# The Jerte Valley in spring, under three hours from Madrid

You leave Madrid on Friday afternoon and have dinner in Jerte. Two nights to see the cherry blossom across the sierra, stroll Cabezuela and climb to Los Pilones.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/jerte-valley/itineraries/jerte-valley-cherry-blossom-weekend

Dónde: Jerte Valley

Every spring, more than a million and a half cherry trees cover themselves in white blossom on the terraces of the Jerte Valley, in the north of Cáceres. From Madrid it is about 220 km, almost three hours via the AP-6 to Villacastín and the N-110 through Ávila and El Barco, and the last stretch comes down the Tornavacas pass with the whole valley in front of you. It makes a weekend from Friday to Sunday: one day for the blossom by car and on foot through the villages, and another for the Garganta de los Infiernos and its granite pools.

## When is the blossom?

It changes every year. In 2026 it was from 20 March to 3 April, more or less. The cherry trees lower down flower first, in Navaconcejo and Valdastillas, and then those on the high slopes, so in the valley it lasts about two weeks. The Cherry Blossom Festival, of National Tourist Interest, opens in one village and closes in another two weeks later: in 2026, in Tornavacas from 27 to 29 March and in Casas del Castañar on 11 and 12 April. The 2027 dates have not been announced yet. The tourist office reports on the blossom by WhatsApp, on 609 414 796.

## How do you get there from Madrid?

By car, via the AP-6 to Villacastín and the N-110 through Ávila, El Barco de Ávila and the Tornavacas pass: it is the shortest and prettiest route. The other option is the A-5 to Navalmoral de la Mata and the dual carriageway to Plasencia, to go up the valley from below. Without a car, CEVESA leaves from Madrid's Estación Sur for Plasencia via El Barco de Ávila and stops in the valley, with few services: if you go by bus, sleep in Jerte and rely on the 4x4s of the valley's companies.

## Where to sleep?

AccommodationWhereFor whom

Hotel Valle del JerteIn the village of JerteCouples or families, close to everything, from €75

El Cerezal de los Sotos600 m from JerteCouples, adults only, two-night minimum, from €115

Hotel Balneario Valle del JerteValdastillas, in the lower partSpa in the afternoon; dogs under 5 kg

Camping Valle del JerteAt the entrance to the reserveTent, motorhome or bungalow; opens on 19 March

## What if I go in May or June?

Then there is no blossom, but there are cherries. From May to July they are harvested; the picotas, the stalkless Jerte variety, from mid-June. Swap Saturday's drive for a cherry picking with the company Garganta de los Infiernos, from Jerte: four hours, about 2 kg of cherries to take away and a stop at Los Pilones, from €50 per person. In June the water at Los Pilones is already inviting for a swim.

## With children

It works well. Los Pilones is a short route with a reward, the Caozo is low difficulty and the cherry picking is beginner level. For those who don't walk, the 4x4 to Los Pilones takes two hours from €20. The campsite has a pool and playground, and bungalows for up to eight.

## El plan

### Friday · 20:00 · Arrival in Jerte and dinner
You come down the Tornavacas pass in the last light. Dinner at Flor del Cerezo, the inn's restaurant, with the picota cherry as the star product: book by phone, on 927 470 101.

### Saturday · 10:00 · Drive through the villages of the sierra
About 50 km along the cherry-tree slope: Valdastillas, Piornal, Barrado, Cabrero, Casas del Castañar, El Torno and Rebollar. Stop at the viewpoints over the terraces. If the blossom has already fallen below, up in Piornal it is still there.

### Saturday · 14:00 · Lunch in Cabezuela del Valle
At the Judería restaurant, next to the church of San Miguel: Extremaduran cooking with produce from the valley, and dogs admitted in the gastrobar area. It doesn't publish opening times: book by phone.

### Saturday · 16:30 · Cabezuela, the Jewish quarter and the Cherry Museum
The historic-artistic centre of crooked streets, La Aldea, where the Jewish quarter was, and the Museo de la Cereza on Calle Hondón (call ahead on 636 731 862). If it coincides with the festival, the villages open their cellars, forges and presses.

### Sunday · 10:00 · Los Pilones
From the Garganta de los Infiernos Interpretation Centre, 3 km of climbing among oaks to the granite pools: 45 minutes each way. In spring the gorge runs strongly: look, don't swim. The car park at the entrance is paid from mid-March.

### Sunday · 13:30 · Lunch at Piconegro
The restaurant of the Valdastillas spa hotel is open on Sunday at midday; closed that night and Monday. Book on the hotel's website.

### Sunday · 15:30 · Caozo waterfall, if you have legs left
The 7 km loop from Valdastillas passes among cherry orchards in blossom. If you prefer not to reach Madrid late, set off directly: you are home around 19:00.

## Un consejo más

Go midweek if you can take a day off: on the Saturday and Sunday of the festival, the sierra roads jam and the car parks fill up.

## Cuándo no ir

Going with fixed dates a month ahead without checking the blossom. If the year comes early or late, you will miss the flowering: ask the tourist office the week before.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How long does it take from Madrid to the Jerte Valley?
Almost three hours by car, about 220 km via the AP-6 and the N-110 through Ávila.

### When do the Jerte cherry trees blossom?
Between late March and mid-April, depending on the year. In 2026, from 20 March to 3 April, approximately.

### Can I go from Madrid without a car?
Yes, with CEVESA from the Estación Sur towards Plasencia via El Barco de Ávila, which stops in the valley. There are few services a day.

### Where to sleep in the Jerte Valley?
In Jerte, to be close to the Garganta de los Infiernos: the inn, El Cerezal de los Sotos or the campsite. With a spa, in Valdastillas.

