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Hike on Camino Frances: Tomaž Gorec (2026) alias Oliver Tič (2025)| click for HTML |

Tomaž Gorec has currently walked the French part of Camino Frances. He is currently in the Basque Country (Spain), where he is crossing the Pyrenees.

At the very beginning he got blisters, which is well known to me from many of my long-distance hikes. The fact is that some people get blisters, others don't. I saw it with my own eyes.

The problem with these long-distance hikes is that your legs hurt more every day if you are not in excellent medical and physical condition. Blisters only intensify the pain. Every step can be pure pain.

Years ago, when I walked the Franciscan Way in Italy: Florence–Assisi, I had no problems with blisters, but the backpack straps cut into my skin due to the weight of the backpack, so I was in pain again.

In autumn we will publish websites about the Iskriva footpath: Brnik–Most na Soči and the Iskriva cycling path on the same route in Slovenian and English.

We will also prepare brochures in Slovenian and English.

Twice a week (on Mondays and Fridays) you will be able to follow various interesting facts from the path here.

Currently there is a working Facebook group!

Tomaž divided the 5th stage into 2 parts. On the 1st day he reached the village of Lires, which is 14 km from Finestrre.

On the 2nd day he walked towards Muxia. This is the final destination on the Camino: Compostella–Fisterra–Muxia. Tomaž deserves all praise for the path he walked. Only a few people who are very well prepared for walking or running can do this. What is fascinating about his hike: 33 days and an average of 30 km per day.

His entire 950 km long hike on Camino Frances & Compostela-Finestrra-Mucia can be viewed at the link: https://sesgs.si/digitalni-marketing/spanija.htm

Tomaž Gorec has arrived at Punta de Fisterra or Cabo Fisterra (Cape Fisterra/Finisterre). Above it stands the famous Faro de Fisterra, the Fisterra lighthouse. Pilgrims traditionally associate this place with the expression "end of the world" (Finis Terrae), as they once believed that the land ends here. An even more western point is in Portugal named Cabo da Roca.

This is also the symbolic conclusion of the Camino de Fisterra path.

He spent the night in the town of Fisterra. The next day, the last, 5th stage to Muxie awaits him.

Tomaž Gorec has arrived at the Atlantic Ocean. This happened in the place Cee (Spain). He only has 1 more stage through Finesttere to Muxia. To reach the westernmost point of Europe, he needed 4 stages from Compostele. | Več na HTML |.

Tomaž Gorec is approaching the Atlantic Ocean. Today he will sleep in the hamlet of Lago in Galicia. Tomorrow he will head towards the place by the Atlantic Ocean: Muxia (Slo. Mušia).

**Muxía** is a small coastal town in Galicia on the famous **Costa da Morte – Coast of Death**. For pilgrims, besides Fisterre, it is one of the most important places they continue to after arriving in Santiago de Compostela.

It is best known for the **sanctuary of Virxe da Barca**, which stands right by the rough Atlantic. It is connected to the legend that the Virgin Mary appeared to the apostle James in a stone boat. The large rocks by the sanctuary are said by tradition to represent parts of that boat. Particularly famous is **Pedra de Abalar**, a large stone that once rocked when moved.

Muxía is also known for its **dramatic rocky Atlantic coast, large waves and sunsets**. Near the sanctuary stands the monument **A Ferida (The Wound)**, which commemorates the 2002 Prestige tanker disaster and the pollution of the Galician coast.

The name **Costa da Morte – Coast of Death** is mainly linked to the large number of **maritime accidents and shipwrecks** along this part of the Galician Atlantic coast.

The coast between approximately **Malpico and Fisterro** is very indented, rocky and exposed to the open Atlantic. Here there are **strong winds, large waves, sea currents, fog and numerous underwater reefs**, which made navigation, especially in the past, very dangerous.

One of the best-known tragedies occurred in **1890**, when the British ship **HMS Serpent** hit rocks near Camariñas. **172 crew members** died, and only three survived. Because of this, a cemetery called **Cemiterio dos Ingleses – English Cemetery** was created nearby.

