Muxía on the Camino de Fisterra e Muxía

Muxía lies on the southern shore of the Ría de Camariñas, near the Costa da Morte. The coast, pilgrimage route, traditional culture and craft traditions shape the distinctive features of this Galician destination.

Coast and landscape

At Cabo Touriñán, the last ray of sunshine on the European mainland disappears for around two and a half months each year. As Pedras da Barca form a landscape created by the weathering of granite. Galician tradition incorporated their stone forms into legends, making them some of the distinctive traditional images associated with Muxía. The Paseo del río Negro ends at the mouth of the river beside Playa de Area Maior–Os Muiños.

Pilgrimage route and water sports

The official Camino de Fisterra e Muxía begins in Santiago. It ends at Cape Fisterra and at the Santuario de la Virxe da Barca in Muxía. The Santuario de A Barca is a destination for pilgrims who follow the Way of Saint James from Santiago to Muxía–Fisterra. Santiago, Fisterra and Muxía are therefore among the explicitly named points on this route.

Nemiña Beach is an international meeting place for surfers and bodyboarders every year. People from all over Europe and from the surrounding area come to this meeting place. Water sports in Muxía also include scuba diving, sea kayaking, coastal rowing, freediving and spearfishing. The range therefore extends from activities on the water's surface to options beneath the water.

History and culture

The Romería de A Barca is recognised as a festival of national tourist interest. It takes place on the second Sunday in September. If this Sunday falls on 8 September, the festival is postponed to 15 September. Muxía's cultural history is connected with the Santuario de A Barca and the stones in its surroundings. Muxía was granted the status of a villa around the year 1345.

The Santuario de San Xiao de Moraime contains paintings depicting the seven deadly sins and death. The Museo del Voluntariado houses a permanent photo exhibition about the disaster involving the Prestige ship. It also covers the volunteers who took part in the clean-up operations.

Important merchants of lace from the Costa da Morte operated in Muxía. The lace was exported to Cuba, Argentina and Mexico.

Additional local pages: Morpeguite, Frixe, Merexo.

Crafts and cuisine

Muxía is home to the peninsula's only two surviving traditional cod-drying houses: Os Cascóns and A Pedriña. At A Pedriña, the fish is salted and dried. Both processing steps are carried out entirely by hand. Traditional Muxía cuisine is prepared with produce from the sea and the land. Fish processing, seafood and produce from inland areas therefore all form part of the same local culinary tradition.

To the overarching travel overview: Coruña.

More destinations

More places within the same destination:

Bergondo, Oroso, Pardaces de Arriba, Boqueixón, Teixeiro.