### Do I need to book?
Yes, in blossom season: accommodation weeks ahead and meals before you leave.

## Dónde dormir if you're driving
- **Hotel Balneario Valle del Jerte**: A spa in the lower part of the valley
The Hotel Balneario Valle del Jerte is beside the N-110, at the level of Valdastillas, among cherry trees and about 15 minutes from Cabezuela del Valle. It has four stars and 77 rooms, and its centre is the Patio de Aguas (Water Courtyard), an area of natural and mineral-medicinal waters. It is the valley's accommodation for anyone who wants a walk in the morning and hot water in the afternoon.
The Patio de Aguas
It is done in 90-minute circuits. The Basic Path (Senda Básica) brings together the active pool, with swan-neck jet, waterfall, air beds and jets, the jacuzzi, aromatic showers and dry and steam saunas. The Aromas Path adds a peeling and an infusion or juice; the Thermal Path, a circular shower with mineral-medicinal water and a peeling of Dead Sea salt and eucalyptus. Guests get a 10% discount on individual treatments.
The rooms
They are standard doubles, with or without a terrace; superior doubles with views over the valley and the garden, also with a private terrace; four junior suites with a separate sitting room and terrace, and attic-style deluxe rooms with a terrace over the garden, the river and the valley. All have heating and air conditioning. The online booking admits one child aged 0 to 11 per room.
Eating
Three dining rooms: Piconegro, serving Extremaduran cooking, closed on Mondays and Sunday evenings; El Asador, from March to September, with rice dishes at lunchtime and chargrilled food in the evening; and a buffet. Guests get a 10% discount at Piconegro and El Asador.
- **Hotel Valle del Jerte (Hospedería de Extremadura)**, desde 75 € / night: The Hotel Valle del Jerte is one of the four-star hotels of Hospederías de Extremadura, the regional government's network. It is in the village of Jerte, on calle Ramón Cepeda, the street of ashlar buildings with 18th-century coats of arms and dates on the lintels, beside the river. It has 28 rooms, the Flor del Cerezo restaurant and a café with a terrace over the water, and the entrance to the Garganta de los Infiernos is a few minutes' drive away.
From tannery to oil mill to hospedería
The building was put up for tanning hides and in the 20th century became an oil mill, taking advantage of the nearby river. The renovation kept a good part of the original structure and added new facilities. One of the two junior suites is in the old building, facing the entrance.
Twenty-eight rooms, four of them over the river
All have air conditioning and heating, a safe, a pillow menu, hairdryer, television, wifi and room service. The standard doubles have modern, functional decor, with a full bathroom with shower; one of them is adapted. The four superior doubles face the river: three with a double bed and one with two beds. And the two junior suites, more spacious, have a double bed; one overlooks the entrance and the other the garden.
The network publishes rates from €74.95 a night. Its Gastronomic Break (Escapada Gastronómica), valid until 30 December 2026, costs from €199 for two people and includes a standard double room, breakfast, a plate of Iberian cold cuts with a bottle of the house wine and dinner with the gastronomic menu at Flor del Cerezo, with drinks. In high season the package rises to €219. Guests over 60 get a 15% discount on the official rate.
The infinity pool, closed until 2027
The garden, with the panoramic pool over the valley, is the hotel's most special area, but the network says it is closed until the start of the 2027 season. If you are travelling in spring and the pool is your reason, confirm beforehand that it has opened. In the meantime there are the Río Jerte social lounge, with sofas, two computers and a large screen, and the garden terrace beside the river.
Flor del Cerezo and La Picota
Flor del Cerezo serves breakfasts, lunches and dinners, with a set menu of the day, Extremaduran gastronomic, vegan and children's menus and, this autumn, a game menu from €55. The La Picota café, on the ground floor next to reception, has two levels and an open-air terrace beside the river.
Families and cancellation
On the gastronomic break children aged 3 to 12 pay €33 and those aged 13 or over, €65, in the same room; under-3s do not pay. The network's standard policy allows free cancellation up to 3 days before arrival; after that 25% of the total is charged as a deposit, which is not refunded if you cancel or don't show up. The website does not say whether dogs are admitted: ask on 927 470 101 or at the central reservations line, 900 101 462.
On foot around Jerte
From the hotel you walk through the village to the natural pool and El Nogalón park, where the path to Los Pilones from Jerte starts, 4 km each way waymarked in white and green. The reserve's Interpretation Centre, with the main trail to Los Pilones, is 1.5 km from the village. Jerte has a stop on the Plasencia bus, and the spring getaway from Madrid suggests sleeping two nights in the village.
- **El Cerezal de los Sotos Rural Hotel**, desde 115 € / night: El Cerezal de los Sotos is a rural hotel with seven rooms, for adults only, on a cherry orchard estate inside the Garganta de los Infiernos Nature Reserve, 600 metres from the village of Jerte. The house is made of stone and wood and was renovated in 1999. It is run by Toñi and Gabri, who take the bookings themselves, and in the kitchen is Toñina, with vegetables from their own garden.
Six hundred metres above Jerte
The distance to the village takes under ten minutes on foot, so you can have dinner in Jerte and come back without the car. El Nogalón natural pool is about 500 metres away. And from the door paths lead into the reserve: walking or mountain biking routes towards Los Pilones, the pools, the Charles V Bridge and quieter trails. The estate has cherry trees, fruit trees, meadows and streams.
Three attic-style rooms, three rates
All the rooms are upstairs, with sloping wooden ceilings, picture windows onto the reserve, television, minibar, wifi, heating, air conditioning and a ceiling fan, and a bathroom with a shower tray and a separate toilet.
The standard has 20 m² and a 1.50 m bed, with two armchairs; it costs €115 a night with breakfast, or €100 for single use. The superior with sitting room, of 27 m² and a 1.80 m bed, has a living area with a work table, for €130. The deluxe measures 50 m² and adds a 20 m² terrace with awning, sun loungers, table and chairs, for €150. These are the 2027 rates, with VAT and breakfast included. The minimum stay is two nights; check-in is from 15:00 and check-out before 12:00.
Toñina's cooking and their own vegetable garden
The restaurant is for guests only and by reservation. It serves breakfasts and dinners à la carte, in the indoor dining room or on the porch, with home-style local dishes made with their own organic and nearby produce, and a selection of local wines. At lunchtime there are rice dishes and, if you ask, a picnic to take on your walk. There is also a café service.
