| Northern Spain and Galicia particularly has | | | | large number of shipwrecks that had been |
| long been an undiscovered jewel in the whole | | | | smashed to pieces on the rugged shoreline and |
| of the Spanish tourism industry and within | | | | also found offshore. |
| that undiscovered jewel in particular we are | | | | |
| going to take a look at Costa da Morte. | | | | How much of this is actual fact and how much |
| | | | is embellished fantasy it doesn't matter, as |
| Overall of all of the autonomous regions of | | | | they say, why let the truth get in the way of |
| Spain possibly Galicia is the most remote and | | | | a good story. |
| this makes Costa da Morte even more of an | | | | |
| undiscovered treasure. | | | | The one fact that is inescapable is the fact |
| | | | that the coast is extremely wild, windswept |
| Traditionally, Galicia was seen as a poor | | | | and rugged. It also has another grim and |
| agricultural region, whose economy did not | | | | foreboding aspect to it and these are a |
| lend itself to modernisation and yet as far | | | | series of stone "cruceiros" and also gigantic |
| as tourism is concerned it is this constant | | | | "borreos" which do tend to add a degree of |
| contact with the past that gives the region | | | | solemnity bordering on the morbid to it. |
| its appeal and charm. | | | | |
| | | | That having been said however there is more |
| The Galicians, whose origins are Celtic, are | | | | to the Costa da Morte than just wild rugged |
| fiercely proud of their culture and language; | | | | scenery and huge Celtic crosses. |
| it is what makes them unique (they feel) | | | | |
| within modern day Spain. | | | | The first stop on the coast as you travel |
| | | | southwards from Coruna is Malpica which has |
| It absorbed little in the way of outside | | | | been described as a large friendly fishing |
| influence being fiercely resistant to all | | | | town that depending upon the day you arrive |
| forms of outside intervention (and we mean | | | | may or may not be awash with Sea Gulls |
| all forms of outside intervention), was never | | | | aplenty! |
| conquered by the Moors, and in the Middle | | | | |
| Ages fell under the control of the kingdom of | | | | Next further down the coast is Corme. The |
| Asturias. | | | | town can be reached by a small side road off |
| | | | the main coastal road and is located in a |
| Thankfully slowly throughout the 20th century | | | | small gentle bay that is used to farm and |
| Galicia has begun to develop a way in which | | | | cultivate shell fish. |
| to manage the traditional lifestyles with a | | | | |
| modern community to ensure that none of its | | | | Further down the coast from Corme can be |
| rich history is lost and this is now starting | | | | found the towns of Ponteceso, Camarinas and |
| to show very real and tangible benefits as | | | | Muxia and actual evidence that there is more |
| far as the local tourism economy is | | | | to see on the Coast da Morte than one would |
| concerned. | | | | initially think. |
| | | | |
| Located between Cabo San Adrian near Malpica | | | | There is more to see on the Coast da Morte |
| in the North and the Cabo Fisterra in the | | | | than one would initially think and it is most |
| south west lies the Costa da Morte which as | | | | definitely an interesting part of any visit |
| you would expect roughly translates into the | | | | to Galicia. |
| "Coast of Death" so names because of the | | | | |