Torremejía → Mérida
Fields, the Guadiana plain and the Roman bridge.
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Vía de la Plata · Stage 10 of 41
Across flat fields to the Guadiana, which you cross on the longest surviving Roman bridge, to enter Mérida, the ancient Emerita Augusta, with its theatre, amphitheatre and the Los Milagros aqueduct.
Profile
No climbing.
Town by town
Every town with services along the way. Out of season some bars and albergues close; the app shows you which ones are open near you as you walk.
The route
Fields, the Guadiana plain and the Roman bridge.
Tips
Theatre, amphitheatre, the National Museum of Roman Art, the Temple of Diana: it deserves a whole day.
In July and August there is classical theatre in the Roman theatre.
A good city to rest and replace kit.
Choose how many kilometres you want to walk each day and Suseia splits the route from Torremejía to Santiago into stages based on the albergues in each town. Free and without signing up.
Common questions
About 20.2 km. Walking takes about 5 hours, with short breaks.
Moderate difficulty. No climbing.