What there is on the estate
On the ground floor, a reception with an information corner and maps of the area, a lounge with a log fire and reading area, and the dining room. Outside, the porch, a garden of aromatic and native plants with reading corners and sensory paths, a badminton court among the cherry trees and the pool, enclosed from the outside, with lawn, sun loungers, parasols and views of the valley, open until midnight. Each room has a covered parking space within the grounds, and bikes are kept under lock and key.
In spring, the estate's cherry trees blossom; in the cherry season, if you ask, you can pick the fruit and eat it from the tree. They also set up a portable bird-watching hide on request and, for those who want to, let you lend a hand in the vegetable garden.
Phone, Bizum and full payment
By phone only (607 752 197), email (reservas@elcerezaldelossotos.net) or WhatsApp; there is no online booking. You pay 100% when booking, by card or Bizum. If you cancel or change with more than 30 days' notice, you get everything back; with more than 15, half; with less, or if you don't show up or leave early, nothing.
Children are not admitted. The website says nothing about pets: ask beforehand. If you are travelling as a family, the Hotel Valle del Jerte, in the same village, does admit children.
- **Camping Valle del Jerte**, desde 15 € / pitch: Camping Valle del Jerte is beside the N-110, between Cabezuela del Valle and the village of Jerte, at the foot of the Garganta de los Infiernos Nature Reserve. It is the accommodation closest to the reserve entrance: the trail to Los Pilones leaves from the Interpretation Centre, a short walk away, and you don't need to move the car to start walking. It is closed right now; the 2027 season starts on 19 March, and bookings open in January.
At the door of the Garganta de los Infiernos
Its location is what sets it apart. The track linking the N-110 with the campsite and with Jerte is open to traffic, but the tourist office prohibits parking between Jerte's football ground and the campsite, and in season the roundabout car park is paid. If you sleep here, you leave the car on your pitch and save yourself both. For the trail to Los Pilones and the gorge circular walk you set out on foot. Jerte and Cabezuela are a few kilometres away, and the Puerto de Honduras, the pass towards the Ambroz Valley and Hervás, is nearby.
150 pitches of 60 m² and what they cost
The pitches are 60 m², with plenty of shade and electricity, and suit a tent, caravan or motorhome. Prices include VAT. In low season: a pitch with a tent or caravan and one vehicle, €15; each adult, €6.30; each child aged 2 to 10, €5.80; electricity, €6; a dog, €4; an extra tent or car, €6.30; a motorbike, €5.50; and a motorhome or camper car, €13. In high season, which is Easter, July and August, they rise to €17, €7.20 per adult, €6.70 per child, €7.20 per extra tent or car, €6 per motorbike and €15 for the motorhome; electricity and the dog stay at €6 and €4.
So two adults with a tent, a car and electricity pay €33.60 a night in low season. Check-in is from 12:00 and check-out before 12:00.
Bungalows for two to eight people
Inside the site there are equipped bungalows for 2/3, 2/3/4, 3/4/5, 4/5 and up to 6/7/8 people. Those for 2 or 3 people are adapted for people with reduced mobility. Children from 2 years old count as a place. The website does not publish bungalow prices: ask when booking, and there are special rates for groups and for the full season.
Pool, shop and restaurant on site
Swimming pool, children's playground, sports court, supermarket, barbecue, car washing, toilets and washrooms, reception, a café-bar with terrace and a restaurant with set menu and à la carte that is open to non-guests too.
Four euros per dog
Dogs are admitted on pitches and in bungalows, on a lead and supervised; on a pitch they pay €4 a night. In the nature reserve they must always be on a lead, as on the campsite.
A fixed five euros on cancellation
If you cancel, the campsite keeps a fixed €5 and also part of the deposit depending on how far ahead you cancel: 5% with more than 30 days, 40% between 30 and 16 days, 60% between 15 and 8, and 100% with 7 days or less.
- **Las Palomas Rural Complex**: Las Palomas is a complex of tourist apartments and rural apartment-houses at the Las Gallardas spot in Jerte, among cherry orchards. It is one kilometre from the village and a kilometre and a half from the Garganta de los Infiernos Nature Reserve, with views of the hills and the valley. It is a base for those who prefer to cook at home and move around at their own pace, not a hotel with service.
Las Gallardas, one kilometre from Jerte
That kilometre leaves you close to everything in the village, with shops, bars and El Nogalón natural pool, and a few minutes' drive from the main entrance to the reserve, where the trail to Los Pilones starts. Paths among the cherry trees also begin at the door: in spring, with the cherry blossom, you have the trees in flower all around the house.
Ten apartments with fireplaces
The website speaks of ten accommodations: eight for two people and two for two to four. The rural apartment-houses, for 2 to 4 people, combine double and single beds depending on the layout, and have a private terrace. The tourist apartments are for two, with a double bed and balcony. All have a fireplace, wifi, a kitchen with utensils and a washing machine, and views of the hills.
The website does not publish prices: ask for availability on its booking page, by phone on 927 470 204 or by WhatsApp on 689 282 116.
Pool, stone barbecue and viewpoint
What is shared: a large garden, an outdoor pool with sun loungers and parasols, a stone barbecue to cook alongside other guests and a viewpoint over the valley. Parking is free for guests. As these are apartments with kitchens, you organise your own meals; if you prefer someone to cook for you, in Jerte there is Flor del Cerezo, the hospedería's restaurant, and beside the river Las Tenerías.
No pets, and check-out at 14:00
Pets are not admitted: the website itself explains this by allergies and hygiene. Check-in is at 12:00 and check-out at 14:00. To cancel you must give seven days' notice. Payment is in cash or by bank transfer, and you can extend your stay if there is room, by calling beforehand.
If you travel with a dog, Camping Valle del Jerte, at the entrance to the reserve, admits dogs on pitches and in bungalows.
Your own kitchen and no reception
For couples or small families who want several days in Jerte with their own kitchen, a fireplace for the Otoñada evenings and a pool in summer, and who don't need a reception or a restaurant in the same building. With a car you can reach all the villages in the valley; without one, the kilometre to the village is walkable.

