A road that runs for 131 kilometers through the province of Salamanca, from the medieval Puente Mocho, next to Ledesma, until it reaches Ciudad Rodrigo
Camino de San Francisco de Asís
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The Camino de San Francisco de Asís It recalls the journey that, according to tradition, the Saint made from Santiago de Compostela to Lisbon. A road that runs for 131 kilometers through the province of Salamanca, inviting the hiker to discover the essence of Campo Charro.
As stated on the Salamanca Provincial Council’s tourism website, this unique path enter the province through the medieval Puente Mocho, next to Ledesma, and head southwest between oak forests and wild cattle until we reach Ciudad Rodrigo. It is about the junction of several historical roads, including the Roman Via Dalmatia.
The path runs through seventeen towns: Ledesma, Doñinos de Ledesma, Villaseco de los Gamitos, Encina de san Silvestre, Sta. María de Sando, Sando, Garcirrey, Buenamadre, La Fuente de San Esteban, Martín de Yeltes, Castraz, Sancti-Spiritus , Ciudad Rodrigo, Carpio de Azaba, Gallegos de Argañán, La Alameda del Gardón and Aldea del Obispo, where it ends at Fort de la Concepción, before entering Portuguese lands.
The tour is dotted with little jewels such as the Aldeávila de Revilla palace, the large churches of Santa María de Sando, Gallegos de Argañán or La Fuente de San Esteban along with other smaller ones such as Encina de San Silvestre, Sando, Martín de Yeltes or Garcirrey.
The Saint resided in Ciudad Rodrigo around 1214 in the hermitage of San Gil, where later the convent of San Francisco would be built. The only portrait supposedly made while alive remains in the cathedral of this Historic Site.
The Fort of La Concepción, one of the best examples of military architecture, dismisses the pilgrim, in the vicinity of Aldea del Obispo and neighboring Portugal.
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