This is the Camino after the Camino. For many pilgrims, Santiago isn’t the end, so they keep walking to the Atlantic coast. In three or four days you reach Fisterra and the lighthouse on the cape. The waymarkers usually say Fisterra, the Galician and official name. Finisterre is the Spanish one.
You leave the city behind and walk into Galicia, over hills and through small villages. The route is of moderate difficulty: enough climbing to make your legs feel it, but very doable. After Olveiroa the path splits at Hospital. Straight on takes you to Cee and Fisterra, while turning right takes you to Dumbría and Muxía. Some pilgrims walk both and then take the bus back to Santiago.
People used to believe the world ended here: finis terrae. Pilgrims would burn their clothes and boots at the lighthouse. That has long been forbidden, and lighting a fire on the cape is not allowed. The walk to the lighthouse, about 3 kilometres beyond the village, is simply part of the experience for most people. With your stamped credencial, you can collect the Fisterrana at the municipal albergue in Fisterra.
It’s best to walk this route in May and June, or in September. From November to April it is cool and often rainy.