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Stage 12 · Vía de la Plata y Camino Sanabrés
Valdesalor → Cáceres
Before you set off
No drinking water
Between Valdesalor and Cáceres. — Leave with 1.6 litres of water.
Las Camellas and the monumental city
A very short stage: 11.7 kilometres with 180 metres of ascent and 110 of descent, low difficulty, half a morning's walking. You leave Valdesalor across the river Salor by a bridge of Roman origin and the route follows tracks and verges parallel to the road, with the sierra de la Mosca on your right and Cáceres still hidden behind the hills.
The only climb of the day is the puerto de las Camellas, an easy-angled pull that brings the city into view at the top. From there it is all downhill and all city: you come in through new districts, wide streets and traffic, until the streets narrow and the plaza Mayor opens up with the arco de la Estrella at the far end.
Behind the arch lies the old town, a World Heritage Site: palaces of golden stone, towers, the concatedral de Santa María, silent squares and storks on every roof. Cáceres is a big city with every service, good food and a great deal to see, so the short stage is deliberate: the afternoon is for losing yourself inside the walls.
Tips
There is no need for an early start: you reach Cáceres before lunch without hurrying.
Carry water from Valdesalor; there are no bars until the edge of the city.
The old town looks best at dusk and after dark, when the tour groups have gone; drop your pack and go up without hurrying.
Use Cáceres to buy everything for the next two stages: chemist, food and whatever has failed in your pack.
The climb to the puerto de las Camellas is short but dry and without shade; do not leave it for midday.
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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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Say where you are I am walking the Vía de la Plata, on the stage from Valdesalor to Cáceres.
- Botiquín Pharmacy km 0,0
- Farmacia Centrale Pharmacy km 9,8
- Pharmacy Pharmacy km 10,8
- Farmacia Acedo Fernández Pharmacy km 11,6 +34 927 245 526
- Pharmacy Pharmacy km 11,6
- Farmacia Plaza Mayor Pharmacy km 11,6
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What to see on this stage 15
- Iglesia San Pablo Church km 0,0
- Iglesia del Espíritu Santo Church km 9,8
- Ermita de las Candelas Church km 11,0
- Ermita de la Soledad Church km 11,2
- Convento de San Pablo Church km 11,3
- Ermita de San Antonio Church km 11,3
- Iglesia de San Francisco Javier Church km 11,3
- San Mateo Church km 11,3
- Padres de la Preciosísima Sangre Church km 11,4
- Iglesia de Santiago Church km 11,4
- Iglesia de Santa María Church km 11,4
- Ermita del Vaquero Church km 11,4
- Iglesia de San Juan Bautista Church km 11,6
- Ermita de la Paz Church km 11,6
- Iglesia Church km 11,6