Vía de la Plata
15.6 km, 107 m up and 72 m down, through 3 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 Calzadilla de Tera. 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.
The camino from Calzadilla follows along the canal, though a number of confusing arrows might lead you to the road, which will also get you there.
From Olleros the camino follows a path to the dam on the east side of the Embalse de Agavanzal (4.3 km). Once over the dam it turns left to follow a path along the contours of the reservoir until it reaches Villar de Farfon.
The reservoir marks a shift in the landscape. The Tera valley opens up and you get your first real sense of the empty country ahead. No services here -- just water, sky, and the path forward.
The camino returns to a rural trail until it reaches the Rio Negro, just short of reaching the N-525. It crosses the river on a small pedestrian bridge and then passes under the N-525 to enter Rionegro.
The camino leaves Rionegro on the north side of the N-525 and soon crosses over the A-52 to follow a rural track until reaching the gas station and restaurant at the start of Mombuey.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 110 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 15.7 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.