Soto Zumbados Camino de Finisterra - Stage 1- Santiago de Compostela - Negreira

Trail from Santiago de Compostela to Negreira passing through:
- Ponte Sarela (1.4 km)
- Monte Vidán (2.1 km)
- Puente Rio Roxos (6.9 km)
- Alto do Vento (8.0 km)
- Ponte de Augapesada (10.6 km)
- Fuente Del Mar De Ovellas (12.7 km)
- Ponte Maceira (15.8 km)
- A Ponte Nova (16.8 km)

OUR PILGRIMAGE

We are a group of 5 friends walking together for fun. We walked for 3 days in 2024 getting to Dumbria and plan 3 days in 2025 to Muxia and Finisterra to finish all points of this Camino.
We highly recommend all the places we stayed at which I have mentioned in the route descriptions and also the baggage transfer service Pilbeo.
The walking was easy and very well signposted.
You would be welcome to follow us, Buen Camino!


Approximately 85 km west of Santiago de Compostela lies Cape Finisterre, or Finisterra in Galician where the ocean begins and where the Romans believed the land ended, the name of the place in Latin, Finis Terae, means End of The Earth.
All other Caminos, regardless of where they start, end in Santiago de Compostela, this is the ony one to start there.
The pilgrimage to the End of the Earth, to Fisterra, is even older than the one to Santiago de Compostela. Pilgrims came here even in pre-Roman times. The ancient Celts, Goths, Normans, or Bretons came here to start a new life. After bathing in the sea, they would burn their clothes and belongings, then, cleansed like babies, they would start a new life, leaving all their troubles behind.


Day 1

We collected our Pilgrim Passports from the office in Santiago de Compostela ( tip, do this the day before if you can so you can start earlier, the office closes in the afternoon) and left the city at 9.30am.
The first stage was a lovely route on woodland paths and quiet roads passing a number of small hamlets.
Our first stop for coffee was at Bar Os Arcos just outside Quintans.

The big climb of the day was 3k from Augapesada to Trasmonte, at the top we stopped for a picnic lunch at the Fonte Santa Maria and topped up water bottles from the fountain.

The next stage was downhill and mainly on roads, we pushed on to Ponte Maceira, an amazing medieval bridge over the River Tambre and one of the top sights on the route.
From here the final 4k is a mixture of road and woodland/ riverside track.

Negreira is a sizable town with lots of options for accomodation, food and shops. We stayed at La Casa de mi Abuela, a 5 bedroomed house which was perfect for us and had dinner at the Cafe Bar Imperial.