Vía de la Plata
22.7 km, 176 m up and 112 m down, through 2 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 Aldea del Cano. 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.
If you stayed in Aldea del Cano, take the road adjacent to the albergue to return to the camino. It follows country roads again, passes under the motorway, and over the Aerodromo de la Cervera. When it gets to the Rio Salor take the left-most bridge straight to Valdesalor.
The camino leaves town along the N-630 for a short distance. At the Repsol gas station, it turns towards the right to cross over the motorway. It climbs gently to the Puerto de las Camellas (4.9 km). The path is soft until the suburbs of Caceres begin.
The camino enters the old town of Caceres from the east.
The best landmark for exiting Caceres is the bull ring, where the arrow visibility increases. Cross the main road at the bull ring and follow the signs to Casar de Caceres. You'll quickly find yourself leaving town along a divided colonnade with trees for shade. The pedestrian walk ends and the camino follows along the road to a large roundabout. Cross to the left and follow the roundabout clockwise. Be sure NOT to follow the N-521. You are looking for the smaller CC-38. Along the way keep an eye out for arrows which take you away from this busy road to enter Casar de Caceres along a much quieter path.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 104 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 22.4 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.