# Cerca de Cáceres

From Cáceres you head mainly north and east. The A-66 climbs to Hervás, the Jerte Valley and the Sierra de Francia; the A-58 leads to Trujillo, Monfragüe and Guadalupe; to the south lies Mérida, and to the west, via Valencia de Alcántara, Marvão.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/caceres/getaways

## Planes de un día
- [Trujillo: HABLA winery and sunset at the castle](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/trujillo/itineraries/trujillo-habla-winery-tasting-and-castle-sunset.md) (37 min en coche): A three-wine tasting with tapas at Bodegas HABLA at 12:30, lunch in its gastrobar and, in the afternoon, the Plaza Mayor and the guided climb to the castle as the sun goes down.
- [Trujillo: square, medieval village and castle](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/trujillo/itineraries/trujillo-main-square-and-castle-with-a-guide.md) (37 min en coche): A morning guided visit with four tickets, from the castle to the Pizarro House; lunch in the parador refectory and an afternoon of square, churches or kestrels.
- [Mérida: theatre, museum and Alcazaba](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/merida/itineraries/roman-theatre-museum-and-alcazaba.md) (56 min en coche): Theatre and amphitheatre at 9:30 with the joint ticket, the National Museum of Roman Art free on Sundays, a charcoal grill beside the Alcazaba and an afternoon from the bridge to the aqueduct.
- [Monfragüe by 4x4 with a guide](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/monfrague/itineraries/monfrague-guided-4x4-and-roast-lunch.md) (1 h 11 en coche): Four hours in an off-road vehicle with an authorised guide along the tracks and dehesas of Monfragüe, the Salto del Gitano and a wood-fired roast before heading home.
- [Monfragüe by car: vultures and castle](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/monfrague/itineraries/monfrague-salto-del-gitano-castle-and-portilla-del-tietar.md) (1 h 11 en coche): A morning at the Salto del Gitano and the castle tower, lunch with a view in Torrejón el Rubio and an afternoon at the Tiétar viewpoints. All beside the car and free.
- [Vía Verde by bike and the Jewish quarter](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/hervas-and-the-ambroz-valley/itineraries/greenway-by-bike-and-nardi.md) (1 h 20 en coche): You are driven up to Béjar and ride 23 km down the old railway to Hervás; you eat in the village and in the afternoon stroll the Jewish quarter to the Fuente Chiquita bridge.
- [Zafra: squares, convent and spa](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/zafra/itineraries/squares-santa-clara-and-spa.md) (1 h 36 en coche): Plaza Grande and Plaza Chica with their measuring rod, the cloister of Santa Clara, the Zafra Única route, lunch in the Feria family's fortress and an afternoon on the thermal circuit at El Raposo.
- [Los Pilones and the Caozo waterfall](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/jerte-valley/itineraries/jerte-valley-los-pilones-and-caozo-waterfall.md) (1 h 40 en coche): A morning walk to the granite pools of Los Pilones, Sunday lunch in Valdastillas and, in the afternoon, the Caozo waterfall among terraced cherry orchards.
- [On foot from Castelo de Vide to Marvão](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/itineraries/pr3-trail-from-castelo-de-vide.md) (1 h 52 en coche): Almost ten waymarked kilometres between two border towns, with a final climb on a medieval cobbled path among chestnut trees. You eat in Marvão and walk the walls at sunset.
- [Marvão: chestnut fair](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/itineraries/roast-chestnuts-at-the-fair.md) (1 h 52 en coche): Roast chestnuts and producers' stalls along the streets of Marvão at its November festival, a climb to the castle and Alentejo lunch with the plain spread out in front of you. An hour and a half from Badajoz.
- [Marvão and Castelo de Vide](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/itineraries/walls-and-jewish-quarter-castelo-de-vide.md) (1 h 52 en coche): A morning in Marvão, the walled town on a granite ridge, with the castle and its cistern; lunch and afternoon in Castelo de Vide, 11 km away, with its medieval Jewish quarter.
- [The monastery and the Humilladero hermitage](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/guadalupe/itineraries/monastery-zurbaran-and-humilladero.md) (1 h 58 en coche): The monastery's museums first thing, a stroll round the Puebla and its arcades, lunch opposite the basilica and, in the afternoon, the Humilladero hermitage above the valley.
- [La Alberca: village, portraits and summit](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/la-alberca/itineraries/la-alberca-mogarraz-and-pena-de-francia.md) (2 h en coche): La Alberca first thing, the portraits on the façades of Mogarraz, mountain cooking with views and the climb to the Peña de Francia sanctuary in the afternoon.
- [Salamanca: the frog, the cathedrals and Bambú](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/salamanca/itineraries/university-cathedrals-and-tapas.md) (2 h en coche): The University and its frog in the morning, the Plaza Mayor, tapas and grilled food at Bambú, the two cathedrals in the afternoon and the Roman Bridge before you head home.
- [Jerez de los Caballeros: towers and citadel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/jerez-de-los-caballeros/itineraries/towers-and-templars-with-a-guide.md) (2 h 14 en coche): A guided visit to San Miguel, San Bartolomé and the Templar citadel, the Museum of Sacred Art with its Holy Week display, lunch beside Santa María and back along the wall.

## Destinos de 1 h 30 a 2 h en coche
- [Marvão](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao.md), 1 h 45 by car: A walled village high on a granite ridge, half an hour from Valencia de Alcántara. A castle with a cistern, white streets and views over two countries.

## Destinos de 2 h a 3 h en coche
- [Évora](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/evora.md), 2 h 30 by car: The capital of the Alentejo: a walled World Heritage centre, with a Roman temple, a cathedral with a terrace and the Chapel of Bones. It can be seen on foot in a day.
- [Monsaraz](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/alentejo/monsaraz.md), 2 h 45 by car: A walled village above Lake Alqueva, next to the Badajoz border. By day, a freshwater beach and menhirs; by night, one of the darkest skies in Europe.

