My tip“The Vera valley is famous for smoked red pepper, so buy some as a gift. The natural pools are lovely in summer, and the village is quiet.”
A village in the La Vera valley with astonishing vernacular architecture: houses with projecting wooden storeys and facing balconies, mountain-water channels running down the middle of the streets, and a square with wooden arcades and the remains of a castle.
What to see
The square with its wooden arcades · the “Churriteros” street and its water channels · the ruins of the Zúñiga family castle · the natural pools in the nearby streams · tobacco and red pepper (paprika) plantations in the valley
Moderate effort, needs a car
An hour and a quarter from Plasencia, or two and a half hours from Madrid. Paved, sloping alleys; one hour.
Address
Pl. de España, 10490 Valverde de la Vera, Cáceres