[Gocamino] camino to finisterre

Tue May 12 14:12:33 PDT 2009

Hola Peregrinos

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Abrazos de Londres

John

To: saintjames at yahoogroups.com
From: verena.ma at gmx.at
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 22:58:05 +0200
Subject: Re: [saintjames] camino to finisterre

dear peregrinos, a few hints for the Camino Finisterre that might come useful:
been walking last july :-) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgLqi3DJJnU&feature=channel_page

beautiful landscape, quiet, few people, more tough to walk than the camino frances in terms of infrastructure: fewer albergues/ bars/shops, but a sufficient amount of yellow arrows, so the camino is as easy to follow… 
you can do it in 3 days, but it is hard, better take 4 days i’d recommend.

First day: 

more or less the only option is Negreira, 23 km from Santiago, 
the camino leads through forests and small villages, only 2 small bars and a restaurant on the whole way. the restaurant is on a nice spot next to a river, a short way before Negreira.
you’ll have to pass all of Negreira, which is a small town and climb the hill after the end of town to get to the nice small albergue. 
There seem to be usually twice as much peregrinos as beds, so they provide tents in the garden and people sleep on the floor. there is no tienda up there, so better shop in town, you might not want to walk back…

Second day:

beautiful forests and meadows, just some small villages. most people walk as far as Olveiroa, which is really a long way: 34 km with lots of up- and downhill…
So it is an option to stay in Maroñas, 20 km from Negreira:
the albergue is brand new and very clean, next to the bar (there have only been 2 bars on the way and no shop), you can eat there. we were only 3 peregrinos. The disadvantage of this place is that it is directly on the road and it was very noisy all night long.
The landscape becomes even more beautiful afterwards. 

Olveiroa is a larger village and probably the best place to stay on the Finisterre-Camino, with a nicely built albergue in hórreo-style and a great bar across the road.

Third day:

A challenging walk, quite some altitude to cover, only one bar, no shop on the 18 km to Cee, beautiful nature and finally a steep descent to the seaside. What a view!
There is no albergue in Cee, sometimes they seem to offer beds in a gym but it is not so easy to find (Cee is quite big) and was closed last July. also it is very different to the camino frances, only few pilgrims, so the locals are not so used to cater for them. 
Reckon the best option in Cee is to enjoy a hotel, you can find them on the main road behind the shopping centre near the beach. 

or you might want to continue to Finisterre:
there is one albergue after the next town, Corcubion, on the highest point of the way there. afterwards you follow the beaches more or less and there are restaurants and hotels there. 
it is 11 km from Cee to Finisterre. you are entitled to stay at the official albergue in case you walked all the way from Santiago, they check your credential accurately for all the sellos. but actually there is no point to stay there, for it is very noisy as it has the bus stop right in front. there are much nicer places to stay in town. finally it is a nice 4 km- stroll to the Faro at the end of the world… 

Have fun and buen camino
:-)

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> Datum: Tue, 12 May 2009 21:48:40 +0200
> Von: Sil <sillydoll at gmail.com>
> An: saintjames at yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: Re: [saintjames] Melide

