NERIA COSTA DA MORTE
The name Costa da Morte comes from the ancient belief that Fisterra was the end of the world and the departure point from which it was not possible to sail toward the West.
It was, furthermore, according to ancient Greek and Celtic traditions, the region where the Sun disappeared every day, steering Kharon’s boat, loaded with the souls that Hermes (S. Roque) would collect at small temples (hermitages), to the country of the dead that the Sun God is able to pass through in order to appear ever day.
The Costa da Morte stretches out in the Northeast peninsula, comprising the coastal municipalities of Cabana, Laxe, Camariñas, Muxía, Cee, Fisterra, Corcubión, Carnota; the municipalities of Dumbría and Vimianzo, with an outlet to the sea; and the inland municipalities of Mazaricos and Zas. It is a land full of legends about buried cities, about miracle working healers, about superstitions and about great devotion.
It is a country scattered with Romanesque churches, country manors and castles and megalithic monuments surrounded by plush nature. It is the limit of Europe where the sea pounds against a landscape of abrupt cliffs, small islands and rocky outcrops that serve as the natural protection of a land that has been coveted for its wealth and plundered throughout centuries by Vikings, pirates, English and French squadrons...the scene of shipwrecks and sinking boats in a land that is, above all, a symbol of life.
It is, most importantly, a land inhabited since times past by hard-working and generous people that have known how to extract the best that a demanding nature has given them and have developed a culture, which revolves around that nature, that enables them to intensely live a time that slowly ticks away.
If you would like to discover a place where time stands still and the sun kisses the sea at every sunset, where each day is diff erent and a surprise awaits you on every corner.
Where the towns and villages are a gastronomic delight all year round, where you can still enjoy the best of the land and the sea in the most natural way.
A place bristling with mystery, magic and beauty, with pleasant folk and generous spots. This is no witch's enchantment, such a place does exist.
Come and enjoy and discover Costa da Morte.
It was, furthermore, according to ancient Greek and Celtic traditions, the region where the Sun disappeared every day, steering Kharon’s boat, loaded with the souls that Hermes (S. Roque) would collect at small temples (hermitages), to the country of the dead that the Sun God is able to pass through in order to appear ever day.
The Costa da Morte stretches out in the Northeast peninsula, comprising the coastal municipalities of Cabana, Laxe, Camariñas, Muxía, Cee, Fisterra, Corcubión, Carnota; the municipalities of Dumbría and Vimianzo, with an outlet to the sea; and the inland municipalities of Mazaricos and Zas. It is a land full of legends about buried cities, about miracle working healers, about superstitions and about great devotion.
It is a country scattered with Romanesque churches, country manors and castles and megalithic monuments surrounded by plush nature. It is the limit of Europe where the sea pounds against a landscape of abrupt cliffs, small islands and rocky outcrops that serve as the natural protection of a land that has been coveted for its wealth and plundered throughout centuries by Vikings, pirates, English and French squadrons...the scene of shipwrecks and sinking boats in a land that is, above all, a symbol of life.
It is, most importantly, a land inhabited since times past by hard-working and generous people that have known how to extract the best that a demanding nature has given them and have developed a culture, which revolves around that nature, that enables them to intensely live a time that slowly ticks away.
If you would like to discover a place where time stands still and the sun kisses the sea at every sunset, where each day is diff erent and a surprise awaits you on every corner.
Where the towns and villages are a gastronomic delight all year round, where you can still enjoy the best of the land and the sea in the most natural way.
A place bristling with mystery, magic and beauty, with pleasant folk and generous spots. This is no witch's enchantment, such a place does exist.
Come and enjoy and discover Costa da Morte.
