LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: Medium
For avid walkers, prior training highly recommended. Moderately uneven grade, some dirt and stone roads
(Daily departures – no minimum participant requirements)

Day 1: Santiago de Compostela
Arrival in Santiago on your own. (Consult with Petrabax for private car transfer prices from Santiago airport or rail station hotel). Your information packet containing complete route descriptions and materials will be waiting for you at your hotel. Santiago´s historical center has been designated a World heritage Site and offers dozens of religious buildings, like the impressive cathedral with Apostle St James sepulchre. Santiago also holds many other tourist possibilities. SUPERIOR CLASS INCLUDES LODGING AT THE PARADOR DOS REIS CATOLICOS.

Day 2: WALK Santiago TO Negreira (21 km / 13 MI)
Breakfast. The Fisterra Way departs from the Praza do Obradoiro, Santiago’s most emblematic square, and leaves the city through narrow streets until the oak forest of San Lourenzo. In this stage we could enjoy the peaceful scenery of Ponte Maceira, or the beautiful manor house of A Chancela. Once in Negreira we can visit the medieval fortress of Pazo O Cotón. VALUE PACKAGE INCLUDES DINNER AT YOUR HOTEL THIS EVENING.

Day 3: Transfer Negreira TO KM 10. WALK KM 10 TO Olveiroa (21 km / 13 MI)
Breakfast.We will take you from Negreira to a point on the Camino located 10 kilometers from it, therefore you will walk 21 km. The landscape in this stage will be composed by meadows and crop fields. We could also admire some examples of traditional architecture, like the hórreos (raised granaries) or the small settlement of Olveira, where today´s route comes to an end. VALUE PACKAGE INCLUDES DINNER AT YOUR HOTEL THIS EVENING.

Day 4: Olveiroa ‐ CEE (19 km / 19.8 mi)
Breakfast. You will abandon Olveiroa and ascend the slope of Monte do Sino, where you will find a wind farm and you will be able to enjoy wonderful views of the course of the Xallas River and the incredible Castrelo - Olveiroa reservoir. You will descend and cross the Hospital River over a small bridge. Shortly after, you will come across the very well signposted fork of the Roads to Fisterra and Muxía. You will continue towards Fisterra and you will leave the Cruceiro Marco do Couto in your wake. You will advance through lakes and trails through the Buxantes Mountains. After passing Ermita da Nosa Señora das Neves you will be able to see the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. You will leave the Cruceiro da Armada in your wake and shortly after you will have spectacular views of the Corcubión Estuary and Cape Fisterra, located at the southern end of the Costa da Morte. A few kilometers further you will find the Church of Santa María de Xunqueira, already in Cee. VALUE PACKAGE INCLUDES DINNER AT YOUR HOTEL THIS EVENING.

Day 5: Cee ‐ Fisterra stage 4: (12 km / 7.4 mi)
Breakfast. After the sand dunes of the wild Langosteira beach, the pilgrim arrives in the village of Fisterra. On our way to the westernmost point of Europe, we will find the medieval church of Santa María and an unusual contemporary art cemetery. Finally the pilgrim will reach Cape Fisterra, a mythical and symbolic site rich in pagan rituals, where we can admire the sun vanish into the sea. VALUE PACKAGE INCLUDES DINNER AT YOUR HOTEL THIS EVENING.

Day 6: Fisterra ‐ Lires (13 km / 8 mi)
Breakfast. In this stage the sea is ever‐present. Starting at Fisterra the route goes across several hamlets with genuine samples of the rural architecture before getting the wildest beach of O Rostro, and from there to Lires, end of today´s journey. VALUE PACKAGE INCLUDES DINNER AT YOUR HOTEL THIS EVENING.

Day 7: Lires ‐ Muxía (16 km / 10 MI)
Breakfast. From Lires, the Way ascends up the hillock of As Aférroas with magnificent views to the coast. Before reaching Muxía village, pilgrims can follow the tradition of washing themselves in the Monte Corpiño fountain. Soon after Muxía, we reach the sanctuary of Virxe da Barca, site related to several religious and pagan rituals. VALUE PACKAGE INCLUDES DINNER AT YOUR HOTEL THIS EVENING. SUPERIOR CLASS INCLUDES LODGING AT THE PARADOR OF MUXIA.

Day 8: Muxia
After breakfast, transfer back to Santiago airport or train station and end of our services.