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Vía de la Plata

El recorrido completo hasta Santiago: la Vía de la Plata hasta Granja de Moreruela y allí el desvío del Sanabrés hacia Ourense y Galicia.

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Etapas largas y muy expuestas, con tramos de más de 30 km sin ninguna población. Desaconsejada entre junio y septiembre por las temperaturas de Andalucía y Extremadura.

1.004,5 km Distance 42 Stages +14.950 m Ascent Sevilla Starting point
Variants Vía de la Plata y Camino Sanabrés 1.005 km Enlace con el Camino Francés (Astorga) 96 km

The route

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The climb, stage by stage

Bar chart: 42 stages, 14.950 m of climbing in total. The stage that climbs most gains 900 m.

+14.950 m −13.780 m

1. Sevilla → Guillena, 22,8 km, Ascent 90 m 2. Guillena → Castilblanco de los Arroyos, 17,6 km, Ascent 320 m 3. Castilblanco de los Arroyos → Almadén de la Plata, 29,4 km, Ascent 560 m 4. Almadén de la Plata → Monesterio, 34,7 km, Ascent 760 m 5. Monesterio → Fuente de Cantos, 21,4 km, Ascent 220 m 6. Fuente de Cantos → Zafra, 25,1 km, Ascent 260 m 7. Zafra → Villafranca de los Barros, 19,8 km, Ascent 180 m 8. Villafranca de los Barros → Torremejía, 27,3 km, Ascent 190 m 9. Torremejía → Mérida, 16,2 km, Ascent 110 m 10. Mérida → Alcuéscar, 36,5 km, Ascent 520 m 11. Alcuéscar → Valdesalor, 26,4 km, Ascent 330 m 12. Valdesalor → Cáceres, 11,7 km, Ascent 180 m 13. Cáceres → Casar de Cáceres, 11,1 km, Ascent 120 m 14. Casar de Cáceres → Embalse de Alcántara, 33,0 km, Ascent 300 m 15. Embalse de Alcántara → Grimaldo, 20,4 km, Ascent 390 m 16. Grimaldo → Galisteo, 20,3 km, Ascent 150 m 17. Galisteo → Oliva de Plasencia, 21,0 km, Ascent 330 m 18. Oliva de Plasencia → Aldeanueva del Camino, 20,5 km, Ascent 330 m 19. Aldeanueva del Camino → La Calzada de Béjar, 22,3 km, Ascent 620 m 20. La Calzada de Béjar → Fuenterroble de Salvatierra, 20,4 km, Ascent 330 m 21. Fuenterroble de Salvatierra → San Pedro de Rozados, 28,6 km, Ascent 420 m 22. San Pedro de Rozados → Salamanca, 23,7 km, Ascent 180 m 23. Salamanca → El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino, 35,6 km, Ascent 330 m 24. El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino → Zamora, 31,6 km, Ascent 230 m 25. Zamora → Montamarta, 19,0 km, Ascent 180 m 26. Montamarta → Granja de Moreruela, 23,2 km, Ascent 230 m 27. Granja de Moreruela → Tábara, 26,2 km, Ascent 330 m 28. Tábara → Santa Marta de Tera, 22,8 km, Ascent 180 m 29. Santa Marta de Tera → Rionegro del Puente, 27,2 km, Ascent 260 m 30. Rionegro del Puente → Asturianos, 24,5 km, Ascent 330 m 31. Asturianos → Puebla de Sanabria, 17,5 km, Ascent 230 m 32. Puebla de Sanabria → Lubián, 33,5 km, Ascent 800 m 33. Lubián → A Gudiña, 24,3 km, Ascent 760 m 34. A Gudiña → Laza, 34,5 km, Ascent 530 m 35. Laza → Xunqueira de Ambía, 34,0 km, Ascent 900 m 36. Xunqueira de Ambía → Ourense, 22,5 km, Ascent 260 m 37. Ourense → Cea, 22,4 km, Ascent 760 m 38. Cea → Castro Dozón, 15,5 km, Ascent 420 m 39. Castro Dozón → Lalín, 22,0 km, Ascent 330 m 40. Lalín → Silleda, 15,5 km, Ascent 180 m 41. Silleda → Ponte Ulla, 21,0 km, Ascent 260 m 42. Ponte Ulla → Santiago de Compostela, 21,5 km, Ascent 560 m
Sevilla 1.005 km Santiago de Compostela

Each bar is as wide as its stage is long and as tall as the metres it climbs. The dark ones climb more than 25 m per kilometre. Open a stage by clicking its bar.

