The longest and most demanding stage of the Camino Fisterra. Wild Galicia at its most spectacular — wooded hills, deep valleys, tiny hamlets where time seems to have stopped. You meet few people. You walk a great deal.
★ This stage can be split at Ponte Maceira (km 13), a pretty village with a medieval bridge and some accommodation options.
Olveiroa is a tiny but welcoming hamlet with a well-regarded albergue. This is where the path divides: straight ahead to Fisterra, or the variant route via Muxía. Many pilgrims do both.
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Sun exposure and terrain type over 33,2 km
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⚠️ Long stage (33 km), rolling terrain in deep Galicia.
Can be split at Ponte Maceira (km 13) — medieval bridge and village, accommodation available.
Carry water and supplies: few villages between km 13 and km 33.
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Olveiroakm 33,6 · Tienda · Bar
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Camino Fisterra This is an official route but far less frequented than the Camino Francés. Waymarked with yellow arrows. Allow 3 days from Santiago.
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Accommodation Fewer albergues than on the Camino Francés — book ahead in high season.
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Monuments & Heritage
Medieval bridge of Ponte Maceirakm 13 · 14th-century granite bridge over the Río Tambre, five arches, water mill and Santa Baia chapel
Hórreos and cruceiros of the Tambrekm 15 · Concentration of Galician grain stores and granite wayside crosses in the Tambre valley
Chapel of Santa Mariña de Groukm 22 · Small isolated Romanesque chapel, votive fountain, local pilgrimage site since the Middle Ages
Granite water millskm 30 · Traditional Galician mills on mountain streams, some still in working order