Vía de la Plata
23.7 km, 127 m up and 294 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 San Pedro de Rozados. 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.
San Pedro sits slightly off the camino — you can continue along the road to Morille without entering town. Two albergues make it a convenient stop if the distance works. The town has a bar and basic supplies.
10 km from Morille the camino passes near the village of Miranda de Azan (bar), about 300 m off the trail. It's the only stop between here and the suburbs of Salamanca, so take it if you need it.
As you near the city you'll cross under two motorways; the second marks the entrance to the developed suburbs. The camino reaches a roundabout and continues straight through it to enter a park with a pedestrian trail. It follows a small stream and avoids the paved roads until just after passing under a railway bridge. At the road, turn right and continue straight toward the Rio Tormes (18.7 km from Morille) and across it via the Puente Romano. The path then threads through the heart of Salamanca.
Waymarks in and out of Salamanca are scant. There are some bronze shells embedded in the ground, but they're not easy to spot. Fortunately, the way out is a nearly straight course due north.
From the Plaza Mayor, exit through the center gate of the main facade onto Calle Zamora. Follow this road to the edge of the old town. The round Iglesia de San Marcos should be on your left with a large roundabout directly ahead. Take the road directly opposite the roundabout, keeping the same direction you've been going. Continue through the next roundabout, and at the third, veer left to keep the Plaza de Toros on your right. From here it's straight on, watching for traffic at the numerous roundabouts between here and the motorway.
The camino keeps to the road most of the way, leaving it only as it nears Aldeaseca de la Armuna.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 97 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 23.1 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.