## Dónde dormir without a car
- **Hotel Valle del Jerte (Hospedería de Extremadura)**, desde 75 € / night: The Hotel Valle del Jerte is one of the four-star hotels of Hospederías de Extremadura, the regional government's network. It is in the village of Jerte, on calle Ramón Cepeda, the street of ashlar buildings with 18th-century coats of arms and dates on the lintels, beside the river. It has 28 rooms, the Flor del Cerezo restaurant and a café with a terrace over the water, and the entrance to the Garganta de los Infiernos is a few minutes' drive away.
From tannery to oil mill to hospedería
The building was put up for tanning hides and in the 20th century became an oil mill, taking advantage of the nearby river. The renovation kept a good part of the original structure and added new facilities. One of the two junior suites is in the old building, facing the entrance.
Twenty-eight rooms, four of them over the river
All have air conditioning and heating, a safe, a pillow menu, hairdryer, television, wifi and room service. The standard doubles have modern, functional decor, with a full bathroom with shower; one of them is adapted. The four superior doubles face the river: three with a double bed and one with two beds. And the two junior suites, more spacious, have a double bed; one overlooks the entrance and the other the garden.
The network publishes rates from €74.95 a night. Its Gastronomic Break (Escapada Gastronómica), valid until 30 December 2026, costs from €199 for two people and includes a standard double room, breakfast, a plate of Iberian cold cuts with a bottle of the house wine and dinner with the gastronomic menu at Flor del Cerezo, with drinks. In high season the package rises to €219. Guests over 60 get a 15% discount on the official rate.
The infinity pool, closed until 2027
The garden, with the panoramic pool over the valley, is the hotel's most special area, but the network says it is closed until the start of the 2027 season. If you are travelling in spring and the pool is your reason, confirm beforehand that it has opened. In the meantime there are the Río Jerte social lounge, with sofas, two computers and a large screen, and the garden terrace beside the river.
Flor del Cerezo and La Picota
Flor del Cerezo serves breakfasts, lunches and dinners, with a set menu of the day, Extremaduran gastronomic, vegan and children's menus and, this autumn, a game menu from €55. The La Picota café, on the ground floor next to reception, has two levels and an open-air terrace beside the river.
Families and cancellation
On the gastronomic break children aged 3 to 12 pay €33 and those aged 13 or over, €65, in the same room; under-3s do not pay. The network's standard policy allows free cancellation up to 3 days before arrival; after that 25% of the total is charged as a deposit, which is not refunded if you cancel or don't show up. The website does not say whether dogs are admitted: ask on 927 470 101 or at the central reservations line, 900 101 462.
On foot around Jerte
From the hotel you walk through the village to the natural pool and El Nogalón park, where the path to Los Pilones from Jerte starts, 4 km each way waymarked in white and green. The reserve's Interpretation Centre, with the main trail to Los Pilones, is 1.5 km from the village. Jerte has a stop on the Plasencia bus, and the spring getaway from Madrid suggests sleeping two nights in the village.
- **El Cerezal de los Sotos Rural Hotel**, desde 115 € / night: El Cerezal de los Sotos is a rural hotel with seven rooms, for adults only, on a cherry orchard estate inside the Garganta de los Infiernos Nature Reserve, 600 metres from the village of Jerte. The house is made of stone and wood and was renovated in 1999. It is run by Toñi and Gabri, who take the bookings themselves, and in the kitchen is Toñina, with vegetables from their own garden.
Six hundred metres above Jerte
The distance to the village takes under ten minutes on foot, so you can have dinner in Jerte and come back without the car. El Nogalón natural pool is about 500 metres away. And from the door paths lead into the reserve: walking or mountain biking routes towards Los Pilones, the pools, the Charles V Bridge and quieter trails. The estate has cherry trees, fruit trees, meadows and streams.
Three attic-style rooms, three rates
All the rooms are upstairs, with sloping wooden ceilings, picture windows onto the reserve, television, minibar, wifi, heating, air conditioning and a ceiling fan, and a bathroom with a shower tray and a separate toilet.
The standard has 20 m² and a 1.50 m bed, with two armchairs; it costs €115 a night with breakfast, or €100 for single use. The superior with sitting room, of 27 m² and a 1.80 m bed, has a living area with a work table, for €130. The deluxe measures 50 m² and adds a 20 m² terrace with awning, sun loungers, table and chairs, for €150. These are the 2027 rates, with VAT and breakfast included. The minimum stay is two nights; check-in is from 15:00 and check-out before 12:00.
