Shell motif Camino de Santiago

Via de la Plata
from Sevilla via Salamanca
to Santiago de Compostela

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The stages of the Via de la Plata from Sevilla
via Salamanca to Santiago de Compostela



Our pages on the Via de la Plata

Our pages on the Via de la Plata were completed in 2007. The development of the Picture Pages of the Camino at www.santiago-compostela.net since 2004 has been assisted by the Xunta de Galicia and by the Spanish Tourist Office in London.. We express our gratitude to them for this support.

The Via de la Plata is the longest of the pilgrim routes in Spain, starting from Seville in Andalucia, and running northwards through the proviinces of Extremadura and Castilla y Leon to Salamanca and Zamora.

After Zamora, the pilgirm has to make a choice - whether to continue on the Via de la Plata in the same northerly direction to Astorga, and then to join up with the Camino Francés to continue to Santiago, or to go directly to Santiago along a route known as the Galician variant or the Camino Sanbrés which turns to the north-west and goes through Ourense to Santiago. Both routes are around 1,000 km. in length, and can be walked in around 6 weeks. Compared with the Camino Francés, the Via de la Plata has very few pilgrims, yet it still has a good network of refugios, though some of the stages between them are quite long (over 30 km.)

There are a number of good guides, including the indispensible Pilgrim Guide #2 of the Confraternity of St. James which can be obtained from their bookshop

The route is very rich in Roman remains (the milario milestones, aqueducts and bridges especially) and in churches and monasteries. The larger cities such as Merida, Caceres, Salamanca, and Zamora have much to offer including excellent museums and are well worth a rest day if you have the time. Our overview page will give you a quick introduction to the route.

If you prefer not to walk with many others, this route will suit you much better than the crowded Camino Francés. The going is generally very easy until you turn westwards into Galicia, but it can be very hot indeed, so it is best to avoid July and August. April and May are probably the best months for the first half of the route. At all seasons, you will need to carry plenty of water.

Seville
Stage 1 - 23 km - 14 pictures
Guilleria
Stage 2 - 18 km - 12 pictures
Castleblanco
Stage 3 - 30 km - 18 pictures
Almaden de la Plata
Stage 4 - 38 km - 22 pictures
Monasterio
Stage 5 - 23 km - 26 pictures
Fuente De Cantos
Stage 6 - 39 km - 26 pictures
Almazara
Stage 7 - 35 km - 16 pictures
Torremeija
Stage 8 - 33 km - 48 pictures
Aljucen
Stage 9 - 21 km - 28 pictures
Alcuescar
Stage 10 - 39 km - 50 pictures
Caceres
Stage 11 - 11 km - 6 pictures
Casar de Caceres
Stage 12 - 34 km - 32 pictures
Canaveral
Stage 13 - km - 28 pictures
Galisteo
Stage 14 - 10 km - 8 pictures
Carcasboso
Stage 15 - 38 km - 32 pictures
Aldanueva del Camino
Stage 16 - 22 km - 32 pictures
Calzada de Bejar
Stage 17 - km - 18 pictures
Fuenterroble
Stage 18 - 31 km - 34 pictures
Morille
Stage 19 - 20 km - 21 pictures
Salamanca - rest day for sightseeing
Stage 20 - 36 pictures
Salamanca
Salamanca
Stage 21 - 35 km - 26 pictures
El Cubo de Tierra del Vino
Stage 22 - 33 km - 42 pictures
Zamora
Stage 23 - km - 42 pictures
Riego de Camino
Stage 24 - km -26 pictures
Tábara
Stage 25- km - 28 pictures
Santa Marta de Tera
Stage 26- km - 34 pictures
Mombuey
Stage 27 - km - 42 pictures
Puerta de Sanabria
Stage 28 - km - 38 pictures
Lubián
Stage 29 - km -58 pictures
A Gudina
Stage 30N - km - 12 pictures
Laza (northern route)
Stage 31N - km - 16 pictures
Ourense (northern route)

A Gudina
Stage S1 - km -18 pictures
Verín (southern route)
Stage S2 - km - 20 pictures
Xinzo de Limia (southern route)
Stage S3 - km - 20 pictures
Ourense (southern route)
Ourense
Stage 32 - km -40 pictures
Cea
Stage 33 - km - 32 pictures
Castro Dozon
Stage 34 - km - 17 pictures
Punta Ulla
Stage 35 - km - 14 pictures
Santiago de Compostela

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