Extremadura Guide Eng 2016

Visitors who wish to get to know Extremadura in greater depth as well as calmly enjoy their stay here have a great deal of possibilities at their disposal. Most of such possibilities are closely connected with routes that pass through natural spots, localities, cities or well-signposted historical places, which are not lacking in interesting local indications about the place that is being visited or important tourist information points among those which abound in this region with this aim. The Vía de la Plata Route coincides with the historical itinerary of the Roman paved road, which was built with a view to linking the lands of the Roman province of La Lusi- tania with those in the North and South of the Peninsula, reaching even the lands of Andalusia and Castilla-León. In the course of 300 kilometres fromMonesterio to Baños de Montemayor, the visitor has the opportunity of travelling

across the same path followed by Roman troops and mer- chants. It would eventually be used as the Mozarabic Route towards Santiago Apóstol’s tomb as an alternative to the French Route, which goes through the North of the Peninsula. Monesterio, Fuente de Cantos, Zafra, Almendralejo, Mérida, Cáceres, Malpartida de Cáceres, Cañaveral, Plasen- cia, Cáparra, Aldeanueva del Camino or Baños de Mon- temayor are some examples of historical places and locali- ties crossed by this Roman itinerary, which is rich in archaeological findings that are well-preserved in many stretches and always crossing admirable landscapes. Besides, pilgrims’ hostels, interpretation centres and historical places of great importance are not missing either in this route. They suggest the presence of ancient mansios or resting places already in the Roman epoch as well as mile-

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Trecking in Valle del Jerte

Via de la Plata. Roman arch of Cáparra

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