Via de la Plata
Extremadura, Spain
Spain · Sevilla → Astorga
Distance
706 km
Stages
27
Difficulty
moderate
Best months
Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct
Via de la Plata · Stages and distances
Walking distances for Appy’s stages (27)
About
Sevilla’s sun-baked plazas to A Estrada’s emerald hills, about 710 km of ancient Roman roads, rolling landscapes, and cultural echoes. The Via de la Plata, with its 27 stages, demands respect: 25,296 m of elevation gain tests even seasoned hikers.
Along the way, the scent of wild thyme fills the air as you pass Aldehuela del Jerte and Camarzana de Tera. This isn’t just a walk; it’s a journey through Spain’s soul, where history and nature intertwine, best tackled from April to June or September to October, when the land breathes easier.
Stages
27 stages
Stage 1Sevilla → Guillena
moderate- Distance
- 23 km
- Ascent
- 29 m
- Descent
- 30 m
Stage 2- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 518 m
- Descent
- 208 m
Stage 3- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 839 m
- Descent
- 710 m
Stage 4Almadén de la Plata → Monesterio
challenging- Distance
- 34 km
- Ascent
- 523 m
- Descent
- 250 m
Stage 5Monesterio → Fuente de Cantos
moderate- Distance
- 21 km
- Ascent
- 357 m
- Descent
- 527 m
Stage 6Fuente de Cantos → Zafra
moderate- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 321 m
- Descent
- 391 m
Stage 7- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 360 m
- Descent
- 452 m
Stage 8Villafranca de los Barros → Torremejía
challenging- Distance
- 27 km
- Ascent
- 137 m
- Descent
- 249 m
Stage 9Torremejía → Mérida
moderate- Distance
- 15 km
- Ascent
- 276 m
- Descent
- 284 m
Stage 10Mérida → Alcuéscar
challenging- Distance
- 36 km
- Ascent
- 637 m
- Descent
- 478 m
Stage 11Alcuéscar → Cáceres
challenging- Distance
- 37 km
- Ascent
- 630 m
- Descent
- 643 m
Stage 12Cáceres → Embalse de Alcántara
challenging- Distance
- 34 km
- Ascent
- 510 m
- Descent
- 687 m
Stage 13Embalse de Alcántara → Grimaldo
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 1155 m
- Descent
- 983 m
Stage 14Grimaldo → Carcaboso
challenging- Distance
- 30 km
- Ascent
- 443 m
- Descent
- 610 m
Stage 15Carcaboso → Aldeanueva del Camino
challenging- Distance
- 43 km
- Ascent
- 317 m
- Descent
- 56 m
Stage 16- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 723 m
- Descent
- 448 m
Stage 17- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 229 m
- Descent
- 63 m
Stage 18- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 471 m
- Descent
- 451 m
Stage 19San Pedro de Rozados → Salamanca
moderate- Distance
- 23 km
- Ascent
- 91 m
- Descent
- 266 m
Stage 20Salamanca → El Cubo del Vino
challenging- Distance
- 35 km
- Ascent
- 163 m
- Descent
- 122 m
Stage 21El Cubo del Vino → Zamora
challenging- Distance
- 31 km
- Ascent
- 82 m
- Descent
- 260 m
Stage 22Zamora → Montamarta
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 74 m
- Descent
- 36 m
Stage 23Montamarta → Granja de Moreruela
moderate- Distance
- 23 km
- Ascent
- 78 m
- Descent
- 69 m
Stage 24Granja de Moreruela → Benavente
challenging- Distance
- 27 km
- Ascent
- 261 m
- Descent
- 262 m
Stage 25Benavente → Alija del Infantado
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 84 m
- Descent
- 95 m
Stage 26Alija del Infantado → La Bañeza
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 64 m
- Descent
- 37 m
Stage 27La Bañeza → Astorga
moderate- Distance
- 25 km
- Ascent
- 72 m
- Descent
- 28 m
Points of interest
- Monastery of San Francisco do Val de Deus
A Franciscan convent founded in the early thirteenth century on land the Benedictines of San Martiño Pinario gave in exchange for a basket of fish a year, still delivered in the late 1700s.
- Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago
Museum of Pilgrimages and Santiago. 20th-century museum, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, designated as cultural heritage.
- Monte Pedroso
Natural landmark, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, at 461 m elevation.
- Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
A Romanesque cathedral begun in 1075 and consecrated in 1211, with a Baroque Obradoiro front from 1738 to 1750 built to shelter the Portico de la Gloria.
- Castle of Zafra
Palace, in Zafra, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Museo del Convento de Santa Clara de Zafra
Museum of the Convent of Santa Clara de Zafra. 21st-century museum, in Zafra, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Church of Saint Vincent
Monument in Romanesque style, dedicated to Vincent of Saragossa, in Zamora, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
- Palacio de los Momos
Monument in Renaissance style, in Zamora, Spain, designated as bien de interés cultural.
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