The name therefore does not mean that the area is dangerous for pilgrims. It mainly refers to the **dangerous sea and long history of shipwrecks**. It is precisely the wild Atlantic, high cliffs and rough sea that today are one of the main reasons why the area of Muxía and Fisterre is so picturesque.

For the Camino it is important that from Santiago you can continue **towards Fisterra or Muxía**, and the two places are also connected by a pilgrim route. That is why many pilgrims make the route **Santiago → Fisterra → Muxía** or vice versa.

**»Muxía is the wild Atlantic conclusion of the Camino, known for the sanctuary of Virxe da Barca, legends about the apostle James and the mighty rocky coast of Costa da Morte.«**

Walking 30 km every day for 27 days is truly a great physical effort. It quickly happens for various reasons that you have pain, e.g. your legs hurt and every step is painful, which Tomaž also describes. But he is lucky that the pain subsides so he can continue walking.

When I myself walked long-distance hikes, of course I never managed such a pace as Tomaž has now done, there were certain moments when I just wished I didn't have to walk anymore.

It is characteristic for him that he has periods of melancholy and joy. He is a very temperamental person.

Today he will already do the 1st stage on Camino Finisterre–Muxia. He will probably overnight in the place Negreira. More at | HTML |.

These days Tomaž Gorec continues the camino to the Atlantic Ocean. This camino is called Camino Finisterre–Muxía.

The map shows the path that starts in Santiago de Compostela and then continues towards the Atlantic coast. At Dumbría the path splits:

one branch leads towards Fisterri (Finisterre),
the other towards Muxía.

The green route on the map also shows the Fisterra–Muxía connection, so it is possible to visit both places. The entire continuation from Santiago via Fisterre and Muxía is approximately 115–120 km long, depending on the chosen route.

This is a special feature of the Camino: Santiago is not the end of the path, but the pilgrim continues all the way to the Atlantic Ocean – traditionally to the "end of the world" (Finis Terrae).

The other path is **Camino de Santiago a Fisterra** or **Camino de Fisterra**.

This is a direct pilgrimage route from **Santiago de Compostela to Fisterre (Finisterre)**. It is approximately **90 km** long and hikers usually walk it in **3–4 days**.

The path runs approximately as follows: **Santiago de Compostela → Negreira → A Ponte Maceira → Maroñas → Olveiroa → Cee → Corcubión → Fisterra**.


It differs from the route you showed earlier mainly in that it goes **straight towards Fisterri and does not make a loop over Muxío**. In the area **Hospital/Olveiroa** the directions split: one leads towards **Muxíi**, the other towards **Cee and Fisterri**.

The last part is very beautiful, as at **Cee** the view of the Atlantic opens up for the first time. From Cee it continues through **Corcubión** to Fisterre. Many pilgrims then walk another approximately **3 km from the town to the lighthouse Cabo Fisterra**, which is traditionally considered the symbolic conclusion of this route.

On Tuesday, 22. 9. 2026, Tomaž Gorec will arrive in front of the Santiago de Campostela cathedral around 1 PM. He completed the path in 27 days, which is excellent hiking with about 30 km per day. Congratulations to all!

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Youtube live, 22. 9. 2026, around 1 PM:
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More at: Tomaž Gorec versus Oliver Tič: Camino Frances

Tomaž posted on his Instagram that on Sunday, 20. 9. 2026 he is on the medieval bridge in Furelos, just before Melide, on the Camino Francés.


He only has about 50 km left to Santiago de Compostela. Tomorrow evening he should thus arrive at the end of the Camino Francés. We hope however that his journey will not end here and that he will continue to Fisterre (Finisterre) by the Atlantic Ocean. From Santiago to Fisterre the pilgrim route is about 89 km, which means another approx. 3–4 days of walking.

Fisterra is in Galicia in Spain. It is often called the end of the world (Finis Terrae), but it is also not actually the westernmost point of continental Europe – that is Cabo da Roca in Portugal.

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Tomaž Gorec contributes to the popularization of long-distance hiking and the Camino, even though he likes likes, audience etc.

The fact is, however, that it is easy to walk on super marked paths with all the infrastructure.

Once I invited him to popularize the Writers' Footpath through Slovenia, but it didn't "smell" right to him. More about the Writers' Footpath through Slovenia (click).