## Trujillo, forty minutes to the east

Every road out of Cáceres leads to a different landscape. The A-58 goes east to [Trujillo](/en/spain/extremadura/trujillo) in forty minutes; from there, the EX-208 goes down to Torrejón el Rubio and the [Monfragüe National Park](/en/spain/extremadura/monfrague), and the EX-102, via Zorita and Logrosán, climbs to [Guadalupe](/en/spain/extremadura/guadalupe). The A-66, the Ruta de la Plata, goes north towards Plasencia: beyond Plasencia lie [Hervás](/en/spain/extremadura/hervas-and-the-ambroz-valley) and the Ambroz Valley, along the N-110 you enter the [Jerte Valley](/en/spain/extremadura/jerte-valley) and, via Béjar, you reach [La Alberca](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/la-alberca) and [Salamanca](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/salamanca). To the south, the same motorway leads to [Mérida](/en/spain/extremadura/merida) and [Zafra](/en/spain/extremadura/zafra). To the west, the N-521 crosses the border at Valencia de Alcántara towards [Marvão](/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao), already in Portugal, where you have to put your watch back an hour.

Without a car there are two useful exits. The Renfe Media Distancia train goes to Mérida, and Avanza has a bus to Trujillo, with the station a quarter of an hour's walk from the Plaza Mayor; in both cases, check the Sunday timetable. To Monfragüe, Guadalupe and the northern valleys you have to go by car.

## Monfragüe and Hervás, a little beyond the hour

**Less than an hour away** are Trujillo (37 minutes), with the Plaza Mayor, the medieval town and the castle, and Mérida (56), with the theatre, the amphitheatre and the National Museum of Roman Art.

Monfragüe (71 minutes), with the Salto del Gitano and the raptors, and Hervás (80), with the Jewish quarter and the Vía Verde de la Plata, are **between an hour and an hour and a half** away.

**Between an hour and a half and two hours** the day starts early: Zafra (96), the Jerte Valley (100), Marvão (112) and Guadalupe (118).

**From two hours onwards** are La Alberca and the Peña de Francia and Salamanca, two hours away (120 minutes each), and Jerez de los Caballeros (134), and the two-night trips: [La Alberca and the Sierra de Francia](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/la-alberca/itineraries/la-alberca-sierra-de-francia-weekend), [Monfragüe and its birds](/en/spain/extremadura/monfrague/itineraries/monfrague-birdwatching-weekend-from-madrid), sleeping inside the park, or the [Sierra de Gredos](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sierra-de-gredos/itineraries/gredos-weekend-from-madrid-laguna-grande), two and a half hours away.

## Monfragüe in a 4x4, in any month

In winter Trujillo and Monfragüe work. The [tasting at Bodegas HABLA with sunset at the castle](/en/spain/extremadura/trujillo/itineraries/trujillo-habla-winery-tasting-and-castle-sunset) is at its best from October to May, when the castle visit falls in mid-afternoon, and the [guided 4x4 route through Monfragüe](/en/spain/extremadura/monfrague/itineraries/monfrague-guided-4x4-and-roast-lunch) runs all year round, because it changes depending on where the animals are.

In spring, from late March to mid-April, the cherry trees blossom and the Caozo waterfall runs between white estates in the [Sunday at Los Pilones and the Caozo](/en/spain/extremadura/jerte-valley/itineraries/jerte-valley-los-pilones-and-caozo-waterfall). It is also the season of nesting birds at Monfragüe and of kestrels on the rooftops of Trujillo.

In July and August the heat makes the city hard going, and the plan is to head north: swimming in the Los Pilones pools in June and July, or the cooler Sierra de Francia. For the [Vía Verde by bike from Béjar to Hervás](/en/spain/extremadura/hervas-and-the-ambroz-valley/itineraries/greenway-by-bike-and-nardi), in summer choose the 9:00 departure.

You go to the chestnut trees in autumn. In October and November, the Otoño Mágico of the Ambroz Valley colours Hervás; in November comes the Otoñada in the Jerte and the [Marvão Chestnut Fair](/en/portugal/alentejo/marvao/itineraries/roast-chestnuts-at-the-fair). La Alberca, Mogarraz and the [Peña de Francia](/en/spain/castile-and-leon/la-alberca/itineraries/la-alberca-mogarraz-and-pena-de-francia) then have golden chestnut trees, and in October the deer are in rut at Monfragüe.

## Mérida by train, with the museum free on Sunday

- **Without a car, in a day:** [Mérida on a Sunday](/en/spain/extremadura/merida/itineraries/roman-theatre-museum-and-alcazaba). Train to Mérida, theatre and amphitheatre at 9:30 with the combined ticket, the museum free on Sunday morning and the afternoon from the Roman bridge to the aqueduct.
- **Forty minutes away:** [Trujillo with a guide](/en/spain/extremadura/trujillo/itineraries/trujillo-main-square-and-castle-with-a-guide). A morning visit with four tickets, from the castle to the Casa de Pizarro, lunch in the parador's refectory and an afternoon on the square.
- **Towards the north-east:** [Monfragüe from the viewpoints](/en/spain/extremadura/monfrague/itineraries/monfrague-salto-del-gitano-castle-and-portilla-del-tietar). Salto del Gitano and the castle tower in the morning and the Tiétar viewpoints in the afternoon, all next to the car and free. Bring binoculars.

If you set out from another city in the area, see what is [near Mérida](/en/spain/extremadura/merida/getaways) and [near Badajoz](/en/spain/extremadura/badajoz/getaways).