Camping Las Catalinas

Lots of hiking and cycling trails lie around the locale, or should you fancy something slightly more adventurous, explore the landscape with a 4x4 tour or a horseback hack; to find out where to arrange, just ask the friendly site team. Next on the list for more hiking and horse riding should be the splendid Jerte valley, beginning at the historic walled market city of Plasencia: it’s a spectacularly pretty spot especially in spring, when the cherry trees blossom and cover the valley in a carpet of pink. Guests here are centrally placed too for trips to the province’s 16th-century walled capital of Cáceres, for wanders around narrow cobbled streets fringed by palaces, mansions, stone arches and ancient churches, as well as to Coria to see Roman monuments and several other handsome historic buildings, like the 17th-century Baroque Episcopal Palace and the Museum of the Royal Prison. Also within easy reach are Monfragüe National Park for highly scenic hiking trails – if you’re a birdwatching sort, then be sure to bring your binoculars and make tracks for the popular vista of Salto del Gitano, to spy for the likes of black storks, vultures and imperial eagles that make their homes around the park’s cliffs and trees.