It would be interesting how he would manage with a hiking navigation device in terrain where marked paths are more of a rarity, and even those that exist are sometimes not made very precisely.

Tomaž Gorec is only 100 km from the finish. He is currently staying overnight in Sarrio. Congratulations on the path walked! Only the best long-distance hikers like Oliver Tič (both Americas, Path of Friendship); Igor Gruber (Via Alpina) ... can manage such distances every day.


Among some people there are doubts whether Tomaž really walks all this. The fact is that some people on these hikes travel by vehicle. Photo galleries from these hikes certainly give credibility to the path walked. Tomaž cynically posted a story on Instagram (click for video).

And exceptional long-distance hikers in the hills, more precisely on the Slovenian Mountain Trail: Marjan Zupančič (6 days, 12 hours and 58 minutes) and Klemen Triler (7 days, 8 hours and 10 minutes).

Long-distance hikers are not necessarily people who walk on flat paths. On more demanding routes they could also be called **mountain long-distance hikers**, while with faster movement the field already approaches **ultra trail or mountain ultrarunning**.

Such hikers cover **hundreds of kilometers and very large elevation gains** in several days or weeks. They cross passes, ridges and peaks and on rocky and steep mountain paths. Therefore the total number of kilometers alone does not tell how demanding the feat is. On a mountain path 30 or 40 km per day can be significantly harder than the same distance on flat terrain.

A good Slovenian example is the **Slovenian Mountain Trail**. The route on which **Klemen Triler and Marjan Zupančič** set records was approximately 600 km long, and in addition approximately **45–49 kilometers of ascent** had to be overcome.

Therefore among long-distance mountain hikers we can distinguish those who travel for several weeks and for whom the experience of the route is more important, and those who move very fast over the same type of terrain and try to set time records. **Igor Gruber** is a good example of the first type, while **Klemen Triler and Marjan Zupančič** are clear representatives of fast mountain ultrarunning. Zupančič for example covered huge distances and elevation gains daily on the SPP.

If we compare this with the **Camino Francés**, the essential difference is mainly in the terrain: the Camino has ascents and mountain sections, but is mostly not a high-mountain route. The Slovenian Mountain Trail or Via Alpina have considerably more real mountain terrain, so in addition to endurance they also require more experience with movement in the mountains from the hiker.

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This stone or **kilometer marker Camino Francés with the sign 198.5 km** is in the region **El Bierzo**, on the section **between Camponarayo and Cacabelos**.

More precisely it is placed **a little before arriving in Cacabelos**. One of the route descriptions states that after crossing the vineyard area the hiker reaches this marker, then crosses the Valdemagaz stream and the LE-713 road and descends into Cacabelos.

So Tomaž is approximately here in the photo:

**Ponferrada → Camponaraya → 📍 198.5 km to Santiago → Cacabelos → Villafranca del Bierzo**

The sign **198.5 km** means the remaining distance to **Santiago de Compostela** on the Camino. More at | HTML |.

Tomaž has walked for a long time on the fairly flat Meseta plateau, but after León the landscape changes significantly. The path begins to ascend into Montes de León (León Mountains). He had to cross the famous Cruz de Ferro, one of the highest points of Camino Francés, at approximately 1,500 m above sea level. From there follows a long and in places quite steep descent through El Acebo and Riego de Ambrós to the picturesque Molinaseca, where Tomaž spent the night. Molinaseca lies on the river Meruelo, approximately 6 km before Ponferrado.More at | HTML |

It rarely happens that Oliver and Tomaž stayed in the same place. This happened about 320 kilometers before Compostela in the place Reliegos (Leon). More at | HTML |

Camino Francés – from Carrión de los Condes towards Sahagún

Tomaž Gorec continues the path through the characteristic flat landscape of Tierra de Campos. After Carrión de los Condes follows a long and quite lonely section to Calzadille de la Cueza, a small pilgrim village that appears almost suddenly after a long walk through the fields. The path then continues through Ledigos and Terradillos de los Templarios, whose name recalls the medieval Knights Templar. From here the Camino leads further towards Moratinos and Sahagún. This is a very open, flat and typical part of the Camino Francés, where endless wheat fields and small pilgrim villages predominate. More at | HTML |.