Toñina's cooking and their own vegetable garden
The restaurant is for guests only and by reservation. It serves breakfasts and dinners à la carte, in the indoor dining room or on the porch, with home-style local dishes made with their own organic and nearby produce, and a selection of local wines. At lunchtime there are rice dishes and, if you ask, a picnic to take on your walk. There is also a café service.
What there is on the estate
On the ground floor, a reception with an information corner and maps of the area, a lounge with a log fire and reading area, and the dining room. Outside, the porch, a garden of aromatic and native plants with reading corners and sensory paths, a badminton court among the cherry trees and the pool, enclosed from the outside, with lawn, sun loungers, parasols and views of the valley, open until midnight. Each room has a covered parking space within the grounds, and bikes are kept under lock and key.
In spring, the estate's cherry trees blossom; in the cherry season, if you ask, you can pick the fruit and eat it from the tree. They also set up a portable bird-watching hide on request and, for those who want to, let you lend a hand in the vegetable garden.
Phone, Bizum and full payment
By phone only (607 752 197), email (reservas@elcerezaldelossotos.net) or WhatsApp; there is no online booking. You pay 100% when booking, by card or Bizum. If you cancel or change with more than 30 days' notice, you get everything back; with more than 15, half; with less, or if you don't show up or leave early, nothing.
Children are not admitted. The website says nothing about pets: ask beforehand. If you are travelling as a family, the Hotel Valle del Jerte, in the same village, does admit children.
- **Camping Valle del Jerte**, desde 15 € / pitch: Camping Valle del Jerte is beside the N-110, between Cabezuela del Valle and the village of Jerte, at the foot of the Garganta de los Infiernos Nature Reserve. It is the accommodation closest to the reserve entrance: the trail to Los Pilones leaves from the Interpretation Centre, a short walk away, and you don't need to move the car to start walking. It is closed right now; the 2027 season starts on 19 March, and bookings open in January.
At the door of the Garganta de los Infiernos
Its location is what sets it apart. The track linking the N-110 with the campsite and with Jerte is open to traffic, but the tourist office prohibits parking between Jerte's football ground and the campsite, and in season the roundabout car park is paid. If you sleep here, you leave the car on your pitch and save yourself both. For the trail to Los Pilones and the gorge circular walk you set out on foot. Jerte and Cabezuela are a few kilometres away, and the Puerto de Honduras, the pass towards the Ambroz Valley and Hervás, is nearby.
150 pitches of 60 m² and what they cost
The pitches are 60 m², with plenty of shade and electricity, and suit a tent, caravan or motorhome. Prices include VAT. In low season: a pitch with a tent or caravan and one vehicle, €15; each adult, €6.30; each child aged 2 to 10, €5.80; electricity, €6; a dog, €4; an extra tent or car, €6.30; a motorbike, €5.50; and a motorhome or camper car, €13. In high season, which is Easter, July and August, they rise to €17, €7.20 per adult, €6.70 per child, €7.20 per extra tent or car, €6 per motorbike and €15 for the motorhome; electricity and the dog stay at €6 and €4.
So two adults with a tent, a car and electricity pay €33.60 a night in low season. Check-in is from 12:00 and check-out before 12:00.
Bungalows for two to eight people
Inside the site there are equipped bungalows for 2/3, 2/3/4, 3/4/5, 4/5 and up to 6/7/8 people. Those for 2 or 3 people are adapted for people with reduced mobility. Children from 2 years old count as a place. The website does not publish bungalow prices: ask when booking, and there are special rates for groups and for the full season.
Pool, shop and restaurant on site
Swimming pool, children's playground, sports court, supermarket, barbecue, car washing, toilets and washrooms, reception, a café-bar with terrace and a restaurant with set menu and à la carte that is open to non-guests too.
Four euros per dog
Dogs are admitted on pitches and in bungalows, on a lead and supervised; on a pitch they pay €4 a night. In the nature reserve they must always be on a lead, as on the campsite.
A fixed five euros on cancellation
If you cancel, the campsite keeps a fixed €5 and also part of the deposit depending on how far ahead you cancel: 5% with more than 30 days, 40% between 30 and 16 days, 60% between 15 and 8, and 100% with 7 days or less.

