Fisterra: The End of the Earth and the End of the Camino
Galicia, Spain
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Fisterra: The End of the Earth and the End of the Camino
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Cape Finisterre was the end of the known world to the Romans, and tradition says they found an altar to the sun, the Ara Solis, on Monte Facho above it. It is also where many pilgrims carry on to after reaching Santiago. In the church of Santa María das Areas is the Santo Cristo de Fisterra, the Christ with the golden beard, and the pilgrims' customs at the cape are old: burn your clothes, bathe in the sea, take a scallop shell home. A pilgrims' hospital stood in front of the church from 1469. The lighthouse on the cape was built in 1853, and because of the winter fog a foghorn was added in 1888 — the Vaca de Fisterra, the cow of Fisterra.
Required Activities
1
of 5
Walk out to the lighthouse of 1853 at the tip of the cape and find out why its foghorn was called the cow
2
of 5
Watch the sun go down into the Atlantic from the end of the Roman world
3
of 5
Climb Monte Facho, where tradition puts the Ara Solis, an altar to the sun
4
of 5
See the Christ with the golden beard in Santa María das Areas, where pilgrims finishing the Camino still stop
5
of 5
Find out what pilgrims traditionally do when they reach the cape — the clothes, the sea and the shell
Walk out to the lighthouse of 1853 at the tip of the cape and find out why its foghorn was called the cow
Watch the sun go down into the Atlantic from the end of the Roman world
Climb Monte Facho, where tradition puts the Ara Solis, an altar to the sun
See the Christ with the golden beard in Santa María das Areas, where pilgrims finishing the Camino still stop
Find out what pilgrims traditionally do when they reach the cape — the clothes, the sea and the shell
Before you go
The cape is exposed and very windy; stay back from the rock edges.
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