The hardest days

The stages

1 Sevilla → Guillena +90 m / −60 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 22,8 km 2 Guillena → Castilblanco de los Arroyos +320 m / −90 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 17,6 km 3 Castilblanco de los Arroyos → Almadén de la Plata +560 m / −480 m Hard 2 stretches with no services 29,4 km 4 Almadén de la Plata → Monesterio +760 m / −540 m Hard 2 stretches with no services 34,7 km 5 Monesterio → Fuente de Cantos +220 m / −420 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 21,4 km 6 Fuente de Cantos → Zafra +260 m / −330 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 25,1 km 7 Zafra → Villafranca de los Barros +180 m / −210 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 19,8 km 8 Villafranca de los Barros → Torremejía +190 m / −220 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 27,3 km 9 Torremejía → Mérida +110 m / −170 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 16,2 km 10 Mérida → Alcuéscar +520 m / −330 m Hard 1 stretch with no services 36,5 km 11 Alcuéscar → Valdesalor +330 m / −420 m Demanding 2 stretches with no services 26,4 km 12 Valdesalor → Cáceres +180 m / −110 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 11,7 km 13 Cáceres → Casar de Cáceres +120 m / −80 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 11,1 km 14 Casar de Cáceres → Embalse de Alcántara +300 m / −390 m Hard 2 stretches with no services 33,0 km 15 Embalse de Alcántara → Grimaldo +390 m / −220 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 20,4 km 16 Grimaldo → Galisteo +150 m / −280 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 20,3 km 17 Galisteo → Oliva de Plasencia +330 m / −180 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 21,0 km 18 Oliva de Plasencia → Aldeanueva del Camino +330 m / −260 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 20,5 km 19 Aldeanueva del Camino → La Calzada de Béjar +620 m / −230 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 22,3 km 20 La Calzada de Béjar → Fuenterroble de Salvatierra +330 m / −220 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 20,4 km 21 Fuenterroble de Salvatierra → San Pedro de Rozados +420 m / −460 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 28,6 km 22 San Pedro de Rozados → Salamanca +180 m / −330 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 23,7 km 23 Salamanca → El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino +330 m / −260 m Hard 1 stretch with no services 35,6 km 24 El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino → Zamora +230 m / −330 m Demanding 2 stretches with no services 31,6 km 25 Zamora → Montamarta +180 m / −160 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 19,0 km 26 Montamarta → Granja de Moreruela +230 m / −210 m Demanding 2 stretches with no services 23,2 km 27 Granja de Moreruela → Tábara +330 m / −300 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 26,2 km 28 Tábara → Santa Marta de Tera +180 m / −230 m Gentle 1 stretch with no services 22,8 km 29 Santa Marta de Tera → Rionegro del Puente +260 m / −210 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 27,2 km 30 Rionegro del Puente → Asturianos +330 m / −230 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 24,5 km 31 Asturianos → Puebla de Sanabria +230 m / −260 m Gentle 17,5 km 32 Puebla de Sanabria → Lubián +800 m / −520 m Hard 1 stretch with no services 33,5 km 33 Lubián → A Gudiña +760 m / −560 m Demanding 2 stretches with no services 24,3 km 34 A Gudiña → Laza +530 m / −1.080 m Hard 2 stretches with no services 34,5 km 35 Laza → Xunqueira de Ambía +900 m / −700 m Hard 1 stretch with no services 34,0 km 36 Xunqueira de Ambía → Ourense +260 m / −560 m Demanding 22,5 km 37 Ourense → Cea +760 m / −330 m Demanding 22,4 km 38 Cea → Castro Dozón +420 m / −300 m Gentle 15,5 km 39 Castro Dozón → Lalín +330 m / −460 m Demanding 1 stretch with no services 22,0 km 40 Lalín → Silleda +180 m / −260 m Gentle 15,5 km 41 Silleda → Ponte Ulla +260 m / −460 m Gentle 21,0 km 42 Ponte Ulla → Santiago de Compostela +560 m / −330 m Demanding 21,5 km

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Seis Caminos de Santiago

The website and app of the Vía de la Plata

Everything you need for the Vía de la Plata, in Seis Caminos de Santiago: website and app in 18 languages with 100 features, 85 of them free.

Questions about the Vía de la Plata

Where do I get stamped on the Vía de la Plata?

In hostels, bars, parishes, town halls and tourist offices along the Vía de la Plata. In Seis Caminos de Santiago every venue has a sticker with a code: point your phone at it and the stamp goes into your digital credential and your parchment.

How do I prove I walked the Vía de la Plata?

With the stamped credential: the Pilgrim's Office in Santiago issues the Compostela if you walked at least the last 100 km (200 by bike) with two stamps a day on that stretch. Seis Caminos de Santiago adds the parchment, which proves with the app's stamps that you walked the whole Vía de la Plata.

How many stages does the Vía de la Plata have?

The Vía de la Plata has 42 stages and 1,004 km. Seis Caminos de Santiago has them all, with their profile, their hostels and their stretches without water or food.

Where can I see all the hostels of the Vía de la Plata?

Seis Caminos de Santiago lists every hostel, bar and restaurant of the Vía de la Plata, stage by stage, with opening times, prices, free beds and reviews.

Which app should I use for the Vía de la Plata?

Seis Caminos de Santiago is the website and app of the Vía de la Plata: it opens in the browser and installs on the phone, in 18 languages, with 100 features, 85 of them free.