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Stage 24 · Vía de la Plata y Camino Sanabrés

El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino → Zamora

459km km to Santiago
31,6 km Distance +230 m Ascent −330 m Descent 33,9 km Effort 10 h 36 Time needed · On foot

Before you set off

12.9 km

No water, no food

Between El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino and Zamora. — Leave with 2.4 litres of water.

16.6 km

No water, no food

Between Zamora and Zamora. — Leave with 3.1 litres of water.

Vineyards and the stone bridge

Another long day across the Tierra del Vino: 31.6 kilometres with 230 metres of ascent and 330 of descent, moderate difficulty. The going is easy, wide dirt tracks that are almost flat, between vineyards, cereal and the odd solitary holm oak, and what tires you is the length and the lack of shade. You leave El Cubo to the north and there is still some undulation in the first kilometres, with the ruins of an old convent beside the route before you reach Villanueva de Campeán.

Villanueva comes at about kilometre thirteen and is the natural halt of the morning, with a fountain and something almost always open. After that the way crosses ever more open plain and passes close to San Marcial, with the tower of Zamora cathedral showing on the horizon from time to time. The last kilometres run along farm tracks to the first houses.

You enter Zamora over the stone bridge across the Duero, with the walled city above and the cathedral with its scaled dome. Zamora is the city of the Romanesque, with one of the greatest concentrations of churches in that style in Europe, almost all of them a step from the route. There is everything for sleeping and eating, and every reason to arrive in daylight.

Tips

Leave early: the stage is long and shadeless, and the heat in the Tierra del Vino bites from spring onwards.

Water for the whole morning from El Cubo and again in Villanueva de Campeán, the only sure halt of the day.

Comfortable footwear and a change of socks halfway: a flat track punishes you as much as a climb.

In Zamora get your stamp at the cathedral or the hostel and take a walk round the Romanesque churches of the old town, which are all close by.

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Profile and services

Elevation profile of the stage from El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino to Zamora, 31.6 kilometres, with services placed at their kilometre point.

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El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino 31.6 km Zamora
Stretch with nowhere to resupply Church Pilgrim hostel Restaurant Pharmacy Supermarket Health centre

The weather

19°C

Clear

Feels like
18 °C
Wind
6 km/h
Daylight
08:32 – 19:45
  1. Today ⛅ 26° 12°
  2. Wed 🌫️ 27° 13°
  3. Thu ⛅ 27° 12°
  4. Fri ⛅ 26° 14° 1 %
  5. Sat ⛅ 20° 13° 13 %
  6. Sun ⛅ 18° 9° 15 %
  7. Mon ⛅ 14° 4° 15 %

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Tips from people who walked it

The things that do not expire: where the fountain actually is, which bar opens at six, where not to go in the rain.

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What to see on this stage 20

  1. Iglesia Church km 3,1
  2. Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán Church km 7,7
  3. Iglesia Church km 20,9
  4. Iglesia de San Frontis Church km 37,7
  5. Iglesia de San Pedro y San Ildefonso Church km 38,8
  6. Iglesia de Santa María de la Horta Church km 38,9
  7. Iglesia de San Leonardo Church km 38,9
  8. Iglesia de Santa Lucía Church km 38,9
  9. Iglesia y Convento del Tránsito Church km 39,0
  10. Iglesia de San Cipriano Church km 39,0
  11. Salón del Reino de los Testigos de Jehová Church km 39,1
  12. Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena Church km 39,1
  13. Iglesia de San Juan Bautista Church km 39,3
  14. Iglesia de Santa María la Nueva Church km 39,4
  15. Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church km 39,5
  16. Iglesia de San Vicente Mártir Church km 39,6
  17. Iglesia de San Esteban Church km 39,7
  18. Iglesia de San Antolín Church km 39,7
  19. Iglesia de San Lázaro Church km 40,0
  20. Parroquia de San José Obrero Church km 40,9

What you will find 306