Vía de la Plata
27.7 km, 156 m up and 162 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 Tábara. 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 entered Tabara you have two options to return to the camino. You can return to the camino where you left it, or if you stayed at the municipal albergue you can follow the alternate route from there.
The camino between here and Santa Croya offers two options, both of equal length. The original and more scenic route turns right and passes through Bercianos de Valverde, however with the closure of the bar there, this route has fallen out of favour with pilgrims. It has been replaced with the left route, which heads directly towards Villanueva de las Peras.
Small village squabbles and arrows pointing in two directions. The easiest way to Santa Croya de Tera is via the road out of town.
Santa Croya is a wine-producing village on the right bank of the Rio Tera, just 1.5 km from Santa Marta de Tera. It has a bar, shops, and a pharmacy -- making it a serviceable stopping point even though the private alber…
The camino ahead turns westward and follows closely the Rio Tera as it runs between a string of villages. Shortly before Calzadilla de Tera the camino leaves the road to avoid a blind curve.
A small village along the Tera valley. There's a bar and basic provisions. The camino passes through without much ceremony, but the walking along the river is pleasant.
The path splits here and rejoins before Camarzana de Tera. Both ways are below, because the question is which to take, and that is not a question two separate pages can answer.
Small village squabbles and arrows pointing in two directions. The easiest way to Santa Croya de Tera is via the road out of town.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 101 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 21.9 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.