The best walks and hikes around Plasencia

The Paseo del Jerte in Plasencia is a charming river route that follows the course of the Jerte River. The route is approximately 13.8 km long and is ideal for walks and bike rides.

The Parque de la Isla in Plasencia is one of the main green lungs of the city and a perfect place to enjoy nature. Located in the urban section of the Jerte River, the park is a river island that stretches for almost 4 kilometers.

The Plaza Mayor of Plasencia is the nerve center of the city, in the beginning it even functioned as a Bullring, like many other town squares in Spain. In this sense, the 'Miracle of the Bull of Plasencia' appears in the Cantigas of Alfonso He interceded so that nothing would happen to him. The Plaza Mayor, is a square with arcades around the edge and is located in the heart of the old town of Plasencia, dominating the square, the Town Hall in the main tower of the building, known to all as Piacenza, the grandfather of Mayorga, which acts as the clock tower that rings the bells every half hour. This building dates back to the 16th century and has been restored several times over the years, it is a transitional style from Gothic to Renaissance. On one side of the Town Hall is the old prison building built in the 17th century with a masonry façade and a coat of arms of King Philip IV. in https://plasenciaturismo.es/plaza-mayor

The Old Cathedral follows a Romanesque plan, despite having been built in the 13th century. Almost all European artistic styles arrived in Extremadura with a considerable delay, since it was the border between the Christian and Muslim kingdoms. Thus, although the Romanesque style arrived in the north of the Peninsula in the 10th and 11th centuries, it was not applied in this area until the 13th century. The main door of the Old Cathedral, the Chapel of San Pablo and the Virgen del Perdón show the transition between Romanesque and Gothic. The New Cathedral has many Gothic and Renaissance elements, such as the choir, the vaults and the Plateresque fronts. The Cathedral Museum exhibits the 16th century Gothic panel of "Wedding at Cana". Masters of the Spanish Baroque such as Gregorio Fernández and the Churriguera brothers also left the important mark of their art on the cathedral's altarpiece. in https://plasenciaturismo.es/que-ver/imprescindibles

This medieval city has a lot to offer you. The Roman aqueduct, the medieval wall and the cathedral are some of its jewels that you can visit.

Old rural road that goes from Plasencia to the city of Villar and that crosses the northern slopes of the Sierra del Gordo, in a landscape of oaks and deep forests.

At the top of the Sierra del Gordo on the side that touches Plasencia we find the Ermita de la Virgen del Puerto which gives us beautiful views of the city and the Jerte Reservoir.

Two great churches for the price of one. Originally proposed to be two churches, the work overlapped during the 15th and 16th centuries, and when the work was completed the Old and New churches were joined.