The Fisterra - Muxía Way  

This Xacobean route has its departure point in the city of Santiago and its destination in the cape of Fisterra and the sanctuary of A Virxe da Barca. Almost from the discovery of the tomb of the apostle Saint James (9th century), certain pilgrims decided to extend their trip until the coastline of Costa da Morte, that for the ancient was the most western end of Europe, the final section of an itinerary marked in the sky by the Milky Way.

From the 12th century, the Calixtino Codex ties these land with the Xacobean tradition and indicates that the disciples of Saint James travelled to Dugium, the present Fisterra, looking for authorization from the Roman authorities to bury the Apostle in Santiago de Compostela, and they were jailed there. They managed to flee and, on the verge of being catched, they crossed a bridge that collapsed when the Roman troops persecuting them were passing.

The Xacobean tradition of Galician Finisterrae is based on two of the most popular devotions in Galicia: Saint Christ in Fisterra, of which Licenciado Molina (16th century) says that “more pilgrims come to Him than to the apostle”; and Virxe da Barca (Virgin of the Boat) in Muxía, who, according to the tradition, came to this beautiful place in a stone boat to encourage Saint James on his preaching.

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Santiago - Muxía (3 stages)
Santiago - Fisterra - Muxía (6 stages)