Vía de la Plata stage 10: Alcuéscar to Cáceres

Stage 10 of 36 on the Vía de la Plata. You start 245.5 km into the route and finish at 283.2 km, with Santiago 690.8 km still ahead at the end of the day.

Elevation profile

Elevation sampled from terrain data (Terrarium DEM, built on SRTM) along the track. Walking time uses 4 km/h plus one hour per 500 m of climb. Difficulty scores the whole day 1 to 5 from its distance, climb, and descent, with the same formula on every route.

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Through the day

Named places along the walk in the order you reach them, with the distance from the stage start, built from the OpenStreetMap places counted below. A water point with no name of its own is listed as one.

1. Alcuéscar0.0 km
2. Water point9.0 km
3. Albergue Municipal Miliario del Verdinal15.7 km
4. Iglesia San Pablo27.0 km
5. Iglesia del Espíritu Santo37.2 km
6. Cáceres39.0 km

Services along this stage

Counted from OpenStreetMap places on or near the track between the stage start and end, refreshed 2026-10-24. Use the map app while you walk for the exact spot, distance ahead, and popup details.

Places to stay in Cáceres

In our route data (OpenStreetMap and the Dutch Society of St James listings) within about 1.5 km of the stage end. Check the map app for beds, hours, and contact details where they are listed.

• Parador de Cáceres
• Hostal Al-Qazeres
• Hotel Albarragena
• Atrio
• Alfonso IX
• Exe Ágora Cáceres
• NH Palacio de Oquendo
• Iberia

Plan the rest of the walk

See every stage together in the Vía de la Plata guide, or turn the stages into dated plans and a budget in the stage planner.

From Camino View (caminoview.com). Printed stage sheet: check the map app for live place details while you walk.