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Vía de la Plata in 41 days

41 walking days and 42 nights, from Sevilla to Santiago de Compostela. 41 days' walking, 42 nights, averaging 23.4 km a day. The shortest day is 11 km, the longest 34. It's an example, not a rule. Move any of these towns in the planner and everything after it shifts.

958 km
Total
23.4 km
Average day
33.5 km
Longest · into Cañaveral
11.4 km
Shortest · into Carcaboso

Where you sleep, day by day

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DayWalkSleep inPlaces to stay
Night 1startSevilla28 places to stay
Day 122.3kmGuillena22 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 217.8kmCastilblanco de los Arroyos40 km from the start5 places to stay
Day 328.7kmAlmadén de la Plata69 km from the start6 places to stay
Day 425.2kmEl Culebrín94 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 529.0kmFuente de Cantos123 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 623.8kmZafra147 km from the start19 places to stay
Day 720.0kmVillafranca de los Barros167 km from the start4 places to stay
Day 826.5kmTorremejía193 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 929.4kmEl Carrascalejo223 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 1021.8kmAlcuéscar245 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 1125.5kmValdesalor270 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 1222.4kmCasar de Cáceres292 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 1333.5kmCañaveral326 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 1427.3kmGalisteo353 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 1511.4kmCarcaboso365 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 1627.4kmJarilla392 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 1725.1kmPuerto de Béjar / Peñacaballera417 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 1829.6kmFuenterroble de Salvatierra447 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 1928.0kmSan Pedro de Rozados475 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 2023.1kmSalamanca498 km from the start45 places to stay
Day 2115.7kmCalzada de Valdunciel514 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 2220.9kmEl Cubo de Tierra del Vino534 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 2313.1kmVillanueva de Campeán548 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 2418.5kmZamora566 km from the start7 places to stay
Day 2519.1kmMontamarta585 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 2622.5kmGranja de Moreruela to Astorga608 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 2725.3kmBenavente633 km from the start8 places to stay
Day 2821.8kmÁlija del Infantado655 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 2921.8kmLa Bañeza677 km from the start5 places to stay
Day 3024.8kmAstorga (from the Via de la Plata)701 km from the start15 places to stay
Day 3125.2kmFoncebadón727 km from the start7 places to stay
Day 3226.6kmPonferrada753 km from the start14 places to stay
Day 3324.2kmVillafranca del Bierzo777 km from the start19 places to stay
Day 3423.5kmLa Faba801 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 3525.6kmTriacastela826 km from the start14 places to stay
Day 3622.2kmBarbadelo849 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 3725.4kmGonzar874 km from the start3 places to stay
Day 3822.6kmCasanova897 km from the start1 place to stay
Day 3923.1kmArzúa920 km from the start28 places to stay
Day 4022.1kmAmenal942 km from the start2 places to stay
Day 4116.4kmSantiago de Compostela958 km from the start28 places to stay

Days over 30 km are marked in red. Every town links to its own page with the albergues, the history and what the road into it is like. There are 232 towns on the Vía de la Plata with somewhere to sleep in most of them, so none of these choices is forced.

Programa MOVES IIIMinisterio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico — IDAEXunta de GaliciaInstituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA)Financiado por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEUPlan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia

Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.

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