# Sunday in Trujillo: Plaza Mayor, Medieval Village and Castle with a Guide 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. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/trujillo/itineraries/trujillo-main-square-and-castle-with-a-guide ## El día - 09:30 · Salida: 30 min by car (from Cáceres via the A-58, about 40 min) - 10:15 · Plaza Mayor of Trujillo (park below and walk up to the square · 15 min) - 1 min on foot - 10:30 · Guided Tour of the Medieval Town and the Route of the Discoverers (with tickets to the castle, Casa de Pizarro, Santiago and Descubridores · booking) · Turismo Trujillo, From €18 per adult - 6 min on foot - 13:30 · Trujillo Parador Restaurant (in the old convent church · €€€ · booking) · Trujillo Parador Restaurant, €€€ - 9 min on foot - 15:45 · Church of Santa María la Mayor (the Fernando Gallego altarpiece · ask the office for the hours) - 5 min on foot - 16:30 · Lesser Kestrel Walk Through the Historic Centre (from February to July · 1 h 30) - 18:00 · Vuelta (you reach Cáceres around 18:45) Trujillo is forty minutes from Cáceres along the A-58 and an hour from Mérida: near enough to set off without an early start and be back before dinner. This Sunday puts the hard part, the ticket offices and the history, in the hands of a guide, and leaves the afternoon free for looking at the Plaza Mayor without hurrying. It is the plan for a first time in Trujillo. ## The Day, Hour by Hour 9:30 · Departure. From Cáceres it is 48 km along the A-58, about forty minutes. From Mérida, an hour and a quarter along the A-5; from Badajoz, a little under two hours. Park in the lower part, towards Plaza del Campillo, and walk up. 10:15 · The Plaza Mayor. You arrive with a quarter of an hour to look at it before the visit begins: the statue of Pizarro, San Martín, the Palacio de la Conquista and the San Carlos one with its eagle on the corner. 10:30 · Guided visit to the medieval village. It leaves from the Turismo Trujillo office, under the arcades of the square, unit 20. It climbs to the medieval village and enters the castle and its cisterns, the Pizarro House Museum, the Romanesque church of Santiago and the Centro de los Descubridores. It costs €18 per adult with the tickets, €10 for ages 12 to 14 and nothing for under-11s. It goes ahead with a minimum of four people: book on its website or on 927 320 510. 13:30 · Lunch at the Parador. The dining room is in the former church of the 16th-century Santa Clara convent, 200 metres from the square. Paradores publishes lunch from 13:30 to 16:00 every day. Order the zorongollo and the retinta beef sirloin. Book on 927 321 350. If you prefer something simpler, Mesón La Troya, on the Plaza Mayor itself, serves lamb stew and a set menu of the day, with no reservations: arrive at a quarter past one. 15:45 · Santa María la Mayor. The morning visit does not go into it: go up to see Fernando Gallego's altarpiece, from around 1490. The official listing does not publish opening hours; ask at the tourist office on the square, which also opens in the afternoon. 16:30 · The kestrel route. From February to July, an hour and a half round the old town with binoculars: San Martín, the San Carlos Palace, the wall with views over the plain and the Torre del Alfiler. Outside those months, sign up for the sunset visit, which from November to February leaves at 16:30 and climbs to the castle in the last light. 18:00 · Return. You reach Cáceres around a quarter to seven. ## With Children The castle is what they like most: towers, cisterns and the wall walk, where you must hold their hands. The guided visit is free for under-11s and takes the morning; with small children, take a baby carrier, because the cobbled slopes are not for pushchairs. If they want something different, the ethnographic museum at Huertas de Ánimas, 5 km away, shows a school and some old houses; it opens by appointment. ## Cómo llegar ### By car From Cáceres, 40 minutes along the A-58; from Mérida and Badajoz, along the A-5. Park outside the historic centre. ### Without a car Avanza runs a bus from Cáceres to Trujillo. The station is a quarter of an hour's walk from the Plaza Mayor. Check the Sunday timetable before going. ## Consejos ### Book the visit and lunch on Saturday The visit needs four people to go ahead, and the parador dining room fills up on Sundays. ### Firm footwear The cobbles of the medieval village are slippery in the rain. ## Cuándo no ir A Sunday in July or August: the climb to the castle at midday is an oven. That month, come in the afternoon and do the sunset visit. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How long does it take from Cáceres to Trujillo? About 40 minutes by car along the A-58, 48 km. ### How much does the day cost? The guided visit is €18 per adult with the tickets, and lunch at the parador is extra. With La Troya's €16 set menu of the day, the day comes to under €40. ### Can you do it with children? Yes. Under-11s do not pay for the guided visit and they love the castle. With a pushchair, the slopes are hard going. ### What happens if it rains? The visit goes ahead anyway. The Pizarro House and the churches are under cover; the castle wall walk is slippery in the rain.