Vía de la Plata
18.1 km, 166 m up and 22 m down, through 1 place. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Carcaboso. 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 way from Carcaboso to Ventaquemada is a return to nature with a few options along the way. The first turn to pay attention to is less than a kilometre out of town where your natural tendency is to keep on a straight path; the camino turns right at a sign for Finca Bombay (an adventure sports company, in case you're inclined to rent an e-bike). Not far beyond that turn is a split, and here both options are perfectly viable. To the left is somewhat shorter, and to the right is a trail marked H1 along the more historic path.
The two options rejoin and continue through the countryside to Ventaquemada.
Identifiable only as a road crossing with a few buildings. The road to your right leads to Oliva de Plasencia. Continue straight to follow the trail to Cáparra.
Off the camino but a handy way to break up the stage. You can return to the camino at Cáparra for a visit.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 111 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 19.3 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.