## Dónde dormir in style
- **Hotel Balneario Valle del Jerte**: A spa in the lower part of the valley
The Hotel Balneario Valle del Jerte is beside the N-110, at the level of Valdastillas, among cherry trees and about 15 minutes from Cabezuela del Valle. It has four stars and 77 rooms, and its centre is the Patio de Aguas (Water Courtyard), an area of natural and mineral-medicinal waters. It is the valley's accommodation for anyone who wants a walk in the morning and hot water in the afternoon.
The Patio de Aguas
It is done in 90-minute circuits. The Basic Path (Senda Básica) brings together the active pool, with swan-neck jet, waterfall, air beds and jets, the jacuzzi, aromatic showers and dry and steam saunas. The Aromas Path adds a peeling and an infusion or juice; the Thermal Path, a circular shower with mineral-medicinal water and a peeling of Dead Sea salt and eucalyptus. Guests get a 10% discount on individual treatments.
The rooms
They are standard doubles, with or without a terrace; superior doubles with views over the valley and the garden, also with a private terrace; four junior suites with a separate sitting room and terrace, and attic-style deluxe rooms with a terrace over the garden, the river and the valley. All have heating and air conditioning. The online booking admits one child aged 0 to 11 per room.
Eating
Three dining rooms: Piconegro, serving Extremaduran cooking, closed on Mondays and Sunday evenings; El Asador, from March to September, with rice dishes at lunchtime and chargrilled food in the evening; and a buffet. Guests get a 10% discount at Piconegro and El Asador.
- **Hotel Valle del Jerte (Hospedería de Extremadura)**, desde 75 € / night: The Hotel Valle del Jerte is one of the four-star hotels of Hospederías de Extremadura, the regional government's network. It is in the village of Jerte, on calle Ramón Cepeda, the street of ashlar buildings with 18th-century coats of arms and dates on the lintels, beside the river. It has 28 rooms, the Flor del Cerezo restaurant and a café with a terrace over the water, and the entrance to the Garganta de los Infiernos is a few minutes' drive away.
From tannery to oil mill to hospedería
The building was put up for tanning hides and in the 20th century became an oil mill, taking advantage of the nearby river. The renovation kept a good part of the original structure and added new facilities. One of the two junior suites is in the old building, facing the entrance.
Twenty-eight rooms, four of them over the river
All have air conditioning and heating, a safe, a pillow menu, hairdryer, television, wifi and room service. The standard doubles have modern, functional decor, with a full bathroom with shower; one of them is adapted. The four superior doubles face the river: three with a double bed and one with two beds. And the two junior suites, more spacious, have a double bed; one overlooks the entrance and the other the garden.
The network publishes rates from €74.95 a night. Its Gastronomic Break (Escapada Gastronómica), valid until 30 December 2026, costs from €199 for two people and includes a standard double room, breakfast, a plate of Iberian cold cuts with a bottle of the house wine and dinner with the gastronomic menu at Flor del Cerezo, with drinks. In high season the package rises to €219. Guests over 60 get a 15% discount on the official rate.
The infinity pool, closed until 2027
The garden, with the panoramic pool over the valley, is the hotel's most special area, but the network says it is closed until the start of the 2027 season. If you are travelling in spring and the pool is your reason, confirm beforehand that it has opened. In the meantime there are the Río Jerte social lounge, with sofas, two computers and a large screen, and the garden terrace beside the river.
Flor del Cerezo and La Picota
Flor del Cerezo serves breakfasts, lunches and dinners, with a set menu of the day, Extremaduran gastronomic, vegan and children's menus and, this autumn, a game menu from €55. The La Picota café, on the ground floor next to reception, has two levels and an open-air terrace beside the river.
Families and cancellation
On the gastronomic break children aged 3 to 12 pay €33 and those aged 13 or over, €65, in the same room; under-3s do not pay. The network's standard policy allows free cancellation up to 3 days before arrival; after that 25% of the total is charged as a deposit, which is not refunded if you cancel or don't show up. The website does not say whether dogs are admitted: ask on 927 470 101 or at the central reservations line, 900 101 462.
On foot around Jerte
From the hotel you walk through the village to the natural pool and El Nogalón park, where the path to Los Pilones from Jerte starts, 4 km each way waymarked in white and green. The reserve's Interpretation Centre, with the main trail to Los Pilones, is 1.5 km from the village. Jerte has a stop on the Plasencia bus, and the spring getaway from Madrid suggests sleeping two nights in the village.
- **El Cerezal de los Sotos Rural Hotel**, desde 115 € / night: El Cerezal de los Sotos is a rural hotel with seven rooms, for adults only, on a cherry orchard estate inside the Garganta de los Infiernos Nature Reserve, 600 metres from the village of Jerte. The house is made of stone and wood and was renovated in 1999. It is run by Toñi and Gabri, who take the bookings themselves, and in the kitchen is Toñina, with vegetables from their own garden.
Six hundred metres above Jerte
The distance to the village takes under ten minutes on foot, so you can have dinner in Jerte and come back without the car. El Nogalón natural pool is about 500 metres away. And from the door paths lead into the reserve: walking or mountain biking routes towards Los Pilones, the pools, the Charles V Bridge and quieter trails. The estate has cherry trees, fruit trees, meadows and streams.
Three attic-style rooms, three rates
All the rooms are upstairs, with sloping wooden ceilings, picture windows onto the reserve, television, minibar, wifi, heating, air conditioning and a ceiling fan, and a bathroom with a shower tray and a separate toilet.
The standard has 20 m² and a 1.50 m bed, with two armchairs; it costs €115 a night with breakfast, or €100 for single use. The superior with sitting room, of 27 m² and a 1.80 m bed, has a living area with a work table, for €130. The deluxe measures 50 m² and adds a 20 m² terrace with awning, sun loungers, table and chairs, for €150. These are the 2027 rates, with VAT and breakfast included. The minimum stay is two nights; check-in is from 15:00 and check-out before 12:00.
Toñina's cooking and their own vegetable garden
The restaurant is for guests only and by reservation. It serves breakfasts and dinners à la carte, in the indoor dining room or on the porch, with home-style local dishes made with their own organic and nearby produce, and a selection of local wines. At lunchtime there are rice dishes and, if you ask, a picnic to take on your walk. There is also a café service.
What there is on the estate
On the ground floor, a reception with an information corner and maps of the area, a lounge with a log fire and reading area, and the dining room. Outside, the porch, a garden of aromatic and native plants with reading corners and sensory paths, a badminton court among the cherry trees and the pool, enclosed from the outside, with lawn, sun loungers, parasols and views of the valley, open until midnight. Each room has a covered parking space within the grounds, and bikes are kept under lock and key.
In spring, the estate's cherry trees blossom; in the cherry season, if you ask, you can pick the fruit and eat it from the tree. They also set up a portable bird-watching hide on request and, for those who want to, let you lend a hand in the vegetable garden.
Phone, Bizum and full payment
By phone only (607 752 197), email (reservas@elcerezaldelossotos.net) or WhatsApp; there is no online booking. You pay 100% when booking, by card or Bizum. If you cancel or change with more than 30 days' notice, you get everything back; with more than 15, half; with less, or if you don't show up or leave early, nothing.
Children are not admitted. The website says nothing about pets: ask beforehand. If you are travelling as a family, the Hotel Valle del Jerte, in the same village, does admit children.