> The Albergue San Roque is in Corcubion. It is in a former school, run by
> volunteers from the Amigos of the Galician association, 1km outside the
> town
> at the top of the hill in the direction of Finisterre. Very good reports.
> I
> am actually doing a two week hospitalera stint there from 30th June to
> 13th
> July.
> Sil
> 2009/5/12 Glenn Jilek <guha2005 at hotmail.com>
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there an albergue in Corcubon Sil, or just hotels and hostels?
> >
> > Glenn
> >
> >
> > To: saintjames at yahoogroups.com <saintjames%40yahoogroups.com>
> > From: sillydoll at gmail.com <sillydoll%40gmail.com>
> > Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:00:45 +0200
> > Subject: Re: [saintjames] Melide
> >
> >
> > Bob, I posted this on the pilgrimage-to-santiago.com forum a couple of
> > weeks
> > ago. I am going to be walking the Fistera Route at the end of June.
> >
> > *I have decided to walk to Finisterre at the end of June and it appears
> > that
> > there are more options on this route than most guide books and websites
> > suggest:
> >
> > 21.3km Santiago to Negreira
> > 11.5km Negreira to Villaserio (Hostel in old school)
> > 20.5km Villaserio to Olveiroa (Albergue)
> > or:
> > 19.5km Negreira to Moranas/Santa Mariña (New 10 bed hostel)
> > 12.5km Moranas/Santa Mariña to Olveiroa
> > 19.5km Olveiroa to Corcubion
> > 8.5km Olveiroa to Finisterre
> > I*
> > * think I will probably do:*
> >
> > *21.3km Santiago to Negreira
> > 19.5km Negreira to Moranas/Santa Mariña
> > 12.5km Moranas/Santa Mariña to Olveiroa
> > 28km Olveiroa to Finisterre
> > *
> > If one is not staying at the refuge in Finisterre you could take 5 days
> by
> > walking Olveiroa to Corcubion on day 4, and take an easy 8.5km stroll
> into
> > Finisterre on the 5th day.
> > As I will only be leaving Santiago after the midday mass, I have booked
> a
> > room at the Hotel Tamara in Negreira to ensure that I have a bed that
> > night. Email: info at hotel-tamara.com <info%40hotel-tamara.com> Special
> > pilgrim rates 25 euro single.
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> > Sil
> >
> > 2009/5/11 rspenger <rspenger at earthlink.net <rspenger%40earthlink.net>>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tonight I abide in Melide. O.K., so there are no such things as visual
> > > rhymes when the pronunciations don´t match but it was all I could
> come up
> > > with.A
> > >
> > > End of the fifth day and only about 50 km left to SdeC. Sshould be
> plenty
> > > of time to go on to Fisterra, but the stages may be too long. I will
> have
> > to
> > > check in SdeC to see if there is enough accommodation built up by now
> to
> > do
> > > the walk in my babñy stages (17 km max so far). My third night was in
> a
> > > remote albergue in Ligonde, with a restaurante available about 500 m
> down
> > > the road. I had a big middle afternoon meal there and just a snack in
> the
> > > early evening back at the albergue. I was the first one checked in and
> > only
> > > three others showed up for the 20 available spaces. It was my big
> laundry
> > > day - i.e. outer socks and shirt as well as the usual inner socks and
> > > underwear of the small laundry days. It also incuded the towel and
> wash
> > > cloth, since I was at an albergue. Those don´t get into the act at an
> > hostal
> > > (cheap hotel) stay where towels are provided and can also be used to
> > speed
> > > up the drying. This albergue had maquinas por both lavar y secar, but
> the
> > > heavy socks didn´t quite make it to the fully dry stage. On the
> fourth
> > day I
> > > was getting fed up with hearing Bxxx Camino from my fellow pilgrims,
> > > especially the cyclists, since they flashs by to fast for me to make a
> > > sarcastic response. Well no, I don´t sarcartic responses to the
> walkers
> > that
> > > overtake me in a steady stream, but I usually respond with good
> morning
> > or
> > > afternoon as appropriate - to establish the fact that I speak English
> so
> > > that they can respond in kind if they should so desire. If I hear
> > > conversation in Spanish as they come up behind me, I usually just come
> > out
> > > with a mispronounced Ola (i.e. accent on the first sylllable instead
> of
> > the
> > > last) or a buenos dias.
> > >
> > > The reason that I used Bxxx is that the Camino part comes through loud
> > and
> > > clear, but the first word varies all over the place. I is never Bueno.
> > > Sometimes it is a clear enough Buen - a reasonable abbreviation that
> > reminds
> > > me of the osdias of Mexico in which the first syllable, the os, is
> barely
> > > audible. Often it sounds like the nasalized bo of the Portuguese bom
> > caminho
> > > or the French bon chemin. What I often hear is something akin to the
> > English
> > > word bone - buon maybe? Is this some Galician form? I doubt it. I
> think
> > that
> > > it is just a trend that has been picked up. I shouldn´t let it bug me
> but
> > > being a grumpy old man is a major feature of my job description. I am
> > > obliged to live up to it.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, back on the camino. Yesterday was a big lunch at Ponte
> > Campana,
> > > ham, cheese, coarse bread, beer, and a great steaming bowl of Caldo
> > Gallego.
> > > A regular Menu del Dia was not available at this bar at that time of
> day,
> > > but the items that were available were more than adequate. I spent the
> > night
> > > at Casanova. I was the first one signed up again, but the five double
> > bunk
> > > room that was opened was filled by the end of the day. There was
> another
> > > room, I believe, but the hostilera (deliberate misspelling) did not
> open
> > it.
> > > There would have been more pilgrims, but some were turned off by the
> > > attitude around the place. No food nearby, but several people took
> > advantage
> > > of taxi service, courtesy of the hospitalera´s cell phone, that took
> them
> > to
> > > a restaurant to far away to walk.
> > >
> > > I am unning out of change, Got to get this sent off before I lose it.
> > >
> > > Regards to all.
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Sil
> > http://amawalker.blogspot.com/
> > www.vfpilgrims.blogspot.com
> > www.csjofsa.org.za
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> > 
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Sil
> http://amawalker.blogspot.com/
> www.vfpilgrims.blogspot.com
> www.csjofsa.org.za
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 

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