# Two nights on the Costa da Morte, an hour and a half from Santiago: Fisterra, Muxía and the Vilán lighthouse

The O Ézaro waterfall, sunset at Cape Fisterra, the Muxía sanctuary and the Vilán lighthouse, sleeping in Fisterra. An hour and a half from Santiago and A Coruña.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/galicia/costa-da-morte/itineraries/two-nights-costa-da-morte-fisterra-muxia-vilan · Revisado: 2026-11-12

Dónde: Costa da Morte

The Costa da Morte is not one to see in a hurry: the coastal roads are slow and every cape deserves its walk. With two nights in Fisterra, an hour and a half from Santiago or A Coruña, you do the south one day, with sunset at the lighthouse, and the north the next, with Muxía and Cape Vilán, without driving at night.

## How much does it cost?

Allow €200–300 per person in a double room: two nights at the Mar da Ardora (from €85 for a double, according to its website), two lunches and two dinners. The lighthouses, the waterfall and the sanctuary are free; the fishing museum and the shipwreck centre have their own entry fees.

## If you change something

If you are travelling with a dog, sleep at Casa de Trillo, a village house inland from Muxía that accepts pets, and do the plan the other way round: Muxía and Vilán on Saturday, Ézaro and Fisterra on Sunday. Without a car, the Optimus Tours excursion from Santiago covers O Ézaro, Fisterra and Muxía in a day.

## El plan

### Friday · 19:00 · Arrival in Fisterra
An hour and twenty from Santiago via Negreira, a little more from A Coruña. Overnight at Hotel Mar da Ardora, on the hillside of Mar de Fóra, with a spa and sea-facing terraces.

### Saturday · 10:30 · Fervenza do Ézaro and viewpoint
Half an hour east, via Corcubión and Cee. The River Xallas falls almost a hundred metres into the sea; then the O Ézaro viewpoint along the road of ramps.

### Saturday · 13:30 · Lunch at O Fragón
Above the village of Fisterra, with the ría and Monte Pindo in front. Market cuisine; book ahead.

### Saturday · 17:00 · Harbour, San Carlos castle and the lighthouse
The fishing museum by the harbour and, as the afternoon fades, Cape Fisterra and its 1853 lighthouse. Stay for the sunset.

### Sunday · 10:30 · Muxía and the Virxe da Barca
A good half hour north. The sanctuary on the rocks and the climb up Monte Corpiño.

### Sunday · 13:30 · Lunch in Muxía harbour
A Lonxa de Álvaro, with fish from the fish market and zamburiñas. If you prefer Camariñas, Villa de Oro; both close on Wednesdays.

### Sunday · 16:30 · Cape Vilán and the drive back
Spain's first electric lighthouse and its shipwreck centre; call ahead for opening hours. From Camariñas, back to A Coruña or Santiago in a little over an hour.

## Consejos

### Book Saturday and Sunday lunches
In summer and at weekends they fill up.

### The wind rules
Bring a coat for the capes and do not go down to the rocks in a heavy swell.

### Check the seasonal opening hours
The fishing museum and the Vilán centre change their hours depending on the month.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Where is it better to sleep?
In Fisterra if you want sunset at the lighthouse; in Muxía if you prefer a quieter village.

### How long does it take from Santiago?
An hour and twenty to Fisterra.

### Can it be done in a day?
Part of it. To see all four places without rushing, two nights are better.

### And in the rain?
The Vilán shipwreck centre, the Museo do Encaixe in Camariñas and the fishing museum are all indoors.