## Dónde dormir if you're on foot
- **Hotel Valle del Jerte (Hospedería de Extremadura)**, desde 75 € / night: The Hotel Valle del Jerte is one of the four-star hotels of Hospederías de Extremadura, the regional government's network. It is in the village of Jerte, on calle Ramón Cepeda, the street of ashlar buildings with 18th-century coats of arms and dates on the lintels, beside the river. It has 28 rooms, the Flor del Cerezo restaurant and a café with a terrace over the water, and the entrance to the Garganta de los Infiernos is a few minutes' drive away.
From tannery to oil mill to hospedería
The building was put up for tanning hides and in the 20th century became an oil mill, taking advantage of the nearby river. The renovation kept a good part of the original structure and added new facilities. One of the two junior suites is in the old building, facing the entrance.
Twenty-eight rooms, four of them over the river
All have air conditioning and heating, a safe, a pillow menu, hairdryer, television, wifi and room service. The standard doubles have modern, functional decor, with a full bathroom with shower; one of them is adapted. The four superior doubles face the river: three with a double bed and one with two beds. And the two junior suites, more spacious, have a double bed; one overlooks the entrance and the other the garden.
The network publishes rates from €74.95 a night. Its Gastronomic Break (Escapada Gastronómica), valid until 30 December 2026, costs from €199 for two people and includes a standard double room, breakfast, a plate of Iberian cold cuts with a bottle of the house wine and dinner with the gastronomic menu at Flor del Cerezo, with drinks. In high season the package rises to €219. Guests over 60 get a 15% discount on the official rate.
The infinity pool, closed until 2027
The garden, with the panoramic pool over the valley, is the hotel's most special area, but the network says it is closed until the start of the 2027 season. If you are travelling in spring and the pool is your reason, confirm beforehand that it has opened. In the meantime there are the Río Jerte social lounge, with sofas, two computers and a large screen, and the garden terrace beside the river.
Flor del Cerezo and La Picota
Flor del Cerezo serves breakfasts, lunches and dinners, with a set menu of the day, Extremaduran gastronomic, vegan and children's menus and, this autumn, a game menu from €55. The La Picota café, on the ground floor next to reception, has two levels and an open-air terrace beside the river.
Families and cancellation
On the gastronomic break children aged 3 to 12 pay €33 and those aged 13 or over, €65, in the same room; under-3s do not pay. The network's standard policy allows free cancellation up to 3 days before arrival; after that 25% of the total is charged as a deposit, which is not refunded if you cancel or don't show up. The website does not say whether dogs are admitted: ask on 927 470 101 or at the central reservations line, 900 101 462.
On foot around Jerte
From the hotel you walk through the village to the natural pool and El Nogalón park, where the path to Los Pilones from Jerte starts, 4 km each way waymarked in white and green. The reserve's Interpretation Centre, with the main trail to Los Pilones, is 1.5 km from the village. Jerte has a stop on the Plasencia bus, and the spring getaway from Madrid suggests sleeping two nights in the village.
- **El Cerezal de los Sotos Rural Hotel**, desde 115 € / night: El Cerezal de los Sotos is a rural hotel with seven rooms, for adults only, on a cherry orchard estate inside the Garganta de los Infiernos Nature Reserve, 600 metres from the village of Jerte. The house is made of stone and wood and was renovated in 1999. It is run by Toñi and Gabri, who take the bookings themselves, and in the kitchen is Toñina, with vegetables from their own garden.
Six hundred metres above Jerte
The distance to the village takes under ten minutes on foot, so you can have dinner in Jerte and come back without the car. El Nogalón natural pool is about 500 metres away. And from the door paths lead into the reserve: walking or mountain biking routes towards Los Pilones, the pools, the Charles V Bridge and quieter trails. The estate has cherry trees, fruit trees, meadows and streams.
Three attic-style rooms, three rates
All the rooms are upstairs, with sloping wooden ceilings, picture windows onto the reserve, television, minibar, wifi, heating, air conditioning and a ceiling fan, and a bathroom with a shower tray and a separate toilet.
The standard has 20 m² and a 1.50 m bed, with two armchairs; it costs €115 a night with breakfast, or €100 for single use. The superior with sitting room, of 27 m² and a 1.80 m bed, has a living area with a work table, for €130. The deluxe measures 50 m² and adds a 20 m² terrace with awning, sun loungers, table and chairs, for €150. These are the 2027 rates, with VAT and breakfast included. The minimum stay is two nights; check-in is from 15:00 and check-out before 12:00.
Toñina's cooking and their own vegetable garden
The restaurant is for guests only and by reservation. It serves breakfasts and dinners à la carte, in the indoor dining room or on the porch, with home-style local dishes made with their own organic and nearby produce, and a selection of local wines. At lunchtime there are rice dishes and, if you ask, a picnic to take on your walk. There is also a café service.
What there is on the estate
On the ground floor, a reception with an information corner and maps of the area, a lounge with a log fire and reading area, and the dining room. Outside, the porch, a garden of aromatic and native plants with reading corners and sensory paths, a badminton court among the cherry trees and the pool, enclosed from the outside, with lawn, sun loungers, parasols and views of the valley, open until midnight. Each room has a covered parking space within the grounds, and bikes are kept under lock and key.
In spring, the estate's cherry trees blossom; in the cherry season, if you ask, you can pick the fruit and eat it from the tree. They also set up a portable bird-watching hide on request and, for those who want to, let you lend a hand in the vegetable garden.
