Plasencia Bus to the Jerte Valley

The N-110 runs the length of the Jerte Valley, from Plasencia to the Tornavacas pass, and the scheduled buses use it. The company providing the service is C.E.V.E.S.A. (CEVESA), with two lines that stop in the valley: the Plasencia one and the one that arrives from Madrid via El Barco de Ávila. There are few services a day, so the bus is good for arriving and leaving, but not for moving between villages at your own pace: if you are counting on it, organise the day around its timetable.

The lines

• Plasencia – Jerte Valley. Stops at Navaconcejo, Cabezuela del Valle, Jerte and Tornavacas, and at the junctions of the N-110 with the roads to Casas del Castañar, El Torno, Valdastillas and Rebollar. Note: in these four hillside villages the bus drops you at the junction, down below, and the village is uphill.
• Madrid – El Barco de Ávila – Jerte Valley – Plasencia. Leaves from Madrid's Estación Sur, on calle Méndez Álvaro, crosses the sierra via El Barco de Ávila and comes down the valley over the Tornavacas pass.

There is another line from Plasencia to Madrid, run by Mirat, which goes via Navalmoral de la Mata and does not pass through the valley (927 535 439).

Timetables and tickets

Neither the valley tourist office nor CEVESA publishes the timetables as text: check them in the timetables section of cevesa.es, choosing origin and destination, where the standard fare also appears along with a warning that times may vary because of traffic. Tickets are bought online on that same website or at CEVESA's ticket offices at Madrid's Estación Sur and in Béjar. For information, the general phone number is 915 393 132 and there is WhatsApp on +34 647 902 000.

Plasencia station

The valley lines leave from Plasencia bus station, at calle Tornavacas, 2, run by CEVESA. Public service is Monday to Friday, from 8:30 to 14:30, on 927 414 550. The station has left luggage, a café, a restaurant, a taxi rank and a connection to the city bus.

If you arrive in Plasencia by train, the Renfe line Madrid – Navalmoral – Plasencia – Cáceres – Mérida – Badajoz stops in the city; the valley tourist office gives the numbers 927 410 049 and 927 418 359 for Renfe in Plasencia.

Tips

In the cherry blossom season, between late March and April, the valley receives the most visitors: the bus saves you looking for parking, but confirm the return time before setting out. For the Los Pilones trail, the stop closest to the reserve entrance is the one at Jerte. In Cabezuela del Valle is the regional tourist office, which also answers by WhatsApp if you have questions before travelling. For the sierra villages, such as Piornal or Barrado, the bus is no use: the driving route through the sierra villages is the way to see them.