Camino De Levante
30.5 km, 53 m up and 34 m down, through 3 places, 1 of which has somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Silla. 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.
Leaving Silla, the camino follows a country road through flat agricultural land to Almussafes. The profile is flat all the way to Algemesí. After Benifaió, it's farmland again — rice paddies, orange groves, and the open sky of the Valencian plain.
Almussafes has a Moorish tower — one of many watchtowers that dot this stretch of the Valencian coast, remnants of the medieval Muslim defense network. The town has basic services. There's accommodation here if you want …
Benifaió has two Moorish towers — one in the center of town, which can be visited by request at the ayuntamiento (more interesting with a guide). The town is a pleasant Valencian agricultural community. Basic services ar…
Algemesí is a working Valencian town famous for the Muixeranga, a tradition of building human towers performed during the September fiestas. The Muixeranga is a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage practice — the Museu Va…
Alzira is a historic town on the Río Xúquer that was once an island — the medieval walled town sat between two branches of the river, though one channel has since been filled in. The old town retains fragments of its wal…
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 212 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 30.5 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.