Malpica to Mourin

Overview

1. Day

   1
   Arrival Day

   1. A CoruñaA Coruña

   Flight to Galicia. Take the bus from your airport to Carballo as outlined in your Walk Pack. Taxi transfers can be arranged if required.

2. Day

   2
   Malpica to Barizo

   8.2 mi · 13.2 km

   1. transfer
   2. Malpica to Barizo
   3. BarizoBarizo

   You will be collected from your accommodation in Carballo this morning and transferred to the start of your walk in Malpica. From Malpica you follow a route comprised of gravel roads and small, sometimes uneven and exposed footpaths along the coast, passing a beach, a chapel and the Sisargas Islands. Finish today’s route as you arrive at your rural, seaside hotel near Barizo. Dinner here is not included, as the hotel only offers an a la carte menu. However, you may want to try next door’s restaurant “As Garzas” awarded with 1 Michelin star in 2018 (booking ahead is advised).

3. Day

   3
   Circular walk from Barizo via Faro Nariga

   10.4 mi · 16.7 km

   1. Circular walk from Barizo via Faro Nariga
   2. BarizoBarizo

   Today’s route takes you to the Punto Nariga, first of the many famous lighthouses found along the Costa da Morte. From here your route continues down to the beautiful beach of Niñons, where you have the option of taking a taxi transfer or staying on the return route along a gravel road through a windmill park.

4. Day

   4
   Roncudo to Ponteceso

   10.9 mi · 17.5 km

   1. transfer
   2. Roncudo to Ponteceso
   3. transfer
   4. LaxeLaxe

   Today’s route begins with a taxi transfer in the morning to the tiny hamlet of Roncudo. From there you can either join the Camiño along winding footpaths to the cape Roncudo and its small lighthouse after which there is a 3km tarmac lane into the fishermen’s village of O Corme, or you can opt to take the shortcut straight to O Corme.Ahead of you, you have the long spectacular Camiño along the coast, or a shorter, high-level route through shady woods before you reach the extensive sand plateau that separates the river mouth of Ponteceso from the Atlantic Ocean. A stretch of sandy trail leads you into Ponteceso, where a taxi transfer awaits to take you to your modern beach hotel in Laxe.

5. Day

   5
   Laxe to Camelle Harbour

   9.5 mi · 15.3 km

   1. Laxe to Camelle Harbour
   2. transfer
   3. LaxeLaxe

   A beautiful stretch of coastline, as well as a steep hillside separates Laxe from the expansive sandy beach of Traba. Here, the waves often spill out over the shore, forming natural lagoons and wetlands which support a diverse array of birdlife. After a swim or a meal at the beach bar/restaurant along your route, follow an old ox-trail along the coast, carved into the granite rock as it winds around the distinctive wind-sculpted rock formations found en-route. At Camelle harbour, a taxi transfer will be waiting to take you back to your hotel in Laxe.

6. Day

   6
   Arou to Camariñas

   9.7 mi · 15.6 km

   1. transfer
   2. Arou to Camariñas
   3. CamariñasCamariñas

   Today begins with a mountainous route that starts at the village of Arou and takes you to two tiny harbours, resembling smuggler’s bays, before you climb up to the back of Europe’s highest dune. Here, a truly wild stretch of scenery awaits, as you descend and cross a chain of small beaches called Praias do Trece. You finally reach the Cemetery of the English; a symbolic burial place to honour the lives of sailors and passengers lost to the three ship wrecks that happened along this coastline between 1883 and 1893. The last kilometres are comparatively gentler as you follow a gravel road before heading into the woods and arriving at your cosy rural hotel.

7. Day

   7
   Circular route Mourin via Camariñas

   8.3 mi · 13.4 km

   1. Circular route Mourin via Camariñas
   2. CamariñasCamariñas

   As you walk back to the coast from Mourin, it’s hard not be struck by the dramatic location of one of the most imposing lighthouses on the route, the Cabo Vilán, which was also Spain’s first electrified lighthouse. You can visit the house (including the visitors’ centre and café) before continuing along the coast, past a modern fish factory and a chapel located on a hilltop above Camariñas. Todays´ route is relatively short, perfectly complimented with a Spanish lunch at the restaurant Arnelo in Camariñas. The traditional village architecture of Camariñas has suffered from modernity, but it houses a small museum dedicated to the typical handcrafted lace of Camariñas. After lunch, you have the option of taking a walk back to Do Cotariño or taking a taxi back to your hotel.

8. Day

   8
   Day 8

   1. transfer

   After breakfast a taxi transfer will take you to Vimianzo where you can take the bus to either A Coruña or Santiago.