A Trip to Finisterre - The End of the World

It’s Finisterre in Spanish, in Galician it’s called Fisterra. It is that mystical place with sea-monster-infested waters that the Romans called the end of the world. We could have walked; it’s an extension of the Camino. We booked a 9-hour bus tour to Finisterre instead. The tour described seven major stopping points and ticked all the boxes for highlights of the area. We don’t mind riding buses, but bus tours are notably not our favorite way to visit an area. The guides generally talk too fast (in multiple languages), gloss over the stuff we find interesting and the buses are crowded. This was, however, the best we were able to do in our self-imposed timeframe if we wanted to see the area and we did. So off we went. All aboard! The first stop was Ponte Maceira, a medieval bridge constructed on the pillars of an ancient Roman bridge over the Tambre River. There are numerous legends connected with the bridge and our guide recounted the most popular one. When St. James’ disciples fled…