Merida was founded in 250 BC and the Roman heritage is still visible in every corner of the city nowadays. More than a UNESCO World Heritage site, this small city has plenty to offer, and tourists always enjoy its lively buzz, hopping from tapas bars to wonderful restaurants.

You leave Merida by crossing over the river via a 2,000 year-old Roman bridge, from which there are beautiful views of the impressive Roman Aqueduct. Then, we head towards the Proserpina dam, which once was the biggest water reservoir in the Mediterranean Roman Empire. The red-earth landscape becomes hillier and there are also more oak trees to provide you with shelter from the sun. After a short day’s walking, we reach Aljucen – from where we will be transferred back to our hotel in Merida.

After your transfer back to Aljucen., we soon enter the National Park of Cornalvo, a landscape of scrubland, red earth tracks, pasture, and oak trees. Then the farmlands alternate between cork trees, vines, olive trees, and grazing livestock until you reach the first and last village of the day: Alcuescar.

From Alcuescar, it is at first an easy and peaceful walk to Las Casas de Don Antonio and its well-restored Roman bridge. Later, we walk on the original Roman road as we pass by what is known as ‘miliario’ (Roman milestone) and cross one more Roman bridge before reaching Aldea del Cano.

On this last day of this section, we leave Aldea del Cano and continue through the flat and dry lands of Extremadura. We later cross a long Roman arched bridge at the entrance to Valdesalor. It is then a hilly landscape with scattered shade all the way to Caceres and its old town, perched on top of a hill.

After breakfast, we bid you farewell. The capital of the province, the city of Caceres is full of notable cathedrals, churches, convents and monasteries. It also hosts numerous important festivals across the year, including The Festival of the Martyrs every January, the San Jorge Festival in April, and Fleadh Cáceres between October and November.