## Dónde dormir if you're driving
- **Hotel Mar da Ardora**, desde 85 € / night: On the slope of Mar de Fóra, looking west
Calle Mar de Fora runs down the slope towards the beach of the same name, on the side of the Fisterra peninsula open to the ocean, and number 17 is the Mar da Ardora. The town centre is a couple of minutes by car, and Santiago an hour. It opened in May 2012 and presents itself as a nature hotel: it borders a Natura 2000 area, close to the Starlight route and the last stretch of the Camino to Fisterra. Because it is on the west face, the terraces look out on the sunset.
Thirteen square metres with a sea terrace
The entry-level room is the double with sea views, from €85 a night according to its website: 13 m², double bed or two beds, for two adults, with a sea terrace. There is also a deluxe room, larger. According to the Camiño dos Faros listing, the rooms are soundproofed and have a hydromassage shower, television and free wifi, and the cot is free.
Breakfast is a buffet in the dining room, and each guest chooses whether to have it continental, American or English. The hotel has an organic vegetable garden from which guests can pick fruit and vegetables, and from June to September it offers a free tasting of what it yields at sunset.
The spa, with one hour included
The wellness spa has a heated pool with jets, heated loungers, a foot bath and a Turkish bath, and offers massages, including aromatherapy and foot reflexology. If you book on the hotel website, the stay includes one hour of spa free. There is also a gym and a lounge.
Car or bus
Parking is free. By car you arrive from Santiago via Cee and Corcubión. Without a car, the hotel lists buses from Santiago every two hours, with a stop in the town.
From here you go up to Cape Fisterra and its lighthouse in a few minutes, and for dinner you have Tira do Cordel, on the other side, above Langosteira. The hotel fits as a base for the two nights around Fisterra, Muxía and the Vilán lighthouse.
- **Casa de Trillo**: A hamlet ten minutes from Muxía
Santa María de Coucieiro is a small hamlet in the municipality of Muxía, inland, and there Casa de Trillo works as a registered village house (group B, TR-CO-120). It is run by Pilar Trillo and her family. The distances given by the house: Muxía 8 km, about ten minutes; Fisterra 36 km, half an hour; Santiago and A Coruña, an hour and a quarter. Without a car it is not practical.
To get there from Muxía, head towards Os Muíños and take the Cee road on the right. About 4 km on, at Vilarmide, you turn right beside an Onda supermarket and the house is a kilometre away. From Fisterra or Santiago you join by the AC-552 and the same Vilarmide junction. The website details each route.
Rooms in the house, two apartments separate
Besides the rooms in the main house there are two apartments with equipped kitchen and heating, which can be connected to each other for a family or a group:

Buserana: double bed, hydromassage bath, table and sofas.
Touriñán: two beds, hydromassage shower and sofas; extra beds can be added.

The website does not publish rates: they are checked in its booking system. Breakfasts are homemade. There is a vegetable garden and garden, board games, television and books, and the Agar room, a room for groups of up to twenty people with a screen to connect a computer.
Pets, walks and experiences at the house
The house says it likes to welcome guests with their pets. It does not publish a supplement or conditions: ask when booking.
Walking routes start from the door. A member of the family leads a walk around the hamlet that talks about the area's rural life, passes through the woods and ends with a tasting of local produce. They also offer a romantic package for two (a welcome gift of wine or sparkling wine, fruit and chocolates) and arrange bookings for canyoning, kayaking or rafting. For walkers, the house works with the Bono Iacobus, five stages of the Camino de Santiago to Fisterra and Muxía.
What is nearby
In Muxía, the Virxe da Barca sanctuary and, opposite the harbour, A Lonxa de Álvaro for lunch. If you are walking, the last stages of the Camiño dos Faros pass through Muxía on the way to Fisterra.
- **Hotel O Semáforo, Fisterra**, desde 99 € / night: The semaphore at the end of the world
Beside the Cape Fisterra lighthouse, built in 1853 and 138 metres above the sea, stands a building that the Navy used to watch the coast and talk to ships by flags: that is what a semaphore was. Since 1999 it has been accommodation, and after the 2016 refurbishment it works as a small hotel with a restaurant, a café and several terraces. Next to it is the 1888 foghorn, the cow of Fisterra, which sounds on foggy days.
Its website shows six rooms, each with a theme: Stellae, Semáforo, Dos Faros, Dos Naufraxios, Dos Ventos and Agocho. The large ones have a king-size bed, duvet, whirlpool bath, double basin and television; Dos Ventos is a suite under the roof, the most exposed to the nordés wind. Agocho is a small attic room facing the lighthouse, with a 1.50 m bed, Smart TV and coffee machine. In Dos Faros the flash of the lighthouse comes in every few seconds.
What it is like to sleep at the cape
What counts here is the night. During the day the cape receives a great many visitors and the lighthouse esplanade fills up, especially at sunset in summer. When the cars leave, what remains is the sound of the sea and, if there is fog, the foghorn. In a storm, the wind and rain hit the building head on.
The hotel is about 3 km from the village along the lighthouse road, so to have dinner in the harbour you need a car or a good uphill walk back. There is no need: the restaurant serves Galician cooking, and O Refuxio, the pilgrims' spot next to the building, has raciones and takeaway food with views of the Centolo. The café has seven tables beside the windows. All around the hotel there are wines, tinned foods and Galician products that you can try and buy.
Six rooms and their rates
On its website, the Agocho is from €99 a night, Semáforo from €160, Stellae and Dos Faros from €180 and Dos Naufraxios and Dos Ventos from €230. You book on its own engine or by telephone, which they answer every day. Cancellation is free up to seven days before arrival. With six rooms, book early if you are going in summer or on a long weekend.
When you leave, the lighthouse and the cape esplanade are a few steps away, and in the village, the Castle of San Carlos.