Camino De Levante
27.1 km, 230 m up and 452 m down, through 4 places, 2 of which have somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Ávila. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.
Ávila's medieval walls are the best-preserved in Europe — 2.5 km of unbroken fortification, 88 towers, and 9 gates encircling the old town. The first sight of them from the meseta is unforgettable, and walking along the …
Narrillos de San Leonardo is a small village on the meseta north of Ávila. No services. The landscape is open and flat — you've crossed the mountains and are now on the Castilian meseta proper. The terrain is agricultura…
Cardeñosa is a small village on the meseta. There may be a bar, but don't rely on it. The village is known locally for its association with the Verracos — pre-Roman stone sculptures of bulls and boars that dot the Ávila …
Peñalba de Ávila is a small village on the meseta between Cardeñosa and Gotarrendura. No notable services. The landscape is classic Castilian meseta — flat, cereal-covered, and enormous. The sky feels bigger here than an…
Gotarrendura has a connection to Santa Teresa — the family had a country house here, and the young Teresa spent time in the village. A small museum and the Ermita de la Encarnación mark the connection. Beyond the Teresan…
Hernansancho is a small village on the meseta. No notable services. The walking through this part of Ávila province is flat and straight — the kind of walking that's meditative if you let it be and tedious if you don't. …
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 224 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 26.9 km.
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.