Cuacos de Yuste - Monasterio de San Jerónimo

Circular walk, 6 km

Route: Cuacos de Yuste - Monasterio de San Jerónimo

The walk starts at Monument Carlos V. You walk via the EX-391 to a forest trail. You follow that until the Cementerio Soldados Alemanes (a cemetery for German soldiers from the First and Second World War).
Then you walk on a country road to the Monasterio de San Jerónimo de Yuste. After his abdication, Emperor Charles V spent his last years in this monastery (1402).
From the monastery you walk a bit on the Ruta del Emparador Carlos V. Then you walk through forest trails and country roads back to Cuacos de Yuste.

shape
loop
length
6 km 331
location
Extremadura, Spain
start / arrival
Monumento Carlos V, EX-391, Cuacos de Yuste
path
path:84%  road:16% 
elevation
rise: 225m / fall: -225m
lowest: 540m / highest: 740m
 
Photo: Cuacos de Yuste
Cuacos de Yuste
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Points of interest

  • Monasterio de San Jerónimo de Yuste
  • Cerro de San Simon (679m)

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References

Source

We found this trail in publication ‘Rutas por La Vera’, published by ADICOVER in 2015.

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