Phone, Bizum and full payment
By phone only (607 752 197), email (reservas@elcerezaldelossotos.net) or WhatsApp; there is no online booking. You pay 100% when booking, by card or Bizum. If you cancel or change with more than 30 days' notice, you get everything back; with more than 15, half; with less, or if you don't show up or leave early, nothing.
Children are not admitted. The website says nothing about pets: ask beforehand. If you are travelling as a family, the Hotel Valle del Jerte, in the same village, does admit children.
- **Camping Valle del Jerte**, desde 15 € / pitch: Camping Valle del Jerte is beside the N-110, between Cabezuela del Valle and the village of Jerte, at the foot of the Garganta de los Infiernos Nature Reserve. It is the accommodation closest to the reserve entrance: the trail to Los Pilones leaves from the Interpretation Centre, a short walk away, and you don't need to move the car to start walking. It is closed right now; the 2027 season starts on 19 March, and bookings open in January.
At the door of the Garganta de los Infiernos
Its location is what sets it apart. The track linking the N-110 with the campsite and with Jerte is open to traffic, but the tourist office prohibits parking between Jerte's football ground and the campsite, and in season the roundabout car park is paid. If you sleep here, you leave the car on your pitch and save yourself both. For the trail to Los Pilones and the gorge circular walk you set out on foot. Jerte and Cabezuela are a few kilometres away, and the Puerto de Honduras, the pass towards the Ambroz Valley and Hervás, is nearby.
150 pitches of 60 m² and what they cost
The pitches are 60 m², with plenty of shade and electricity, and suit a tent, caravan or motorhome. Prices include VAT. In low season: a pitch with a tent or caravan and one vehicle, €15; each adult, €6.30; each child aged 2 to 10, €5.80; electricity, €6; a dog, €4; an extra tent or car, €6.30; a motorbike, €5.50; and a motorhome or camper car, €13. In high season, which is Easter, July and August, they rise to €17, €7.20 per adult, €6.70 per child, €7.20 per extra tent or car, €6 per motorbike and €15 for the motorhome; electricity and the dog stay at €6 and €4.
So two adults with a tent, a car and electricity pay €33.60 a night in low season. Check-in is from 12:00 and check-out before 12:00.
Bungalows for two to eight people
Inside the site there are equipped bungalows for 2/3, 2/3/4, 3/4/5, 4/5 and up to 6/7/8 people. Those for 2 or 3 people are adapted for people with reduced mobility. Children from 2 years old count as a place. The website does not publish bungalow prices: ask when booking, and there are special rates for groups and for the full season.
Pool, shop and restaurant on site
Swimming pool, children's playground, sports court, supermarket, barbecue, car washing, toilets and washrooms, reception, a café-bar with terrace and a restaurant with set menu and à la carte that is open to non-guests too.
Four euros per dog
Dogs are admitted on pitches and in bungalows, on a lead and supervised; on a pitch they pay €4 a night. In the nature reserve they must always be on a lead, as on the campsite.
A fixed five euros on cancellation
If you cancel, the campsite keeps a fixed €5 and also part of the deposit depending on how far ahead you cancel: 5% with more than 30 days, 40% between 30 and 16 days, 60% between 15 and 8, and 100% with 7 days or less.
- **Las Palomas Rural Complex**: Las Palomas is a complex of tourist apartments and rural apartment-houses at the Las Gallardas spot in Jerte, among cherry orchards. It is one kilometre from the village and a kilometre and a half from the Garganta de los Infiernos Nature Reserve, with views of the hills and the valley. It is a base for those who prefer to cook at home and move around at their own pace, not a hotel with service.
Las Gallardas, one kilometre from Jerte
That kilometre leaves you close to everything in the village, with shops, bars and El Nogalón natural pool, and a few minutes' drive from the main entrance to the reserve, where the trail to Los Pilones starts. Paths among the cherry trees also begin at the door: in spring, with the cherry blossom, you have the trees in flower all around the house.
Ten apartments with fireplaces
The website speaks of ten accommodations: eight for two people and two for two to four. The rural apartment-houses, for 2 to 4 people, combine double and single beds depending on the layout, and have a private terrace. The tourist apartments are for two, with a double bed and balcony. All have a fireplace, wifi, a kitchen with utensils and a washing machine, and views of the hills.
The website does not publish prices: ask for availability on its booking page, by phone on 927 470 204 or by WhatsApp on 689 282 116.
Pool, stone barbecue and viewpoint
What is shared: a large garden, an outdoor pool with sun loungers and parasols, a stone barbecue to cook alongside other guests and a viewpoint over the valley. Parking is free for guests. As these are apartments with kitchens, you organise your own meals; if you prefer someone to cook for you, in Jerte there is Flor del Cerezo, the hospedería's restaurant, and beside the river Las Tenerías.
No pets, and check-out at 14:00
Pets are not admitted: the website itself explains this by allergies and hygiene. Check-in is at 12:00 and check-out at 14:00. To cancel you must give seven days' notice. Payment is in cash or by bank transfer, and you can extend your stay if there is room, by calling beforehand.
If you travel with a dog, Camping Valle del Jerte, at the entrance to the reserve, admits dogs on pitches and in bungalows.
Your own kitchen and no reception
For couples or small families who want several days in Jerte with their own kitchen, a fireplace for the Otoñada evenings and a pool in summer, and who don't need a reception or a restaurant in the same building. With a car you can reach all the villages in the valley; without one, the kilometre to the village is walkable.