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