Da Morte coast in Galicia - Spain
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Galicia Information - Natural Parks: Costa da Morte |
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LOCATION: Coastal strip in the municipalities of Arteixo, Cabaña de Bergantiños, Camariñas, Carballo, Cee, Fisterra, A Laracha, Laxe, Malpica de Bergantiños, Muxia, Ponteceso and Vimianzo. The "Rio Anllóns" SCI also spreads over the municipality of Coristanco. SURFACE AREA: SCI "Costa da Morte": 11,809 hectares. SCI "Rio Anllóns": 162 hectares. ACCESS: From A Coruña, C-552 road to Cee, with an extension to Fisterra. A-55 motorway to Carballo. Turn-offs and local roads run parallel to the coast. SERVICES: Accommodation: Yes. Food: Yes. Understanding this name ("The Coast of Death") implies reminiscing memories of the sea. Statistics indicate that at least 150 sea tragedies took place last century, but the collective memory of this seaboard village, otherwise joyful and vital, has lost count of the day-to-day frights it has taken. Roman legionaries probably had the fright of their lives as they witnessed the fall of the sun beyond the Finis Terrae, where the country of the dead was located according to Greek mythology. A good many roads, including Saint James'Way, end in Fisterra. The journey's end is reached here, where the last rituals of the pilgrimage are complied with, as the sun bleeds and night has fallen in the rest of Europe. The Costa da Morte takes up the coastal frontage from the surroundings of the city of A Coruna to cape Fisterra. It contains the rias of Camarinas, Corme-Laxe and Lires; and, above all, craggy cliffs at the ends which define a succession of coves open to the ocean. The environmental richness lies in the damp areas (salt marshes and large expanses of sand in Baldaio and the small lake of Traba), wild beaches (Ba lares in Ponteceso, O Trece in Camarinas, Mar de Fora in Fisterra and Rostro in Cee), the Sisargas islands facing cape San Adrian, and other inlets such as Roncudo, Voitra or cape Vilan. There is a contest between cape Touriñan and Fisterra for the right to be considered the most occidental end, but this right seems to belong to the point of A Nave, midway between both. ROUTES A complete journey around the Costa da Morte should include all the small fishing ports, whose structure will give you a clear idea of the value of their people's marine knowledge: Malpica, Corme, Laxe, Camelle... The C-552 local road from A Coruña to Fisterra covers just under 110 km, and represents the starting point for the mai n turn-offs to the coast. This protected site (SCI) starts in Arteixo, in the beach of Barrañan. Not far from this site, to the west, we can find one of the widest ecosystems: the salt marsh and large expanses of sand in Baldaio. The succession of beaches folds up in a dune ring. The small lake, which remains an important refuge for birds, is drained on one end, through several floodgates which take advantage of the access roads. The turn-off to Malpica and Ponteceso is taken in Carballo. These two villages are separated by several coastal tracks, and it is impossible to ignore the plastic beauty of the vantage points over the Sisargas islands, a sanctuary for seagulls. Once we reach the ria of Corme e Laxe, the cove of A Insua and its magnificent beach can be seen on side, with the Monte Branco and its sandy soil in the middle, and the mouth of the river Anllóns in the distance. This river, included in its own right in the Natura 2000 network, keeps on its banks the best that river beds can offer in these areas. The route continues through Laxe to the beach of Traba. In addition to this small lake, it is possible to climb the mountain in search of penedos or crags: erratic, naturally-sculpted stone formations. The deviation in Vimianzo, at the foot of the castle, where a complete live exhibition of traditional crafts takes place in summertime, leads to Camariñas (See Cabo Vilan). FLORA: Atlantic scrubs (Erica vagans) and dunes with Malcomietalia grass. FAUNA: It is possible to see dolphins (Delphinus delphis, as well as Tursiops truncatus). Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), the Common Murre (Uria aalge) and the Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) in cape Vilan and Sisargas islands. Nesting species may be found in the small lake of Traba, such as the Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus). |
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