela here: 530,987. Around the cathedral with the apostle's tomb you'll find granite squares, monasteries and tapas bars. Stay at least two nights, because arriving takes time.
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